Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Thursday 24 May
Efficiency delivered on budget
I hate the UK’s supermarket chain Tesco, or at least I think I do.
- 323 results for budgets
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Wednesday 17 April
Burying the truth
On the day that the UK lays to rest one of its most divisive leaders – Margaret Thatcher – there's a sense that the bombast surrounding the funeral is distinctly un-British.
Affairs / Defence
Defence briefing
Algeria's plans to fence off the Sahara, Poland's new arms contract and other military news.
Culture / Architecture
Sets Appeal
After studying architecture, Robert Cowper worked his way up from a draughtsman to become an art director on the sets of big-budget films. Monocle met him on the set of The Bourne Ultimatum in the week that the director…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Thursday 10 February
UN Women – catchy name, shame about the budget
The UN’s new agency – UN Women – is slowly cranking into gear. But while it has a shiny new logo, it still lacks proper funding.
Design / Interior design
Our home
‘Playing house’ is one of the more fun adult games. But furnishing a home from scratch is a gradual process and after you’ve bought a property your budget might not stretch to your dream collection. But it is important to…
Affairs / Defence
Defence Briefing
US budget cuts and Russian naval ambition.
Culture / Urbanism
Berlin: cultural city
Berlin’s unemployment rate is dismal and its once-thriving industry is defunct. But the abandoned warehouses and power stations now provide a home for galleries and studios that are leading the European avant-garde. Monocle…
Affairs / Politics
Defence Briefing
News from the military world, including the new "smart" bullets and ingenious bomb detection technology.
Business / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 8 November
The ABC of media cuts
Call it resource reallocation, call it dwindling media budgets, but there’s no doubt that the ABCs of the world are suffering.
The Monocle Daily, episode 115
Coverage of new clashes in Egypt, what Canada’s budget cuts mean for its global position, and the perfect Friday night in Stockholm.
The Briefing, episode 257
Analysis of Portugal’s harshest budget yet, why Israel’s parliament has sought to be dissolved, and the latest on the trial of Radovan Karadzic.
The Globalist, episode 262
The effects of Portugal’s tough budget, we analyse the Syrian peace plan, and hear from Monocle’s Fiona Wilson in Tokyo.
The Briefing, episode 110
Coverage of the arrests in France of 19 suspected extremists and what Canada’s new budget can tell us about austerity.
Midori House, episode 279
Our experts in France, Spain and Germany debate the EU budget. Plus David Shenker of the Washington Institute assesses Mohammed Morsi's peace brokering efforts in Gaza.
Section D, episode 22
How designers are tightening budgets and reducing consumption, we meet a young architect in Washington, and visit New Delhi to hear about Indian design.
The Globalist, episode 350
A look at the US’s steep budget cuts with David Usborne of The Independent, we ask why Parisian brands and property are proving irresistible to the big-spending Qataris, and review eastern European newspapers.
End Point / Diplomacy
Observation
The laptop ambassador may be a moneysaving concept but it will always be trumped by a diplomat with a budget and an embassy, says Tyler Brûlé.
The Briefing, episode 240
Christine Ockrent joins us from Paris to discuss France’s budget, we reflect on Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN, and check out the day’s newspapers.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Friday 29 October
Chávez’s €1bn spending spree
Last week, as Lisbon’s nerves were fraying over its ultimately suspended budget talks, Hugo Chávez was driving an eight-person minivan around the sleepy Portuguese region of Viana.