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Articles by Monocle

Monocle is a regular contributor to PSFK.

  • Former factory worker set to shake up politics

    As political reincarnations go, few have been as radical as that of Patricia De Lille, the 60-year-old...

  • Monocolumn- France 24 licks its wounds after ‘playground’ fight

    It was meant to be a new face for France in the world – a multilingual rolling news channel to compete with...

  • Obama’s road trip – the UK, Ireland, France… and Poland

    Barbecues and ping-pong: President Barack Obama’s week-long European trip has hardly been a standard one,...

  • Monocolumn- New poll reveals Palestinians’ choice of citizenship

    A new poll suggests that a third of those Palestinians currently living in East Jerusalem would far rather...

  • The Streisand Effect And Secrets In The Age Of Twitter

    In Britain in the last few weeks, Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has become the latest public figure...

  • Monocolumn- English-language newspaper gets design makeover

    “Today’s paper is just sparkling. I’m very proud of it,” exclaims Mario García – also known as the...

  • NYC series – A new phase in the Harlem renaissance

    There are few neighbourhoods that are as quintessentially New York as Harlem. Stretching from the top of...

  • Monocolumn- NYC series – The toppling mayor

    In his tenth year as mayor, Bloomberg’s approval rating has hit near-record lows. In the boom years, the...

  • Monocolumn- NYC series – Up on the roof

    With over 1.5 million people living on an island only 23 sq miles in area, it’s no surprise that both...

  • NYC series – Restaurant price hikes difficult to digest

    In a city where nobody cooks, rising prices at New York restaurants have become a fact of life. Thomas Keller...

  • High Line Park

    In a town where residents regard themselves as difficult to impress, the scale of success the public park has...

  • Former colonies come to Portugal’s rescue

    It is a special kind of relationship, and one that could prove crucial to Portugal’s recovery. In a reversal...

  • Crisis point for Southeast Asian group of nations

    There was a great elephant in the room at the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations....

  • Aviation is taking off – but the boom comes at a price

    Colombia’s airline industry is expanding at a rapid pace. International flights grew by almost a third last...

  • Monocolumn- Awards show recognises the new faces of the Arab world

    In a glitzy black-tie ceremony in Doha last week, Ricardo Karam, the Middle East’s answer to Piers Morgan,...

  • Changing the constitution – without asking first

    Hungary has a new constitution – but it could cause more problems than it solves on the diplomatic front.

  • Soho’s secret drinking dens

    London’s Soho was once famous for unmarked doors that led to private drinking clubs and semi-legal clip...

  • How to hide – a lesson from bin Laden

    In a world in which anybody with a computer can peer into anyone else’s yard, the long-term fugitive feels...

  • Why the ‘war on terror’ lost its bite

    Almost exactly 20 years ago, an American president once ridiculed as a “wimp” stood triumphant, having...

  • New drama looks to crack the US ‘Spanglish’ market

    Nothing is more quintessentially “Latin American” than telenovelas: those swoon-inducing, drama-filled,...

  • Monocolumn- Royal wedding – the rebublican conundrum

    The marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton may have gripped many in the United Kingdom, but for the 20...

  • Royal wedding – let the class wars begin

    In Britain, significant royal events – births, deaths, marriages, jubilees – feel like an extra Christmas....

  • Monocolumn- Royal wedding – Tankards, mugs and commemorative condoms

    “The strength of a prince with the yielding sensitivity of a princess-to-be.” This could be a particularly...

  • Royal wedding – the view from Japan

    If the Japanese aren’t quite getting into the swing of the royal wedding you can hardly blame them. The...