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Publication: Monocle

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

All in a lather

Brazilians love a good soap opera. No surprise there but it’s interesting to analyse the business of telenovelas in Brazil. I can tell you it is certainly big business – something I noticed even more after quite a sad event in recent days.Three elderly ... [Published Monocle - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Fernando Augusto, Brazil, Turkey

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Gainfully employed

Finding north London’s Oslo Court restaurant for the first time feels almost invasive. It’s only a very discrete sign the leads you to enter a 1930s block of flats, to be met not by a maitre d’ but a concierge. “The restaurant is to your right,” he says. ... [Published Monocle - May 23 2013]

Entities: Tony Sanchez, Oslo, Concierge, London, Raspberry

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

Dressing up the EU

You don’t often hear news of victorious achievements for the European Parliament but I bet you have heard about the latest one. In the middle of the financial turbulence crippling Europe, the parliament has come up with a new directive that targets the ... [Published Monocle - May 22 2013]

Entities: Olive Oil, European Union, Brussels, Dispensing, European Parliament

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Arctic Council

The winter collection

When politicians try to look relaxed they often end up looking like idiots. Picture the starch-stiff US presidential candidate trying to enjoy a beer, the British opposition leader flying down a rollercoaster wearing a baseball cap or frankly any global ... [Published Monocle - May 21 2013]

Entities: Arctic Council, John Kerry, Steve Bloomfield, Kiruna

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

AirAsia X

Dressed to impress

Every saga needs a hero. Through the ups and the downs, a hero often makes a story human and relatable. Storytellers use this device and news outlets often misuse it to sell us a feature. So, given the cultural emphasis placed on a character that we can ... [Published Monocle - May 20 2013]

Entities: AirAsia X, Raccoon, Sir Richard Branson, Lipstick, Airbus SAS

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Weekend Agenda 18/19

ART FAIR: AMSTERDAM KunstRAIThe annual modern and contemporary art fair held at Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre – KunstRAI – kicked off earlier this week. One year shy of celebrating its 30th anniversary, KunstRAI showcases the art of ... [Published Monocle - May 18 2013]

Entities: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tokyo, Silver, Framework, THOMAS Bodkin

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Let there be lots and lots of light

After a decade of preaching the importance of low lighting, I’m going to stick my neck out, perform an audacious design U-turn, put my hands in the air and wave a small white flag of surrender: maybe I got it wrong. My conversion struck as I walked into ... [Published Monocle - May 17 2013]

Entities: London, Gull, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Dimmer, Small White

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Hit for six

I was fortunate enough to travel through India recently, from Mumbai up to the city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan. Throughout my trip I found it impossible to escape a sense of vastness, of a populous and diverse nation at a complex and challenging point in ... [Published Monocle - May 16 2013]

Entities: DLF Indian Premier League, Cricket, Mumbai, Tom Edwards

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

A bright past

The cameraman pushes through the crowd in London’s ramshackle Petticoat Lane Market. He is high up. Is he standing on the back of a cart? A car? As he pushes forward, the men – and they nearly are all men – turn and look over their shoulders, their eyes ... [Published Monocle - May 15 2013]

Entities: Claude Friese-Greene, Soot, London

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

How history repeats itself

On a recent trip to the US I took a tour of the garment factories on the Pacific West Coast. I went from cutting rooms to production lines to talk to managers and workers about the state of manufacturing in the country. I was surprised when, more than ... [Published Monocle - May 14 2013]

Entities: Workers, Disaster, Globalization, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Pope Francis I

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

The temptations of Tokyo

By the time you read this I will be packing. After two and a half years in London I’m moving back to Australia - probably to pursue my dream of becoming an Akubra-wearing kangaroo tamer with a taste for meat pies and Fosters cut with iron ore. Or to start ... [Published Monocle - May 13 2013]

Entities: Tokyo, Japan, Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Weekend agenda 11/12 May

This weekend pick out a literary classic in Buenos Aires, take a cinematic trip to Greenland, and enjoy the new album from Atlanta band Deerhunter.PHOTOGRAPHY: LONDON 2013 Sony World Photography AwardsThis weekend in London is your last chance to see ... [Published Monocle - May 11 2013]

Entities: Sarah Gavron, Atlas Sound, William Eggleston, Somerset House

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All in a lather [Published Monocle - 7 hours ago]
Gainfully employed [Published Monocle - May 23 2013]
Dressing up the EU [Published Monocle - May 22 2013]
The winter collection [Published Monocle - May 21 2013]
Dressed to impress [Published Monocle - May 20 2013]
Weekend Agenda 18/19 [Published Monocle - May 18 2013]
Let there be lots and lots of light [Published Monocle - May 17 2013]
Hit for six [Published Monocle - May 16 2013]
A bright past [Published Monocle - May 15 2013]
How history repeats itself [Published Monocle - May 14 2013]
The temptations of Tokyo [Published Monocle - May 13 2013]
Weekend agenda 11/12 May [Published Monocle - May 11 2013]
All mixed up [Published Monocle - May 10 2013]
Northern exposure [Published Monocle - May 09 2013]
How to get old in the music industry [Published Monocle - May 08 2013]
Wheels of fortune [Published Monocle - May 07 2013]
A ticking time bomb [Published Monocle - May 06 2013]
Weekend agenda 04/05 May [Published Monocle - May 04 2013]
I'd like to teach the world to sing [Published Monocle - May 03 2013]
Service with restraint [Published Monocle - May 02 2013]
And the winner is... [Published Monocle - May 01 2013]
Making a meal of it [Published Monocle - Apr 30 2013]
Power in numbers [Published Monocle - Apr 29 2013]
Weekend agenda 27/28 April [Published Monocle - Apr 27 2013]
Fear of the unknown [Published Monocle - Apr 25 2013]
Weekend agenda 20/21 April [Published Monocle - Apr 20 2013]
Smart moves [Published Monocle - Apr 19 2013]
The real deal [Published Monocle - Apr 18 2013]
Burying the facts [Published Monocle - Apr 17 2013]
Seeing the bigger picture [Published Monocle - Apr 16 2013]