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Film

Home front

28 August 2012

The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.

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A world at war

16 August 2012

People talk of the world becoming a smaller place, but there is still a lot of room for hostility. Here, Monocle has identified 20 of the most volatile areas of contention.

Radio

The Foreign Desk - Living with the past: the Second World War

2 March 2019

There is probably no period in history more discussed than the Second World War. Every country involved suffered but Allied nations were able to console themselves that their losses were sustained in a noble cause. It…

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Home front

16 August 2012

The functional concrete bungalows hastily built after the Second World War to house the US troops are becoming a popular option for young Japanese looking for more living space.

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Second wind

16 November 2023

As cargo freighters begin exploring the possibility of traversing the oceans with the help of hi-tech sails, smaller vintage fleets are showing them the way.

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Second life

15 September 2011

While post-industrial towns such as Detroit languish in a ‘rust belt’, Pittsburgh is bucking the trend, teeing itself up as a major hi-tech hub and an alternative to California’s Silicon Valley. Monocle visits its thriving…

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Second coming

17 August 2023

A neglected workers’ housing project by Alvar Aalto is being lovingly revived by design-minded Finns.

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Tides of war

16 May 2016

It’s all hands on deck as we find out why so many international altercations are happening at sea.

Monocle Minute

In the wars

16 August 2016

In Asia, the 15 August anniversary of the end of the Second World War is not just a day for reflection and memorials: it’s also for posturing and political pandering surrounding Japan, China and South Korea’s shared history…

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Living with war

18 August 2022

We travel across Ukraine to find a nation fighting a war but also a people trying to prepare for a better future.

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Business

16 August 2012

War against poaching: Fighting poachers in Zimbabwe, US veterans as entrepreneurs, and Japan's taste for US Military ice cream.

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Hunt for a home

11 September 2014

Built as a hunting lodge in the 1930s and seized by the SS during the Second World War, Villa St Martin in Alsace has a colourful history. Now an idyllic family home, its Bauhaus and art deco architectural styles

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Cold war modern

16 February 2023

With its vast lobbies and unfussy functionality, the concrete-and-glass Deutsche Oper building was considered an audacious statement of democratic ideals when it first opened in 1961 on the western side of the Berlin Wall…

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Expo 33: War minus the shooting

15 April 2010

The first winter military world games took place in March in Valle D'Aosta, Italy, giving armed forces of the world a chance to bond with each other and to promote peace through sport. Monocle was there, cheering our fav…

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World first

21 March 2024

Spring’s artistic highlights include the reissue of a classic French album, a retrospective on Dutch-American painter Willem de Kooning and the long-awaited return of Spanish director Victor Erice.

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On top of the world

4 December 2024

From innovative materials and artists and designers on the up to Cuba’s quiet transport revolution and Armenia’s garage entrepreneurs, we bring you interviews and reportage that will help to set the agenda for the year to…