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104 results for Hawaii

Travel

Honolulu

Honolulu – one of the most remote cities in the world – has lured the intrepid to its glorious sandy shores for centuries. But peel back the picture-postcard images of hula girls, tiki cups and floral garlands and you’ll…

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Balance of power

19 May 2022

More than 80 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor, the surprise military strike still looms large in Hawaii’s memory. Now, amid rising tensions with China, the US is working to shore up its dominance in the Pacific.

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Wave power

17 May 2008

On the island of O’ahu in Hawaii, members of a local independence movement have succeeded in winning back land claimed by the US in 1893. Now many are calling for nothing less than Hawaii’s complete secession from US rule…

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The Road Ahead - Hawaii

16 May 2019

Robert Bound heads to Honolulu to learn about this beguiling state – a sort of halfway house between the US and Asia. We then take in the breathtaking scenery of Maui’s Hana Highway.

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The Sessions at Midori House - Blue Hawaii

25 November 2017

Canadian electro duo Blue Hawaii play from their sophomore album ‘Tenderness’ and tell us how relationships have influenced the music they write and their own writing dynamic.

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Honolulu: The Monocle Travel Guide

28 June 2016

There is more to Honolulu than aloha shirts and picture-postcard images of hula girls: our new travel guide reveals a dynamic urban centre packed with independent retailers, modernist architecture and a shave-ice stand or…

Radio

Monocle on Culture - The Sessions at Midori House: From the archives: Blue Hawaii

24 January 2019

We revisit our 2017 session with Canadian electro duo Blue Hawaii, who played tracks from their second album ‘Tenderness’.

Radio

The Globalist - The fate of Darfur, defence talks in Hawaii and EU expansion

1 May 2024

As war closes in on Darfur’s besieged capital, we get the latest on the conflict in Sudan. Then: Japan, Australia, the US and the Philippines meet in Hawaii for defence talks, we hear the case for EU expansion and examine…

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Business

17 May 2012

Roof farming in Hawaii, mink farming in Denmark, coffee currency in the US and shopping addiction in Lebanon.

Radio

The Sessions at Midori House - The Monocle Mixtape: 2017 favourites

30 December 2017

We recap some of our favourite live performances from 2017, by the likes of Noga Erez, Jordan Raeki and Blue Hawaii.

Radio

The Entrepreneurs, episode 25

4 April 2012

Why the gaming industry is booming, we also meet successful publishers in Hawaii, and ask whether bamboo could be a success in Zimbabwe.

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Hula hopes

17 June 2010

Honolulu, our top-ranking US city for the third year running, wants to shed its honeymoon hotspot image. The film industry, renewable energy and agriculture are helping transform it into a new Pacific power.

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The Monocle Daily, episode 103

21 March 2012

The effect of the Syria conflict on Syrians abroad, we ask what hedge funds are actually for? Plus, check ins with Hawaii and New Zealand.

Radio

Monocle on Design - Living with nature

16 February 2021

We discuss how rewilding brings nature back into our urban environments and why the breeze-block should be Hawaii’s building material of choice. Plus: our Milan correspondent has the latest design industry news.

Radio

The Globalist - Thursday 17 August

17 August 2023

How will Hawaii get back on its feet following treacherous wildfires? Plus: the significance of South Africa’s meeting on the ‘moonshot pact’, why China’s economy is struggling and swimmers plunge into the Seine for the…

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The Briefing - Friday 3 November

3 November 2017

President Trump shows up in Hawaii, Berlusconi returns to Italian politics and tourists are heading back to Egypt. Plus: Singapore Airlines attempts to out-do its competitors in the interior-design stakes.