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Expo 36: River of discontent

19 August 2010

Within some states of the US there is an increasing sense of belligerent unrest among the right-wing – over half of polled Republicans believe the president is a Muslim who wants to diminish the nation’s sovereignty. Zed…

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Life’s a beach

24 March 2022

The 450-strong team of the Copacabana Palace make the hotel a sunny outpost of grand hospitality.

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Face Maker

19 August 2010

Plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy has earned legendary status in Brazil, with his philosophy that good looks should be available to all, regardless of wealth or social standing. His pioneering techniques are still admired by…

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Ready for a close-up

18 August 2015

As Globo, Brazil’s most powerful broadcaster, celebrates its 50th birthday, there are whispers of it becoming a monopoly. With its coverage of next year’s Olympics high on the agenda, we paid a visit to find out how it…

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Do not disturb

17 March 2008

After spending a rumoured €273m on a total overhaul, the Dolder Grand is hoping to cement its reputation as the European elite getaway, 109 years after its first guests checked in. But has the Foster redesign retained the…

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Chanel in Cuba

5 May 2016

This week Karl Lagerfeld traded Paris’s opulent Grand Palais for Havana’s leafy Paseo del Prado as the backdrop for his latest Chanel showcase, the 2016/2017 Cruise collection. The event – which saw models walk the prome…

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Americas

17 May 2009

The Obama's grand designs on their private White House living quarters, going Dutch in the Antilles, planting seeds of change in Detroit and the Interoceanic Highway near completion - maybe.

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Missing links

27 May 2021

As the world gets moving once again, we highlight the grand-scale transit projects that would give cities and nations new momentum.

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Start me up

14 May 2015

A place to relax amid the city bustle, a spot to freshen up before an evening out and a friend to get you moving when bed is so tempting: The Forecast brings you the best businesses you’ve yet to see.

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Great Sheikhs

17 May 2009

Abu Dhabi is built on oil but the supply is not without a bottom. As a result, the city is morphing into a technology, and culture superpower. But who are the visionaries on the ground turning dreams into bricks and mortar…

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King of the mall

20 March 2014

The 42-year-old motorbike-riding CEO of one of Brazil’s biggest shopping empires tells Monocle how he runs such a huge company while staying true to his family ethos.

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Sunny outlook

17 April 2014

Each spring the great and the good of the property industry decamp to Cannes to rub shoulders with the architects, urbanists and developers shaping the face of our cities. Monocle heads to the French Riviera to report from…

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Welcome news

18 January 2016

Innovative brands extending their reach, fresh-faced start-ups launching their first ventures and established institutions in line for a facelift: we round up what's new and notable in hospitality worldwide for the year…

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The wheels keep turning

13 September 2018

Our senior editor’s journey from Louisiana to Texas takes in gumbo, drive-thru liquor stores, pink pistols and vast stretches of not very much at all. But there is life and soul to be found in the vastness and stories to…

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The money mystery

17 June 2011

There’s a link between quality of life and the money in your pocket but nobody quite understands this complicated marriage. One thing we do know for sure, whatever the question, the answer should not be Luanda.

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Show offs

20 October 2016

Monocle visits the annual trade fairs where craft aficionados are upholding traditions such as barrel-making and basket-weaving and forward-looking ceramicists are reinventing the humble tile.