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By the book

18 August 2011

School textbooks have come a long way since the dry and fusty tomes of yesteryear. Innovations such as digital editions, 3D simulations and role-playing adventure books are making learning easier – and more fun.

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The Monocle Arts Review - Books: Sarah Shaffi

11 February 2016

Sarah Shaffi, online editor and producer at ‘The Bookseller’ reviews debut novels by Sunil Yapa and screenwriter Shirley Barrett as well as ‘The Ballroom’ by Anna Hope, which explores the love story between two asylum…

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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: DJ Taylor

9 September 2019

DJ Taylor is a British critic, writer and novelist. He has written award-winning biographies of George Orwell and William Thackeray, as well as being longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker prize for his novel ‘Derby Day’. His…

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Monocle preview: How to Make a Nation

1 April 2016

Monocle’s new book, “How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide”, explores all the elements you need to make a happy, vibrant and successful country. From designing a better parliament to choosing a flag, creating social capital…

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Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

14 May 2009

In The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, Alain de Botton reveals why we need an art that can proclaim the intelligence, peculiarity, beauty and horror of the workplace and, not least, its extraordinary claim to be able to…

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The Monocle Guide to Hotels, Inns & Hideaways

This is a handbook for anyone from holidaymakers to hoteliers. We jump up and down on a few choice beds, check out the start-ups breaking new ground and talk to the CEOs of the best and biggest groups. Don’t expect stuffy…

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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: Claudia Rubenstein

20 February 2020

On this week’s Monocle Reads we speak to Claudia Rubenstein, author, historian and director of Jewish Book Week, London’s longest-running international literary festival.

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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: John Sutherland

18 June 2020

Georgina Godwin speaks to former police officer John Sutherland. He is the author of bestseller ‘Blue: A Memoir – Keeping the Peace and Falling to Pieces’, which details his struggles with mental health during his 25 years…

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Between the lines

19 January 2017

Matters of national and international security are best left to the professionals. But who are they and where do they get their intelligence? From fact to fiction, we reveal our sources.

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Culture briefing

18 August 2016

Books, music and a Turkish TV tyrant.

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Culture briefing

19 May 2015

Choice cuts from the world's creative minds.

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Written authority

20 March 2014

Ismail Kadare has had to do battle with autocracy and animosity throughout his 60-year career but has emerged as a world-renowned author and Man Booker prizewinner. Monocle headed to Paris to meet Albania’s celebrated…

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Culture briefing

24 January 2014

Books, films and music to enrich your life this month.

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Cover Story

19 September 2013

‘Real’ books make good business sense, as proved by Vancouver’s new launch The Paper Hound. The secret to challenging the hordes of electronic devices? Just take a chance and believe in a beautiful cover.

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Culture briefing

17 February 2008

Music: Vampire Weekend and Chris Bathgate. Film: 3:10 to Yuma and Battle of Haditha. Art: A New York art cpp[ and exhibition picks. Books: JG Ballard's autobiography, Granta and Madam President.

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Culture briefing

17 September 2007

Patrick Watson are a new band named after their frontman, Patrick Watson. Fortunately, this is the only failure of imagination exhibited on their excellent debut, Close To Paradise. Perhaps hailing from Montréal – the…

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