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The Opener

27 April 2023

Pablo Escobar’s hippos, manhole-cover designs and a fake cemetery in Egypt.

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Rhythm king

23 March 2023

The Uruguayan musician on dancing with the devil and why it’s never too late to dedicate yourself to a passion.

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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 358: Colombia: Total Peace

22 March 2023

In 2022, Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, introduced his Total Peace concept, a plan intended to encourage criminal gangs to compromise with the government. Andrew Mueller explains how recent events have impeded such…

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Cornering the market

19 January 2023

Williamsburg Market, a welcome addition to New York’s culinary scene, is serving up a buffet of global flavours in one of the city’s buzziest neigbourhoods.

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Full of beans

19 January 2023

A clever brand recipe has created a rapidly expanding coffee chain. The question now is: how far can it go?

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Monocle on Saturday - Monocle on Saturday: 17 December 2022

17 December 2022

Georgina Godwin and Alice Sherwood leaf through the weekend’s papers, Andrew Mueller recaps what we learned this week and we hear about an upcoming literature festival in Colombia.

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The Briefing - Monday 5 December

5 December 2022

US Democrats and Republicans trade barbs over the value of the country’s constitution. Plus: progress in Colombia’s peace talks, plans to abolish the House of Lords and we hear from Finland’s new culture ambassador.

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The Briefing - Tuesday 22 November

22 November 2022

Will the UK and the EU attempt to thrash out a new Brexit deal? Plus: why some left-wing guerilla groups in Colombia have refused to lay down arms, the business news, today’s papers from Zürich, and Nasa and the moon.

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Small Fortune

17 November 2022

Moving somewhere compact needn’t mean closing the doors of professional or personal opportunity. Life in small cities can give you the best of metropolitan life, only with greater access to nature and a more relaxed pace…

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Future projections

17 November 2022

Want to know where your next favourite book, film or TV series will come from? We speak to a host of industry insiders from around the globe to uncover the passion projects and critically acclaimed releases that will be…

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Up in the air

20 October 2022

Big-name architects are helping to transform Ecuador’s capital – but do its residents want the high life?

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Affairs

20 October 2022

Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey, a dating app for US conservatives and Andrew Mueller on the new populists.

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The Briefing - Wednesday 19 October

19 October 2022

Former Nato commander Sir Richard Shirreff comments on what public statements from Russia’s military tell us about the war in Ukraine. Plus, the latest on peace talks in Colombia, an update on elections in Israel and Mon…

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Life in the slow lane

29 September 2022

Bored of big cities and tedious commutes? Considering jacking in your job and starting something new in a place with a gentler pace of life? We have just the idea: start up somewhere slower. We visit Mexico, Indonesia and…

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Espresso yourself

18 August 2022

Enterprising Sicilian roasters are embracing a changing climate by growing their own coffee beans.

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The Monocle Daily - Monday 8 August

8 August 2022

Lynne O’Donnell and Philippe Marlière discuss Ukraine’s nuclear anxiety, the fallout of the killing of al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri, Europe’s scorching summer and Qantas’s decision to plug its staff shortage with executives…