01Jason Wood, programming director of Curzon Cinemas, London
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04Caitlin Rose, Nashville-based singer-songwriter
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06Piv Bernth, co-head of drama at Danmarks Radio, producer of The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge
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08Piv Bernth
09Håkan Nesser, award-winning Swedish crime writer
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11Bernie Cho, president DFSB Kollective, Seoul
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Great art transforms thought with ideas and emotions. But that effortless feeling as a bold new work hits the page, store or screen, is down to some very real individuals who link inspiration to industry. Here are a few of our favourites.
Issue 9
Looking forward to 2008, we asked five creative contenders to peer into their cultural crystal balls and explain what they see. From a web guru with designs for life to an established art collector going out on a wing in…
Issue 63
Books, films and music to make a date for, plus our culture editor's monthly musings.
Issue 11
In a city with 21,500 karaoke bars, exclusive members club Amour is in a different league. Founded by Parisian club impresario and graffiti artist André and with interiors by Marc Newson, it is luring a well-heeled inter…
Issue 14
This month's latest art, music, book and film releases.
Issue 24
Worth billions but well below the radar; big in China but overlooked in London; consummately professional but often part-time – the lounge act is a fascinating and uncharted universe. Monocle explores an undervalued talent…
Issue 60
Great art transforms thought with ideas and emotions. But that effortless feeling as a bold new work hits the page, store or screen, is down to some very real individuals who link inspiration to industry. Here are a few of…
Issue 24
Bulgarian songstress Lili Ivanova’s career began in 1963 and she soon became the country’s biggest star under the communists. Today she’s just as famous and is widely revered as a champion of the nation.
Issue 16
A news kiosk on Pushkin Square in Moscow, and this month's new music, film, art and music.
Issue 1
Dundee is a key hub for the world’s computer games industry. And not just any games. The city’s software houses are responsible for some of the most violent titles ever produced, including *Grand Theft Auto*. Why Dundee?…
Issue 2
Downloadable novels, written to be read on mobile phones, are the most remarkable success story in Japanese publishing. The fledgling industry is already worth ¥9 billion (€57m) a year – while sales of traditional books are…
Issue 4
Hippies invade the Whitney Museum: and Dengue Fever put Khmer music on the map.
Issue 3
Singapore's wheel of fortune and South Korea's big game plan.
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