Monday 17 June
We set the day’s agenda with Monocle’s Tokyo bureau chief Fiona Wilson, visit Istanbul to hear about nationwide strike action following a weekend of violent clashes, and welcome our Washington and Jerusalem correspondents…
Monday 17 June
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson previews the G8 summit, David Patrikarakos explains Iran’s surprise presidential election results, and we look at Vienna – city number five on Monocle’s new Quality of Life survey.
Sunday 16 June
Robert Bound and Steve Bloomfield meet war photographer Paul Conroy, hear from global music connoisseur Gilles Peterson, and talk with BBC US state correspondent Kim Ghattas.
Issue 64
Hectic, hot and chaotic, Bangkok is the steamy backdrop for our fashion story. Stay cool on the run across town and take everything the city can throw at you in your stride. Men’s stylist Takeharu Sato Women’s stylist…
Saturday 15 June
Monocle’s Joseph Dana discusses the Palestine Festival of Literature and the Franco Arab Film Festival, Alan Scholefeld of London record label and shop – Honest Jon’s – tells us about some new releases, and theatre critic…
Saturday 15 June
Monocle’s Beirut correspondent Carole Corm joins us with the editor and creative director of So it Goes magazine, James Wright. Plus, we hear from the Monocle Country Fayre.
Saturday 15 June
The theme this week is science and technology: we get lost in space at London's National Maritime Museum and we're in Tel Aviv to test a new app that's frothing up the city's café scene.
June 2013
World-conquering urban quality of life requires the trickiest of balancing acts between progress and preservation, stimulation and security, global and local. Perfection is unobtainable but Copenhagen is striking one of the…
June 2013
The elusive alchemy that makes a good city a great place to live is something we've been dedicated to understanding since Monocle began. With a sharper eye than ever, we present our top 25.
Saturday 15 June
This weekend’s highlights include the Northside Festival in Brooklyn, the Cyclepedia exhibition at Portland Art Museum, and of course our own Monocle summer Country Fayre
Friday 14 June
We learn why Brazilians are up in arms over bus-fare hikes, ask if the US ambassador to Pakistan needs a new PR strategy, and look for a fun Friday night in Bamako.
Friday 14 June
Is Germany right to demand a delay to talks regarding Turkey’s EU membership? We also hear about the Airbus’s A350’s maiden flight, get an update on Tokyo’s toy show, and learn which Korean music festival to attend this…
Friday 14 June
We talk to a leading light in the Japanese whisky industry, look at the latest changes in east London’s restaurant scene, and head to Singapore for the first ever World Streetfood Congress.
Issue 64
Dutch company Gazelle has been making beautiful bicycles since 1892. As the firm pedals into the 21st century with technical upgrades and a move into e-bikes, Monocle was talked through the tried and tested methods of a…
Friday 14 June
The US is to offer military support to Syria’s rebels – a leading British commentator tells us what happens next. We also ask why the world’s most famous birthday song is the subject of a legal wrangle and on the day Ira…
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