Monocle

UWeb Site URL: http://www.monocle.com/
Finance, News Information, Photography, RSS Feed, Travel Site Posted by Robert K. Foster
Friday, November 09, 2007

A visually well designed online and print publication from the UK covering business, culture, design, and international topics.

“Launched in February 2007, Monocle is a global briefing covering international affairs, business, culture and design. Headquartered in London with bureaux in Tokyo, Sydney, Zürich and New York, Monocle appears 10 times a year in print and is updated constantly at monocle.com. Developed for an international audience hungry for information across a variety of sectors, Monocle’s team of award-winning editors and correspondents have been drawn from The New York Times, The Independent on Sunday, the BBC, CBC and a host of other news and current affairs outlets.“

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Monocle - Affairs

Affairs - Programmes and Articles
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• The Monocle Review 2nd edition

  Editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé presents the second edition of the Monocle Review.

• Crossing the line - The world

  They might not make headlines, but there are numerous border disputes that could spark a crisis at any time (although we hope Canada and the US would avoid war over their quarrel regarding lobster-rich waters).

• Power play - Global

  West's foes face ballot box.

• New wave - South Africa

  A new generation of black surfers is emerging from South African townships to tackle the mighty ocean and the status quo.

• Following the leader - South Africa

  What would a Jacob Zuma presidency mean for South Africa?

• Q&A - Ritt Bjerregaard

  Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark

• Host story - Denmark

  The dream of every city hosting a major international congress is to derive brand benefit.

• The usual suspects - Global

  Where the UN will focus in 2009.

• Q&A - Tham Khai Meng

  Worldwide creative director, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Singapore

• Emission commander - Denmark

  How do we control CO2 emissions, when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012?

Monocle - Reportage

Reportage - Programmes
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• Abuja

  
  Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream.

• Turkmenistan

  
  When Turkmenistan's President Niyazov died in 2006, it was the end of an eccentric personality cult. His successor promised to open the state up but today the gas-rich nation is still an enigma.

• Beijing: Olympic gold rush

  
  Fiona Wilson visits Beijing to see how the government is preparing for the Olympics this August.

• Yubari: Ghost town

  
  Monocle reports from Yubari, the Japanese coal city deserted by 90 per cent of its residents after its mines closed.

• Zimbabwe: State of despair

  
  Monocle's Africa correspondent Steve Bloomfield and photographer Frédéric Courbet risked imprisonment to go undercover in troubled Zimbabwe.

• Slovenia: King for a day

  
  In January, Slovenia will take on the rotating EU presidency. It is a massive challenge for a country of just two million inhabitants. Tobias Grey toured the country on the eve of its grand mission.

• Murmansk: Arctic revival

  
  Many Russian cities might seem like they are at the end of the world, but Murmansk really is. Our correspondent Shaun Walker reports.

• Eataly, Turin

  
  "Buy, taste and learn about the best foods all under the same roof" - the slogan of Oscar Farinetti's Turin super-market Eataly.

• Tajikistan: Bridging borders

  
  The Tajik-Afghan border is one of the most dangerous in the world. Daria Vaisman reports from Nizhny Pyanj, on Tajikistan's southwest border.

• Abkhazia: Breakaway state

  
  Monocle reports from Abkhazia, a former tourist paradise still marked by the scars of war.

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