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Monocle Minute

Bridge the gap

4 March 2016

The final section of Istanbul’s third bridge across the Bosphorus is due to be bolted in place later today. The Yavuz Sultan Selim Koprusu will be the widest suspension bridge in the world when it opens in August and will…

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Building bridges

19 November 2015

Monocle's annual Soft Power Survey puts the spotlight on the nations that use their gentler sides to gain influence. And this year's winner is...

Monocle Minute

Bridging the gap

25 October 2016

The Harahan Bridge, a railway cantilever structure that spans the Mississippi River, has been given a new lease of life as one of the country’s longest pedestrian and cycle bridges. Known as Big River Crossing, the new 1…

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Bridging the gap

9 October 2014

Bonn served as Germany’s provisional capital for 50 years during the Cold War while Berlin was split in two. With government affairs still divided between these two cities, being a civil servant who links the two is all…

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Bridging the gulf

17 April 2008

Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Arabic news network has enjoyed as rocky a relationship with the US as the region from which it hails. Abderrahim Foukara, the station’s New York and Washington bureau chief and managing editor, is the…

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Tajikistan: Bridging borders

2 October 2007

The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world because of its central role in the heroin trade. EU- and US-backed agencies are stepping in to help control the borders and initiate projects to stimulate…

Radio

The Urbanist - Water under the bridge

11 August 2016

Bridges play an active role in the way in which we interact with cities and they also influence how our urban environments evolve. This week we discover how something that is meant to unite us can be divisive, from a ped…

Monocle Minute

Bridge too far

8 February 2016

Bostonians are nervously watching their skyline as beloved landmarks come under threat. City officials have announced that the demolition of the Old Northern Avenue Bridge, which has spanned the Fort Point Channel for 108…

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 6: Cavenagh Bridge

16 May 2016

This week we head to Singapore to take a tour of Cavenagh Bridge. This elegant suspension bridge showcased new civil-engineering techniques under British rule and has featured in many of Joseph Conrad’s novels. Our guide…

Radio

The Bulletin with UBS - Building or burning bridges?

4 November 2018

This week our panel discusses the likelihood of a Brexit deal given the stumbling blocks. They’ll survey the domestic political landscape in the UK for clues as to whether any deal that is agreed might get through parlia…

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The Urbanist - Genoa: after the Morandi bridge

25 October 2018

On 14 August, during heavy rainfall, a motorway bridge collapsed in Genoa. It brought the region to a standstill and now, two months on, we’re back in the city to try and understand the consequences.

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Briefing Asia

17 August 2007

Building bridges in China and why you should be nice to your mum.

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 97: Newport’s Transporter Bridge

12 March 2018

From film appearances to miner takeovers, Newport’s Transporter Bridge has had a turbulent century at the heart of South Wales. Monocle’s George McDonagh, a native of the area, profiles of the iconic structure.

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Stage right

12 June 2015

As artistic director at the Sydney Theatre Company, playwright Andrew Upton has helped pen a star part for the city’s iconic cultural institution. He talks to Monocle about what makes Sydney so special and why telling…

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Diplomacy briefing

21 September 2017

How Slovenia is positioning itself as a bridge between two superpowers: the US and Russia.

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Crime time

18 January 2018

Screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt has popularised Nordic noir with ‘The Bridge’. We follow him into the woods.

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