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25 things to make you happy

16 June 2022

Summer is all about taking a break and doing the things that enhance your quality of life. And we’ve devised a modest checklist of ideas to set you on the right course – to make life just a bit nicer. So grab your swimmers…

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Let’s go outside

16 June 2022

Swiss chef Ralph Schelling shares his tried and trusted recipes for perfect outdoor dining, from savoury nibbles to tasty bakes and even a tipple or two. As soon as the sun’s shining, grab your picnic basket and load it up…

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Different beat

16 June 2022

Portugal is a recording mecca for acts from across the Lusophone world. But can it export its stars?

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The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 7 June

7 June 2022

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko on the Russian offensive in the Donbas as fighting rages. Nabila Ramdani and Gwilym David Blunt discuss global food security, the state of UK soft power and the travails of paying for public…

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The Menu - Traditions with future

20 May 2022

We head to southern Ireland to learn about some old methods for smoking fish that are winning over new fans. We also take a look at Italy’s wine industry and how UK embassies are finding soft power through food.

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Staying power

19 May 2022

Checking in at an intimate bolthole in a Portuguese hilltop town, a shrine to wine in a former newspaper building in Arizona and more, we survey some of the world’s most characterful new hotels.

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State of the arts

19 May 2022

The art world is back – renewed and reinvigorated. From the transformation of a cargo port into a public cultural centre in Singapore to the collectors funding the artists they admire, we survey the best of what the summer…

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Culture

19 May 2022

A pioneer bringing a feisty female to Saudi TV screens and Ukraine’s Eurovision entry.

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Affairs

19 May 2022

Independent Russian news outlet Meduza and Titi Ogufere, Nigeria’s design pioneer.

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Just add water

21 April 2022

The City of Bridges is at a contemplative moment. It has come through two sleepy years, freed by the pandemic from the usual tourist crowds, and is now cautious about their return. Ahead of the city’s forthcoming Art Bie…

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Feathering the nest

21 April 2022

We meet the farmer nurturing Iceland’s very soft-power darling – its eider ducks – by modernising the industry and boosting profits.

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The art of mediation

21 April 2022

Turkey has found itself with a new diplomatic purpose since Russia invaded Ukraine: the trusted mediator. After years of being seen as unreliable, even mercurial, by the West, and spats with neighbours, it is playing a key…

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Urbanism

21 April 2022

The Dutch Cycling Embassy’s soft power and preserving historic street tiles in Houston.

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Inside Russia Today

21 April 2022

A young journalist looks back on four years working for Russian state media.

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The Opener

21 April 2022

Funding fiascos, changing the clocks, cycling in LA and the inside scoop from the Venice Biennale.

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Do we need royal families?

24 March 2022

What are the benefits, if any, of having an unelected family reigning over a nation’s people? And is this archaic institution on its way out? Monocle’s panel debates whether monarchies, republics or a happy mixture of the…