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The Monocle Travel Guide to Paris

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We’ve cut through all the charming, touristy noise to uncover the lesser-known gems that we feel embody the essence of Paris - the City of Light.

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A cut above

20 September 2018

The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode’s executive president is helping to drive French fashion forever forward by focusing on education – as well as Paris Fashion Week, of course.

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True colours

20 September 2018

When in Paris, the visionary designer heads for the tranquil – but suitably colourful – setting of her local bistro.

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Smarter homes

20 September 2018

Meet the architects and businesses who are creating housing that’s affordable, sustainable and a pleasure to live in.

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My last meal: Ban Ki-moon

20 September 2018

Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon talks about his life and legacy over a traditional Korean lunch.

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Downward trend

20 September 2018

Killer heels, once status symbols, are now conspicuously absent from fashion-show front rows (and runways). How did they become out of step with the modern world?

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The new rebels

20 September 2018

Tunisia’s tumult battered its fashion factories. But the country’s designers have cut (and sewn) a new direction that’s selling from Paris to Japan.

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We speak to the CEO of the International Watch Company keeping the 150-year-old brand timely, how the company’s new production facility is more than just a workplace and why too much exclusivity doesn’t help anyone.

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Heart of the city

20 September 2018

Ami is the non-fashion brand – that’s super fashion. Its easy Parisian style has won over men and now it’s tackling the women’s market.

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Travel and hotels briefing

20 September 2018

This month we round up some fine spots for weekend jaunts, whether it’s a seaside stay in Japan, a reborn Massachusetts motel or a woodland retreat an hour from Paris. And for diehard urbanites there’s an electrifying…

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Making tracks

13 September 2018

Nothing epitomised the golden age of travel like the Orient Express. But with the venerable service now existing only as an upscale tourist attraction, anyone wanting to savour its classic itinerary has to catch a hotchp…

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Travellers' tales

13 September 2018

Whether it’s a scientific look at what jetlag does to our brains, a spiritual take on how pilgrimage can change your life or even the creation of a brand new country, we ask six people to share their stories on the theme…

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The Entrepreneurs - Special episode: Finding investors

23 August 2018

We’re in Paris talking to a group of experts and entrepreneurs about funding – how start-ups should go about securing it and what investors are really looking for.

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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 98: Paris, Le Marais

21 August 2018

Monocle 24's Emma Nelson shows us around an area that, while it is a familiar stop on the tourism trail, still surprises with its food and drink offerings.

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Midori House - Wednesday 15 August

15 August 2018

We discuss the blame-game going on in Italy following a bridge collapsing in Genoa, New Zealand bans foreigners from buying homes and controversy about outdoor urinals in Paris.

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Editor's letter

13 August 2018

In an issue where both business and the French Foreign Legion loom large, our editor in chief identifies some potential synergy between the two (based on his own experiences in the South American jungle).

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Cometh the hour

13 August 2018

Still basking in the warm afterglow of April’s peaceful revolution, Armenia’s prime minister Nikol Pashinyan knows the hard work starts now. Can he deliver what his people expect?

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