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100 results for St John's

C 2016

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Cold comfort

21 July 2016

The capital of Newfoundland and Labrador blossomed during its oil boom but it will need all the fierce optimism born of a harsh past to weather the slump.

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Article

Thanks to a strong leader, oil discoveries, new direct flights to Europe and a prime-time drama set in St John’s, it’s boom time for this Canadian province, leading everyone from Norwegian engineers to New York art direc…

Radio

Meet the Writers - Xiaolu Guo and Emily St John Mandel

27 February 2016

Our first guest is Chinese-British novelist and film-maker Xiaolu Guo, whose work has been translated into more than 26 languages. Also on the show we have Canadian dancer turned author Emily St John Mandel, whose latest…

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 285: St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong

29 November 2021

Monocle’s Naomi Xu Elegant visits a historic church that sits on the only piece of freehold land in Hong Kong.

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Rachel Whiteread

21 March 2013

Sculptor Rachel Whiteread is a regular at London restaurant St John, an establishment that has been a favourite with artists for nearly 20 years.

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Monocle travel guide

17 May 2011

Spend a week at Franco Zeffirelli’s former hang-out in Positano, dine amid country-house grandeur in Paris, and uncork a bottle in a Buenos Aires wine hotel – all stop-offs in this month’s Monocle travel round-up.

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Fashion

17 October 2009

A new retail concept "Present" in London's Shoreditch, smart leather sneakers in Milan from design team Twentyfourseven, and a collaboration between Danish clothing brand Soulland and one of Copenhagen’s oldest milliners…

Monocle Minute

In safe hands

14 November 2016

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is making good on another of his campaign promises: the Liberal government has announced that the once-shuttered St John’s Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre will be reopened in 2018. Before…

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Ebb and flow

16 June 2022

The Canal St Martin offers a chance to contemplate. And when Paris empties in summer, you’ll have it all to yourself. Get comfy, stay cool and head to the water.

Monocle Minute

Indelible ink

7 December 2015

By now you know the Minute’s views on print: it’s not going anywhere but up. And that’s why we are delighted to mark this Thursday’s opening of another great shop dedicated to the world of magazines. Jeremy Leslie runs…

Radio

Monocle on Design - Flying colours

3 May 2016

On today’s show we shine a light on the most fundamental of visual delights: colour. We chart the tale of three intriguing hues with journalist Kassia St Clair, consider the importance of colour in defining certain cities…

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Rebuilding America

17 June 2010

These 10 creative ventures – online, community-focused and commercial – are remaking American cities. They include the founders of museum hotels across the Midwest, the organiser of a neighbourhood Art Walk and an entrep…

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Right minds

21 October 2015

From London to Mexico City, Monocle has selected five of the best practices with the architectural flair and interior ingenuity right for your next project.

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Island hopper

17 March 2011

The North Atlantic French overseas territory may have only a few thousand inhabitants but it can count on regular flights to Canada thanks to local air carrier Air Saint-Pierre.

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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.

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Nadav Kander

17 October 2009

Nadav Kander is one of the world’s top photographers – in both art and commercial worlds. Recent successes include ‘Yangtze, the Long River’, nominated for Prix Pictet, and ‘Obama’s People’ commissioned by the ‘New York…