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Monocle Minute

Best medicine

13 January 2016

At a time when Hong Kong is in need of a good laugh, TVMost, a satirical digital channel founded by three former radio hosts, is providing some pointed comic relief. This week the channel hosted a mock awards ceremony at…

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Oceania briefing

14 April 2015

Keeping journalism free in Australia, China's Pacific influence and why Cuban medics will be speaking Kiwi.

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Ready for this?

18 February 2010

Israel’s violent history means that its hospitals have much to teach other countries about how to deal with major bloodshed on their streets. Rambam Medical Center in Haifa is offering medics pioneering training in handling…

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Business briefing

19 June 2014

Drilling down into miners' accommodation, the Band-Aid gets brought into the 21st century and clean air becomes big business in China.

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Drug Wars

17 October 2012

The practices of the health and pharmaceutical industries have no shortage of critics but there's an equally tricky battle to change consumers' perceptions once a product get the green light. Monocle meets some of the…

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Respect the elders

17 October 2012

The Avengers be damned. The combined diplomatic super powers of 10 global leaders known as The Elders, formed by Nelson Mandela and led by chairman Desmond Tutu, are taking on the world’s most complex problems.

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Home visit

17 October 2012

The origami roof of the new Center for Cancer and Health suggests that this is no ordinary hospital. Nord Architects Copenhagen has achieved a design leap by creating a leafy courtyard and comfortable interiors.

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Saint Charles

17 March 2008

The popularity of ‘natural’ cosmetics and remedies has burgeoned, and Austria is one of Europe’s top markets. In Vienna a group of friends with a passion for botany and herbal medicine are championing the use of local…

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Written diagnosis

17 October 2012

‘The Lancet’ has been in existence for 189 years and is considered an institution in the publishing industry. Monocle meets the staff of the British medical weekly that is always authoritative and occasionally controversial…

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Best of the best

17 October 2012

Good medical care is about more than mending broken bones – it also fixes nations. These are the countries and people building healthier states.

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The Sessions at Midori House - Josin

30 September 2017

German-Korean musician Josin tells us how she switched a life in medicine for a life in music and plays from her EP ‘Epilogue’.

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Business Briefing

20 January 2011

The new spae shuttles prepare for lift-off, an iconic motorbike film gets back on the road, and Cornwall lays claims to the title of Britain's "green coats."

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The Monocle Weekly, episode 208

30 June 2013

Robert Bound and Hugo Macdonald explore the pitfalls of alternative medicine with Dr Paul Offit, enjoy some lost classics of the Vienna music scene with writer Florian Obkircher, and take a trip down the River Nile with…

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The Monocle Daily, episode 713

30 July 2014

We investigate Africa’s deadliest virus but also ask whether Ebola is quite the killer bug it’s cracked up to be with Sandra Smiley from Medicins Sans Frontieres and journalist Arwen Kidd, who recently returned from Liberia…

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The Entrepreneurs, episode 98

28 August 2013

We head to West Texas to meet the man making the world’s finest leather medicine balls, learn how to make the best use of empty commercial property, get a taste of the ice cream industry in Madrid, and test a new way of…

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The Monocle Weekly - Dale Pinnock, Ed Eisler and Tomos Lewis

15 January 2017

Dale Pinnock, known as the ‘medicinal chef’, gives Robert Bound and Tom Edwards food for thought as we start the new year. We also find out where to find the world’s best teas with Ed Eisler, founder of Jing Tea, and Mon…

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