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My Waterloo

20 April 2017

With Ukraine’s staging of Eurovision in trouble, a Swedish superstar was asked to step in. How could he ever refuse?

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News network France 24 is a broadcaster working across three languages in order to deliver a nuanced French view of global affairs. With its ever-increasing reach, it’s a channel catching the little details that competitors…

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Culture

17 April 2014

The films, books and bands keeping us entertained this month.

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Culture

17 May 2008

This month's latest art, music, book and film releases.

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Art corps

17 November 2007

Looking forward to 2008, we asked five creative contenders to peer into their cultural crystal balls and explain what they see. From a web guru with designs for life to an established art collector going out on a wing in…

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Asia

17 April 2007

Singapore's wheel of fortune and South Korea's big game plan.

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Culture

25 April 2013

Books, films and music to make a date for, plus our culture editor's monthly musings.

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The ideas factory

17 January 2013

Great art transforms thought with ideas and emotions. But that effortless feeling as a bold new work hits the page, store or screen, is down to some very real individuals who link inspiration to industry. Here are a few of…

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Creative futures

17 November 2011

We’ve asked five artists, musicians and writers to tell us what they’ll be up to in the coming year and what will keep their creative juices flowing.

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Konfekt Korner - A post-modern tribute, the art of pickling and hiking in Samos

31 October 2022

In the month of October, Konfekt spreads its wings from Samos to Seoul, the heart of London to the quaint picturesque town of Rye, to ponder everything from the power of solo hiking to how to spot the perfect kimchi and…

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Keeping it real

27 April 2023

The Dutch are reality TV pioneers but as times evolve, shows are voted off. Can these new formats be the catalyst for a renaissance?

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The Monocle Arts Review - TV: Fernando Augusto Pacheco

3 February 2016

Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco reviews Brazilian TV shows, including the new season of ‘Amor & Sexo’, a show about sex and relationships, and the perennial ‘Silvio Santos’. Plus: a healthy cooking show with Bela Gil.

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The Monocle Arts Review - Theatre: Dominic Maxwell

27 January 2016

On this week’s theatre review we discuss Alistair McGowan’s role as a coma patient trying to piece together the last 10 years of his life in ‘4000 Days’ and we head to the Lyrics Hammersmith theatre for a reprise of the…

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Special Features - Anne Zouroudi for Mediterraneo

28 July 2014

Anne Zouroudi, author of the Hermes Diaktoros series, has written a thrilling short story exclusively for Mediterraneo

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Come on down

18 January 2018

What’s the secret to game shows’ enduring popularity? Is it the triumph of ‘the everyman’ – the idea that anyone, of any race, age, gender or background, could win a fortune? Or is it that people just need some silly fun…

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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.