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As darkness falls

23 September 2021

As the Taliban swiftly approached Kabul, many foreign journalists and photographers were already on their way out of the country. By the time all commercial flights were suspended on 15 August, British journalist Charlie…

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Over the horizon

17 November 2011

Monocle’s editors, writers and correspondents look ahead to 2012 and beyond.

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All falling into place

19 January 2023

With winter’s festivities now behind us, the year is getting going in earnest, which makes this the perfect moment to reflect on the fundamentals of what we hope to achieve. That’s why, this issue, we ponder the deceptively…

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Printed matters

17 October 2007

The conservative values of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung have always been echoed in its design. But the expectations of the modern reader – and falling sales – prompted a complete redesign. *Monocle* gains exclusive…

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Diplomacy

27 May 2021

Taiwan’s representative in the US talks cat diplomacy, and Germany and Hungary fall out over football.

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Deep freeze

17 March 2009

Russia’s boom years raised the profiles of its ‘second cities’, nowhere more so than in Ekaterinburg. But even as the cranes fall silent, the city’s entrepreneurs say the good times are not over yet.

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London

A tangle of roads and lanes, a muddle of rising and falling neighbourhoods, London can be a tough beast to tame, even for those who call it home. But this ever-changing and regenerating capital can also charm you with its…

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Bread winners

21 February 2019

It is integral to French identity but sales of bread are falling and eating habits are changing. We meet the flour-flecked folk offering crumbs of comfort with an artisanal approach.

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The new brigade

15 October 2014

A fresh generation is falling in love with Mokotow’s modernist architecture and community spirit, giving it a visible sense of vibrancy in the process.

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Platform economy

19 March 2020

With rail-passenger numbers predicted to fall, retail is keeping operators’ finances on track.

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Home comforts

23 February 2017

In the fashion world, ‘Made in Germany’ sort of falls flat – but A Kind of Guise is determined to raise the country’s profile.

Monocle Minute

Grey area

6 July 2016

As ageing populations stretch city infrastructure the world over, Beijing is trialling a potential solution to its looming crisis. Elderly residents of the Chinese capital are to be offered a spot in subsidised care homes…

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The Monocle Daily, episode 95

9 March 2012

Italy and the UK’s fall out over a hostage, we talk to traders in Fukushima, and learn why telenovelas are moving from Mexico to Miami.

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The Menu - Norway’s food capital

29 July 2016

We are at Stavanger’s Gladmat food festival, the biggest of its kind in Scandinavia. The Norwegian city’s top restaurateurs, chefs and producers prove why it is still a culinary capital – despite concerns over falling oil…

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Built to last

9 December 2015

Many cities need more housing schemes but fall short of making them characterful and interesting. We visit a Swiss development that has built-in charm and diversity.

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Europe

15 April 2010

How a Finnish IT firm is using the heat from its computer servers, how the French are falling in love with barges and why the British government is wondering about the time.