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Netherlands: state of the nation

3 May 2018

In our animated series we assess how the Dutch are performing on the world stage as well as at home.

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Kenya: state of the nation

14 June 2018

This east African anchor boasts world-famous writers and athletes but corruption and flawed infrastructure hold it back.

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Monocle's Africa correspondent Steve Bloomfield and photographer Frédéric Courbet risked imprisonment to go undercover in troubled Zimbabwe, where international journalists are banned. They found a nation on the brink of…

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Expo 68: Life at sea

17 October 2013

Alaska’s 50-year-old, state-run ferry system is not a profit-maker. But for the people who use it, it is as important as the police or fire service. Monocle climbs aboard.

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Canada: state of the nation

6 November 2018

From a thriving economy to potent soft-power credentials, we unpack what keeps Canada on the up.

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Puerto Rico - state of debate

16 April 2014

Puerto Rico is struggling with a faltering economy and an ongoing argument over its status as a US territory. Monocle meets the residents attempting to rethink the island’s future.

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Delta force

20 October 2011

While neighbouring towns in the Mississippi Delta have struggled for survival, Greenwood has been revived by a home-grown kitchen appliance manufacturer that is committed not only to the town’s economy, but also the health…

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Yes they can

17 November 2008

Aside from helping to elect Barack Obama, voters in California passed historic legislation to approve the nation’s first high-speed rail network. If the US wants to get back to work, investing in all its transport is key…

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Lobster spot

19 September 2013

If you’re in Maine for any amount of time, leaving without tasting a lobster roll is tantamount to sacrilege. Pay homage at the Eventide Oyster Company…

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Design principal

17 June 2008

The leafy Rhode Island School of Design, a global leader in arts education, is buzzing about its new president: the freewheeling, commercially aware digital theorist and world-reknowned graphic designer John Maeda – a man…

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To lathe ’n’ dye in LA

23 May 2013

In a city untroubled by a reputation for putting quality before surface sheen, a quiet revolution is taking place as manufacturing workshops flourish once more. Monocle visits the LA makers who are reviving the artisan…

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Western Star

17 May 2012

Monocle attends the fourth annual Dallas Art Fair in the Texan city that is gaining kudos as a major cultural hub in the US. Local collectors, museums and arts spaces have turned it from a lone ranger into an international…

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Meet the Writers - Monocle Reads: Failures of State

25 March 2021

Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott are journalists at the award-winning ‘Sunday Times’ investigative platform Insight. They speak to Georgina Godwin about their new book ‘Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain’s…

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The Stack - The state of news media in the US

23 January 2021

This week on ‘The Stack’ we speak with Jennifer Brandel, founder of media consultancy Hearken, on the state of news in the US. Plus ‘Boys! Boys! Boys!’ a new title on queer and gay photography.

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State of the nation: Belgium

17 January 2019

Hosting the institutions of the EU can be a double-edged sword. But Belgium’s unique federation has plenty to offer on the world stage through its liberal and energetic approach to diplomacy, plus growing influence in the…

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Debate of the 51st state

17 April 2014

Should they stay or should they go? Puerto Ricans dither about becoming fully part of the US or seeking independence. Meanwhile the economy wobbles. But finally there seems to be a way forward.