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Source of energy

19 January 2012

Houston, in oil-rich Texas, isn’t a city you might associate with progressive or green credentials. And yet its inhabitants have just re-elected Annise Parker, a liberal who has put renewable energy firmly on the agenda,…

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Boosting Houston

24 January 2014

Economy-wise, Houston is bigger than Austria and South Africa, thanks largely to its oil and gas industry. But alongside the energy behemoths, small entrepreneurial businesses are finding a welcoming niche.

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Boosting Houston

21 January 2014

The Texan energy capital has a huge oil-driven economy and business infrastructure. As it welcomes a growing number of entrepreneurs we document this changing city.

Monocle Minute

Houston holds firm

10 December 2015

While the US’s fastest-growing-cities lists have recently been dominated by those in Texas, 2016 won’t see Houston booming like in previous years. The reason? The continued global collapse of crude-oil prices. With 29,000…

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Americas

10 November 2014

Martin O'Malley's design on the White House, Mexico's sea change and Argentina's year ahead.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 382: Memorial Park, Houston

6 November 2023

Laura Kramer takes us to one of the largest urban parks in the US to see how regeneration efforts are helping to bring the ecosystem back to life.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 423: Rothko Chapel, Houston

26 August 2024

Gregory Scruggs takes us to a non-denominational chapel that has been a spiritual sanctuary and design lover’s dream for decades.

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Africa/Middle East

21 February 2013

The Houston to Angola flight path, the art-loving tycoon Shafik Gabr and Mauritius's big business ambitions.

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Urbanism

21 April 2022

The Dutch Cycling Embassy’s soft power and preserving historic street tiles in Houston.

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Fashion

17 June 2010

Summer prints for women and tailored shirts and jackets for men. Plus a new boutique in Houston, Texas, selling casual menswear.

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The Globalist, episode 73

8 February 2012

The future of Syria with experts James Longman and Alia Brahimi, we do the business in Houston and check in with Monocle’s Santiago correspondent.

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Fashion

24 January 2014

From a menswear shop in Houston to a womenswear label from Budapest, we round up the new and notable in the world of fashion.

Monocle Minute

Port of call

29 August 2016

With a wider Panama Canal completed this summer, the Port of Houston is gearing up for big changes. Large ships that were once only able to dock at West Coast ports are now able to cruise down the canal all the way to the…

Radio

The Stack, episode 74

25 January 2014

Tom Edwards checks in with our editor-in-chief and gets the latest from Houston (via Auckland) and we take a look at the world of men's fashion in print with critic Charlie Porter – who loves one Japanese title in partic…

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The Briefing, episode 574

21 January 2014

After two days of violent protest, Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych is calling for calm - we ask Andrew Wilson of the ECFR if it is too late. Plus: Rebecca Collard reports from Beirut on a bomb blast in a southern Shia…

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The Globalist - Wednesday 2 March

2 March 2016

As Super Tuesday comes to an end, we get the latest from the campaign trail in Houston. Meanwhile, in Tunisia military personnel from the UK and Germany try to block the spread of Isis across the border from Libya. Plus:…