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Happy returns

25 March 2021

Our editor in chief welcomes the excitement in the air as the world begins to reconnect.

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Is a slavish addiction to your smartphone bringing you down? Perhaps your career is less than fulfilling? If so, app developers and ‘happiness consultants’ think they can help. But are they really enough to keep you smiling…

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Expo 15: Happy union

17 June 2008

Lo-skolen was established in the tradition of Denmark’s folk schools, set up to provide courses for workers without access to university education. The school’s architects Jarl Heger and Karen & Ebbe Clemmensen designed…

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Finn blue line

17 August 2007

Åland, an archipelago in Scandinavia, is hailed as a model for how to create a harmonious “nation” – without giving it full independence – academics and politicians even studied it as a model for Kosovo. The prosperous…

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36. Happy meals

21 January 2021

Great dining is about more than food. Intimate acoustics, fine furnishings and considered colours help to make a restaurant a place you’ll want to return to. We take some tips from specialist interiors studio OEO.

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Many happy returns

25 August 2022

At this year’s World Economic Forum, The Adecco Group gathered guests to discuss the benefits and pitfalls of flexible working for women at its Jeffersonian dinner, the second in a series of informal discussions produced…

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Monocle on Culture - How much does it cost to play ‘Happy Birthday’?

14 March 2016

Last month the classic song ‘Happy Birthday’ was made public domain. We use this as a springboard to discuss some of the music industry's most contentious rights cases. Meanwhile, we set out to debunk a few mysteries sur…

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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 189: Happy Foot Sad Foot

13 January 2020

This week Monocle’s Carlota Rebelo takes us to the neighbourhood of Silver Lake in Los Angeles to share the story of an unassuming city icon: a rotating sign outside a foot clinic.

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Happy new world

17 March 2009

As Monocle notches up two years, we take a look back at where we started and unveil some subtle tweaks to our brand for volume 03. We’ve always celebrated small businesses that manufacture at home and in an ever-more hom…

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Key to a happy home

9 December 2015

There’s something wrong with the homes being erected around the globe: they are all about a chilly display of wealth, not creating a place that makes you feel safe. It’s time to campaign for a new healthy architecture.

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Shiny happy people

9 September 2015

A family-run shoe-polish manufacturer on the outskirts of Paris with over eight decades of experience has big global plans, in spite of its diminutive size.

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Monocle on Culture - Summer films: ‘Agent of Happiness’, ‘Daughters’ and ‘Kneecap’

5 August 2024

In our summer film special, we find out about three great big-screen releases. We hear about a happiness agent in the Bhutanese Himalayas in ‘Agent of Happiness’, explore the moving new Netflix film ‘Daughters’ and jump…

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The Menu - Happy Endings, Butcheria and Japanese food replicas

18 October 2024

This week, we delve into the pleasure of ice cream whatever the season with founder of Happy Endings, Terri Mercieca. Also in the programme, Monocle’s Copenhagen correspondent Michael Booth meets chef and butcher, Michael…

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Inventory No. 6

17 August 2007

Wooden toys for the boys, skin treats and feel the Sap rising with some Scandinavian fizz.

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25 things to make you happy

16 June 2022

Summer is all about taking a break and doing the things that enhance your quality of life. And we’ve devised a modest checklist of ideas to set you on the right course – to make life just a bit nicer. So grab your swimmers…

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The Monocle Daily - EU leaders debate the future and the World Happiness Report 2025

20 March 2025

We’re live from our Paris studio with panellists Michele Barbero and Florence Martin-Kessler to discuss the EU’s leaders summit in Brussels, why the pension debate in France will never go away and why King Charles III is…