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Summing up Los Angeles in a few words can be tricky, due to the multiple personalities it has on display. The eastern part of the city – the hills, the views, that up-and-coming sense of change – seems to have little in…

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Paris Photo Los Angeles

19 March 2016

Robert Bound pays a visit to Paramount Studios to see the world’s most celebrated photographic-art fair as it decamps from Paris to Los Angeles.

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Top of the shops

18 April 2019

A tour of Row DTLA reveals a walkable side to shopping in the City of Angels plus plenty of divine takehomes.

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Counter culture

20 September 2018

LA’s diners serve a healthy dollop of nostalgia but their architecture has modern relevance.

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Walk of fame

22 June 2017

LA’s renaissance mayor and Democrat rising star is taking on homelessness, transport and Trump.

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Leila Conners, Los Angeles

6 November 2006

As a film director, writer and the founder of Tree Media, Leila Conners’ environmentally astute documentary collaborations with actor Leonardo DiCaprio – including, most recently, 2019’s ‘Ice On Fire’ – have earned her…

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Crowning glory

19 September 2019

The mohawk, the Jheri curl, the perm: it’s easy to bring them to mind but hard to find the cut that suits you. We took a hair-raising trip to Los Angeles – clippers in hand – to lift the lid on the latest styles.

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Image makers

18 October 2018

As celebrities become their own paparazzi, what is on the cards for these streetwise snappers?

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Seeking harmony

19 April 2018

Kamasi Washington used to be called a lot of things but now he’s called the saviour of jazz. We meet the saxophonist, bandleader and producer at the vanguard of a brave new musical world.

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Dark stars

22 June 2017

Perma-sunny Los Angeles is the perfect city to launch a sunglasses brand. We find six designers putting others in the shade.

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Kurt Andersen

17 March 2009

Kurt Andersen is a novelist, columnist, broadcaster and founder of the satirical Spy magazine. After a career of ironic experimentation, it is fitting that his last meal is at José Andrés’ playful food temple, The Bazaar…

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In the Pink

17 May 2007

Pinkberry yoghurt is one of those American franchise ideas – think soup, coffee and juice bars – that seem so obvious, you want to kick yourself for not having bought in at the beginning. The growth of the franchise has…

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The Cinema Show - A guided tour of Los Angeles

4 November 2016

We explore the great city of Los Angeles old and new with Tom Ford’s production designer of ‘Nocturnal Animals’, Shane Valentino. Plus: a walking tour past the houses of Hollywood Hills and revisiting a classic Hollywood…

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The Monocle Arts Review - Art: Los Angeles

4 July 2016

We dial up Richard Bence, our contributor in Los Angeles, to hear about some of the highlights of the city’s art scene this month.

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A single plan

20 September 2018

He’s created a luxury behemoth from scratch and is determined to stay independent, outspoken and successful. Tom Ford talks sex, retail and trackpants.

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Home improvements

20 April 2017

How do you improve on perfection? For the owners of the Birtcher-Share House it meant asking what the architect would have done and matching his humility at every step.