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Smoking gun

12 May 2014

Journalist Jorge Lanata is happiest when he’s taking on those in power. Whether on his TV and radio shows or in his weekly newspaper column, his passionate views frame the national agenda and have made him a celebrity in…

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Europe

18 March 2010

A NATO shipping deal looks set to provide some welcome good news in Latvia, how a think tank is shaking up German politics, and France's pioneering stance on transsexuality.

Monocle Minute

No smoke without fire

16 January 2017

Japan is hoping to ban smoking at restaurants as part of an effort to reduce secondhand-smoke-related deaths; if only restaurateurs would stop fighting the idea. At an emergency meeting last week industry groups represen…

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Europe

17 June 2010

Copenhagen saddles up for the world's biggest urban cycling contest, Russia's "Silicon Valley" gets to live by its own rules, and Istanbul, the call to prayer becomes easier to the ear.

Radio

Konfekt Korner - Cabaret on rails, smoke sauna and the alchemy of scent

29 February 2024

This episode of Konfekt Korner explores themes of early spring and its sense of vernal opportunity. We spend four hours in a hotbox being rubbed with ashes and honey to report on Estonian sauna culture, hop on board a…

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Recipe: Råraka with smoked salmon and sour cream

21 September 2017

It’s cosy Swedish comfort food at its best – and hearty enough to ensure some ballast on board this autumn.

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Americas

17 February 2011

Cricket in the US, a possible Obama challenger, and Argentina's cash crisis

Radio

The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 221: Recipe edition, Robin Gill

9 February 2021

A popular Irish recipe for smoked haddock.

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Europe

17 June 2009

Stockholm starts doing it for the kids, Helsinki talks rubbish, and Turkey stops smoking.

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Rocket city

17 November 2011

Huntsville, Alabama is a global player in the defence and aerospace industries but in order to ensure its economic future it must diversify. It’s looking to bio-tech to not only attract top researchers and entrepreneurs,…

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Europe

17 May 2008

Russians promise to stub out the smoking habit, getting high in Stockholm, and bridging a great divide in Germany.

Travel

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a city of many identities: a place where global flagships sit next to independent cafés; where steel towers dwarf old shop houses that are home to multiple generations of a single family. One moment you will…

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Eero Aarnio

17 May 2019

Over a beer and steak in an 18th-century coffee house, the celebrated Finnish chair designer takes a seat to talk sunsets, saunas and smoking his own salmon.

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Oceania

20 January 2011

The king of Tonga is our dapper Style Leader, Australia is a wise old goat, and New Zealand strips its prisoners of the right to vote and smoke.

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Star turn

18 April 2019

Abstract artist Frank Stella had his first Moma retrospective 50 years ago. We caught up with him as he prepared to show his latest colourful work, partly inspired by his smoking habit.

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 27 July

27 July 2021

Our Beirut correspondent, Leila Molana-Allen, on the country’s new (old) leader. Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Jonathan Fenby discuss the UK’s crime plan, China’s tech crackdown and smoking on film. Plus: our series on Olympic…