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Monocle preview: December/January 2025/2026 issue

With handy insights from the past year and a view of what’s to come in 2026, our bumper winter edition is packed with reports, ideas and long reads to savour.

Pillars of the community

In front of a crowd of thousands, Catalonians of all ages team up to construct complex human towers or castells, a powerful display of regional identity, unity and fun. We report on this feat…

Village life in Spain

While cities such as Barcelona grapple with a mounting number of visitors, rural regions across the country have been facing depopulation for many decades. But the tide might be turning, as many Spaniards yearn…

Monocle preview: June issue, 2025

Monocle’s June issue is here and it’s packed with ideas on urbanism and living better, as well as businesses on the up and our annual art special. Visit new galleries from Morocco to Dubai,…

Vietnam’s cacao hunters

A pioneer in the movement to make chocolate in its country of origin, Marou’s Vietnam-made confectionery, drinks and desserts now delight customers across the country. We join its co-founder, Vincent Mourou, on a visit…

Syria, from the ground up

Just months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria is rebuilding – both its institutions and its battered cities. For Monocle’s April issue, our Istanbul correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith joins a flight from Istanbul…

The secret to putting on perfume

In our ‘Secret to...’ series we look at the best way to wear a fragrance with Frances Shoemack, founder of Abel perfumes.