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1088 results for language

A 2016

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Strong language

8 December 2015

The world's governments would be lost without interpreters. Meet the old hands at the UN headquarters and the students who will help us understand one another in the years ahead. Without these guys, nothing gets done.

D 71

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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.

A 104

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Sign language

18 May 2017

If you’ve been to the US, it’s likely that Donald Meeker gave you directions. He’s the graphic designer whose wayfinding systems keep millions of people on track every day.

Radio

Meet the Writers - Natasha Brown on the effect of language

30 March 2025

Natasha Brown’s 2021 debut ‘Assembly’ was met with critical acclaim, shortlisted for several awards including the Folio Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Orwell Prize for Fiction, and translated into 17 languages. Her…

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Mark my words

19 April 2018

The world’s most popular language-learning tool uses our own innate competitiveness – and a passive-aggressive owl – to keep users motivated.

Radio

Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: ‘The Language Game’

28 April 2022

Georgina Godwin speaks to Nick Chater, professor of behavioural science at Warwick University Business School, about his new book ‘The Language Game’, co-written with colleague and friend Morten H Christian. The book offers…

Radio

The Entrepreneurs - Babbel and Communicative Language Academy

4 October 2023

Babbel CEO Arne Schepker explains how the world’s best-selling language-learning platform evolves and adapts to new technologies and why it remains committed to using human interaction and conversation to help its users…

Film

Ísbíltúr: Iceland’s ice-cream road trips

9 February 2022

We hit the road with journalist Egill Bjarnason, finding the best spots to grab a cone on a journey into the Icelandic custom of ‘ísbíltúr’. It’s one of many Nordic lifestyle concepts that can teach us a thing or two about…

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Home away from home

18 January 2016

Residents of Lebanon’s mountainous Chouf region meet each week in the Moukhtara Palace in Beirut. There, greeted with hot Turkish coffee, Arab hospitality makes them feel right at home.

L 134

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11. Word up

21 May 2020

The lexicon of lockdown.

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Cities

18 April 2019

Athens’ outgoing mayor shares advice for his successor and Montréal’s shops start talking the talk.

Travel

Brussels + Antwerp

Brussels may be the heart of the EU but unassuming Antwerp, an hour away by train, has long been one of Europe’s most prosperous ports. For this guide we’ve toured both destinations and found plenty of gems throughout, from…

A 32

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Voice of a nation

18 March 2010

One of the few unifying experiences in multi-lingual Switzerland is Rainer Maria Salzgeber’s TV coverage of the national football team’s matches. The presenter says the sport can help the nation become more tolerant of…

L 121

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Express yourself

21 February 2019

Learning a language can be arduous but a dramatic approach is finding a captive audience in Paris.

B 100

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Talking shop

19 January 2017

From an iconic US brand to Dutch teaching that’s second to ‘nun’, we present our guide to multilingualism.

L 123

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Throwing signs

18 April 2019

Like any language, signing changes with the times – and that incorporates updates to include the latest obscenities and drug references. Monocle put its hands up for a lesson in lyrics at a Texas gig.