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Bread winners

19 May 2022

A new crop of bakeries is resurrecting the art of Spanish bread-making, a tradition disrupted by civil war and industrialisation. We sample the upper crust.

Radio

The Urbanist - New-towns movement

10 October 2019

Purpose planned and purpose built, the new-towns movement sought to let some air out of congested industrialised centres after the Second World War. But how have these towns fared and could a fresh wave of them be the cure…

Radio

The Monocle Weekly - Laura Beatty, Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim and William McGregor

21 July 2019

Academy Award-nominated directors Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim discuss their new film, ‘The Great Hack’, which explains how big tech and data privacy have become everybody’s problem. Plus: author Laura Beatty on her bea…

Monocle Minute

Green infusion

13 November 2015

Once the lifeline of Singapore’s industrialisation, a 24km strip of disused railway tracks will be given a new lease of life as a “green corridor”. According to plans released this week, Japanese architecture firm Nikken…

Radio

The Bulletin with UBS - By train or by plane?

13 April 2020

This is the traveller’s dilemma after Covid-19 – particularly against a backdrop of broader climate-change concerns. We learn how the pandemic is showing industrialised countries what clean air means and how healthier…

Monocle Minute

Paddy power

7 September 2015

Japanese farmers have been slow to industrialise and innovate and the sector is on the wane. So what do you do if you make farming machinery and see your market stagnate and even shrink? According to the Nikkei Asian Review…

Monocle Minute

Clean and green

23 April 2016

The Don Valley, which traces the Don River on the western edge of Toronto into Lake Ontario, has been a casualty of the city’s industrialisation. For most of the 20th century, factories have been pumping their toxic waste…

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Sign language

17 February 2014

As a country renowned for taste and style it is little surprise that Italy’s brands have such a strong aesthetic identity. Monocle delves into the nation’s visual history and charts its most striking logos.

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Art of the ages

17 February 2015

From the mountain town specialising in cedar bentwood to the community with its sights set on eyewear domination, Japan’s dedicated craft capitals are an enlightening model of manufacturing.

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Hakim Hajoui

16 January 2024

Appointed as ambassador of Morocco to the United Kingdom in 2020, Hakim Hajoui is responsible for communicating his country’s proposition on a global scale and strengthening the relationships that will benefit it for years…

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Modern niches

19 November 2019

Whether it’s door-to-door delivery services, cutesy telegrams or ear salons, Japan is home to a host of unique businesses.

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Taking account

17 November 2007

*Monocle* asked three influential economists for their predictions for 2008: Christian Gattiker-Ericsson, head of equity and strategy research at Bank Julius Baer, sees more pressure for economies reliant on ageing workf…

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Business

17 March 2009

Psychotherapy vouchers for French workers, an interview with Iceland's "minister of ideas", and why renewables are an attractive investment in hard times.

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Editor’s letter

21 February 2019

As we invite you to say ‘bonjour’ to our issue devoted to all things French, our editor in chief explains how our latest page-turner owes its beginnings to some pondering in a Parisian bookshop.

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Branching out

8 December 2015

An Italian company has taken inspiration from nature to design a graceful outdoor gym. The collaboration, using specially developed materials, is robust enough to survive in public spaces but beautiful enough to avoid…

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Liquid courage

21 November 2013

The struggling region of Oaxaca is tasting economic success with its burgeoning mezcal production. Monocle meets the spirited generation mixing rural tradition and business to create a Mexican brand with bite.