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Labour of love

17 October 2019

Once an outlier for the wrong reasons, this home takes pride of place on a leafy street thanks to a couple’s tasteful renovation.

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Labour of love

21 October 2021

Nowhere captures the spirit of Gio Ponti more than a secluded villa that the architect constructed with real affection for his friend.

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The Monocle Daily - A Labour landslide

5 July 2024

As Labour celebrate a landslide victory in the UK election, Monocle’s staff gather at Midori House to dissect the rout.

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Now we are not suggesting you get overly suited and booted while much of the world works from home but a good jacket will still impress on a conference call and a box-fresh polo will sharpen your mood even if you can’t…

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Labour of love

19 October 2015

Despite our constantly changing reading habits, there’s still a place for printed independent magazines. Monocle met some pioneering editors and publishers who are not afraid to risk it all in order to tell the stories they…

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Europe

18 February 2010

Sweden cracks down on "sickies", Hungary's and Slovakia's war of words, and Paris trials electric-car sharing.

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The Monocle Arts Review - From a 'Labour of Love' to 'The Exorcist'

13 October 2017

Matt Alagiah sits down with theatre critic Matt Wolf and book reviewer John Mitchinson. Plus we speak to Sean Mathias who is directing the stage version of ‘The Exorcist’ and find out the top five songs in Switzerland.

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Chinese Cheques

17 February 2007

All over Africa, Chinese labourers are hard at work building railways, roads and national stadiums. In return, the continent’s developing countries are selling their oil and iron ore to the Chinese. The figures are stagg…

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Uniform approach

17 November 2007

Outsourcing has a bad name – a way of cutting labour costs by employing people in India and China (over three million US jobs will be lost to this trend by 2015). But there’s also a growing move for nations to outsource…

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The Monocle Daily - Donald Trump accuses the UK Labour Party of election interference

23 October 2024

Donald Trump has accused the UK’s Labour Party of interfering in the forthcoming US presidential election. We discuss why this complaint might be unjustified. Also on the programme: a network of Israeli citizens has been…

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The Globalist - UK election: Labour ends 14 years of Conservative rule

5 July 2024

We discuss the historic victory of the Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, in the UK general election with reactions from Monocle’s correspondents in the Balkans and US. Then: we turn our attention to a second major election…

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Cities

18 October 2018

Istanbul ups the war on plastic and we have a word with Labour peer Andrew Adonis.

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Nature’s bounty

25 May 2023

Makers of organic wine show off the fruits of their labours at Summa, a boutique fair that’s big on flavour as well as biodiversity.

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Park life

17 April 2008

The state of Santa Catarina in Brazil is booming, luring firms with its fortuitous location and skilled labour force. And Florianópolis, its capital, is regarded as one of the best places to live in the country.

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Oceania

19 April 2012

Perth's catch-up to Australia's cultural hubs of Sydney and Melbourne, failure of negotiations between Auckland's port and its striking workers, and solutions to Australia's 1.7 per cent annual population growth.

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Adam Gopnik

19 April 2018

The esteemed writer and essayist on the importance of cooking, going head to head with his galley’s labour union and the practical pleasures of chopping onions.