Edits / Recipes
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Affairs / Defence
Monocolumn
Monday 18 February
History repeating
Though each new conflict is unique, France's previous experience with insurgents could help it today in Mali.
Culture / Politics
Writing history
Leading up to the US elections, Monocle spoke to reporters from around the globe based in America about their take on the proceedings for our series ‘From their own correspondent’. With Obama storming to victory, they tell…
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Tuesday 15 December
Weakness becomes a strength
For years, Beirut has been dealing – and not always through choice – with most of the issues at stake in our modern societies, from political and economic crises, to religious cohabitation, to issues of heritage and nation…
Culture / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Thursday 20 December
London’s explosive history
I have become fixated with a map. It’s an interactive map of London that shows where the German Luftwaffe dropped bombs on the city between 7 October 1940 and 6 June 1941. It’s a period that includes 57 nights of consecu…
Affairs / Government
Maputo
Solid economic growth and foreign investment have transformed Mozambique’s fortunes since the end of the civil war in 1992, but the big challenges lie in tackling the poverty and corruption that continue to block the cap…
Affairs / Urbanism
Five thinkers: the city
In May, for the first time in human history, the world’s population was more urban than rural. But how can we deliver quality of life to our urban environments? Here, five leading thinkers give their answers. First, the…
Affairs / Urbanism
Beirut Reconstruction
Monocle explores how Beirut's redevelopment has become a threat to the city's historic streets and neighbourhoods.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 9 July
Making history and writing the future
Last month, I was standing in a queue at Beirut airport when I got chatting to an Egyptian couple who were in Lebanon for a long weekend to escape the stifling heat in Cairo.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Tuesday 14 May
How history repeats itself
The Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh has echoes of events a century ago. Sophie Grove asks what we should have learned.
Culture / Photography
Arab Image Foundation
With a mission to track down, restore and share images of day-to-day life in the region, a valuable social history of the Arab world is being chronicled by the Beirut-based Arab Image Foundation. Monocle travels to Lebanon…
Affairs / Urbanism
Alexandria, Egypt
Egypt, a country whose ancient history is a constant, unmissable presence, is well used to the idea that things aren't what they used to be. Andrew Mueller travelled to the once cosmopolitan port of Alexandria, where swi…
Affairs / Government
New world order
We are living in a revolutionary age and the old order is being destroyed. Trouble is governments don’t know how to cope. But the likes of Hezbollah do. Joshua Ramo, author of ‘The Age of the Unthinkable’, reveals why the…
Affairs / Aviation
Monocolumn
Wednesday 17 October
Fearless Felix and the quest for human triumph
On Sunday the Austrian adventurer Felix Baumgartner made history.
Culture / Television
Soap opera tourism
A wave of Arab tourism is washing over Istanbul - and it's all because of racy Turkish soap operas. Last season Noor, the most popular, was watched by 85 million people across the Arab world. Monocle sets off to the Bosp…
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Wednesday 3 March
Destruction of the past? That’s nothing new
In London it’s easy to get enraged about an urban planning decision that appears to casually wipe away the city’s past and allow for the construction of some modern monstrosity.
Edits / Architecture
Expo 57: Rebels in hard hats
Maputo's turbulent history includes colonial rule, war and regime change. And it's a rich history told in the buildings that line the streets of Mozambique's capital.
Affairs / Urbanism
5 Loveable cities
These are the five cities that have made our pinboard and deserve our mention even if they did not appear in our Quality of Life index. Whether it be for the transformation they have seen over recent years, the warm and…
Culture / Arts
Finishing touches
The Rijksmuseum’s overhaul has taken 10 long years. However, it is finally ready to reopen its doors to reveal an interior revamp that is almost as impressive as the wealth of art it so beautifully displays.
Affairs / Politics
Bids for freedom
At any time in history there are countries on the way in or out – breakaway states eager for independence or now clamouring to be reassimilated into their former motherlands. This is the current crop of nations in waiting…