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Hook, Line & Bunker

26 December 2013

The Swiss are infatuated with their tunnels and underground shelters - and have more of them than any other country in the world. Monocle's David Michon and photographer Beat Schweizer explored their hidden appeal.

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Watch this space

14 December 2017

Refurbish, repurpose and revive are the watchwords for 2018. From a former cinema to Balkan bunkers and cat-sized couches, we’ve picked out the projects that are putting innovative thinking to the fore.

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Expo no. 83: On the home front

16 April 2015

It was designed by a suspect bohemian, houses a coup plotter and is today favoured by young, liberal creatives. Madrid’s Edificio Princesa, once both bunker and luxury home for Franco’s loyal cadre, is a concrete testament…

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National Pride

17 October 2008

Security concerns- and a lack of imagination - have been responsible for the emergence of the bunker-style embassy building. But it doesn't have to be that way. Monocle surveys the designs a nation can be proud of, and…

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Expo 48: Golf state

20 October 2011

South Korea has created a golf culture that leaves most other nations swinging away in a sandy bunker. Monocle visits some of the country’s top clubs and meets their quirky members and attentive staff.

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The Globalist - Friday 29 September

29 September 2017

Catalan independence: will the region vote to secede from the rest of Spain? We also discuss whether France’s domestic problems will curtail Emmanuel Macron’s grand European ambitions and speak to an editor at ‘The Südde…

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The Monocle Daily - Wednesday 27 April

27 April 2016

As Donald Trump finally attempts to form a cohesive foreign policy, we dissect the details. Plus: we find out whether the UK’s bunker-buster bomb is a practical deterrent against Isis and look at where art and national…

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New designs on diplomacy

17 November 2008

Post September 11 every embassy was built as a bunker ready to repel all comers. But now, from Kathmandu to Harare, architects are reinventing the mission as a national calling card. Robert Bound reports.

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The Monocle Weekly - City stories

26 July 2015

Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound meet writer Brian Case to discuss meeting Al Pacino, Michael Caine, jazz greats and more. They also learn how to depict the city of London with photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg and hear why…

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Monocle Alpino 2013/2014

16 December 2013

For Monocle’s annual winter edition – Alpino – we travel from the Alps to the Catskills in search of Swiss mountain bunkers, slope-style fashion, how to stage a downhill ski race, and business ideas on the up, all in our…

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Defence

23 February 2017

Trouble brewing in the Balkans, the cost of expanding the US navy and Israel's latest missile innovation.

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Hunger for peace

15 September 2011

With the sudden exit from Mogadishu of Islamist insurgents, life in the Somali capital has shifted yet again. Just as war has abated, famine has arrived. Who can fix this ravaged city?

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Working overtime

20 June 2013

Keeping a city going isn’t simply about the trains running on time and the books being up to date. Spare a thought for city hall workers tackling earthquakes, a flood of human waste or a town overrun by feral monkeys.

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Finn blue line

17 October 2013

Icebreaking is in the DNA of Finns, whose shipping heritage and expertise put it in good stead to face the changes ahead, from foreign competition to climate change and a race for the Arctic’s resources.

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