Culture
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Culture
This month's culture roundup features real-life football yarns, a fictional White House exposé and an ode to the migrating swallow. Plus, films from Armando Iannucci and new art shows in Tokyo and Paris.
Observation
How can a nation get its voice heard on the world stage? If you lack resources and numbers, perhaps it’s time to wield some ‘soft power’ to encourage trade and tourism. By Tyler Brûlé.
On the shelf
we peruse the shelves of the thriving, eclectic magazine shop Papercut in Stockholm.
Paper weight
We peruse the ‘Yomiuri Shimbun’, Japan’s daily paper with the world's biggest circulation. As part of our series on success, we look at its business, from newspapers to baseball teams and department stores.
Media
Monocle speaks with the head of Slate's new French edition. Also in this issue: a new Saudi Arabian satellite channel for the underprivileged and the reopening of a beloved Belgian film museum.
Art market
Christie's contemporary sale in Dubai, bodybuilding muses under the hammer in New York, and a Q&A with the director of new art fair Tokyo 101.
Show the world
May Arida, a national icon of Lebanon, has kept the Baalbek International Festival alive through wars and threats. Our new series introduces people who rise above politics to become symbols of a country’s strengths.
Friends eclectic
LA’s KCRW sounds like the future of radio. Small, perfectly formed and with an influence that travels far beyond its American HQ, it breaks bands and sets the soundtrack for Hollywood’s films.
Happy new world
As Monocle turns two, we reflect on our origins and unveil subtle brand tweaks. We continue to champion small businesses, local firms and far-flung regions in an ever-more homogeneous world.
Standard raiser
Israeli-born artist Oscar Bronner founded Der Standard to fill a gap for non-partisan journalism in Austria. It is now the country's second best-selling quality paper, with over 75,000 copies a day.
