Thursday 20 February
Monocle 24’s pop guru Fernando Augusto Pacheco is willing to embrace a radical change to the UK singles charts: the inclusion of streaming in the top 40.
One of my favourite cultural reference points is about to undergo its most significant adjustment of the past few decades. I have always been sceptical about changes in the way we consume music but I have to admit that I…
Monday 17 February
Italian special: we deconstruct Italo Disco, meet the Editor in Chief of the ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’ and ask why TV show 'Blob' has been so successful. Plus: a trip to the Berlinale and analysis of ‘House of Cards’ season…
Saturday 15 February
A superb review with two magazine-industry experts: Barbara Rowlands of City University and Steve Watson of independent distributors Stack Magazines. We also go to Vienna to find out about photography journals ‘Streulicht’…
Friday 14 February
This weekend indulge your playful side with toy-inspired creativity in Toronto, see how a Dane is combining textiles and art in Hong Kong, and enjoy the new album by US folk musician Marissa Nadler.
American singer Pharrell Williams has co-curated some of his favourite design-enhanced toys and playful interactive artworks to showcase at the Design Exchange museum in Toronto, formerly the city’s stock exchange. The…
Thursday 13 February
A film star involved in a real-life feat of heroism will always make the headlines, says Monocle’s Dan Poole. But that doesn’t mean we should all just sit back and watch.
Choking to death on a piece of cheese would be a terrible way to go out. Fortunately a Californian golf-tournament director was spared a dairy-based demise last week and gifted a story that he can tell repeatedly for the…
Issue 70
A magazine shop in a shipping container, an online platform for new brands, bringing Hong Kong's galleries together plus the latest from the art-sales world.
Monday 10 February
Piano virtuoso Nils Frahm explains how he's turned his work into a book. We also get the verdict on the LA Art Book Fair and India Art Fair, as well as reflecting on the impact Kickstarter has had on the film industry. Plus…
Saturday 8 February
Tom Edwards meets Duncan Campbell of ‘Acne Paper’ and we go to Melbourne to meet the man doing a swell job at ‘Paper Sea Quarterly’: a surfing magazine with a difference.
Friday 7 February
This weekend get a fresh perspective on photography in Prague, check out where the food and art worlds combine in Hong Kong, and enjoy the new album from Icelandic singer Ásgeir.
Prague’s Galerie Rudolfinum presents a new exhibition tracing the influence of the snapshot – impromptu amateur photographs replete with blurred edges, red-eye, and limbs not quite fitting inside the frame – on artistic…
Friday 7 February
The closest chief sub editor Louise Banbury has come to participating in winter sports is defrosting her windscreen. Yet she’ll still be avidly following events in Sochi – and is sure everyone else in the UK will be too.
When the Winter Olympics opening ceremony kicks off later today, if all goes to plan, the world’s media might start to turn its attention from gay rights and security issues, stray dogs and terrible hotels, to the actual…
Issue 70
Books, films and music to enrich your life this month.
Issue 70
From film commissioning in Finland to top TV shows in Australia, we offer a round of applause to some select scenes, firms and fairs upping the cultural ante.
Monday 3 February
Jon Savage talks about making his iconic book 'Teenage' into a film, we have an intimate Midori House session from Diane Birch and we get immersed in Sound in New York. We also explore the archives: the soundtracks of…
Saturday 1 February
A branding special as we have first peek at Winkreative's new book published by Gestalten and look back at the agency's prolific output in print. We also head to Paris to meet the people behind (and in front of) the city's…
Friday 31 January
This weekend explore world-class installations around the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad, check out two shows celebrating female artistic empowerment in Milan, and enjoy the new album by LA band Warpaint.
Earlier this week icy Gstaad saw the launch of the Elevation 1049 outdoor exhibition, with over 20 Swiss artists making site-specific art in the alpine town. Produced by the local art organization LUMA& Foundation, the…
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