Five years ago Monocle hit the newsstands. Today it’s at the heart of a very modern media company – but also one with some old-school values. Here is a film that chronicles the first five years.
Issue 58
We meet Georgia’s ambassador to Germany and take a dip at the UN swimming club in Geneva.
Sunday 8 August
Army chiefs are influential in most countries, but in Thailand the head of the military enjoys exceptional, if not excessive, power.
Thursday 16 January
Finland and Sweden are now working more closely together to combine some military muscle. Monocle’s resident Finn, Markus Hippi, thinks Sweden’s new input – and haircare tips – can only be a good thing.
Tuesday 4 December
That’s much more like it. I’m in the mood for feasting, hall decking, Christmas cheering, wine mulling and thinking on the season now that this weekend has just happened.
Sunday 30 January
Crime, for better or worse, is in Australia’s DNA. The country’s famously laid-back residents view their origin as a British penal colony almost as a point of pride, and venerate celebrity toughs such as hitman Mark “Cho…
Sunday 26 December
In Iran, North Korea and Burma we have all the makings of a combustible 2011.
Finding the measure of a city is as much about the intangibles that light up a community as the infrastructure keeping it going. We've sized up where the balance is best with our annual top 25.
Issue 41
Hong Kong chief executive Donald Tsang's motorcade and India's embrace of ID cards
Friday 7 June
As unrest continues throughout Turkey, it’s the government’s attitude towards dissent that’s really motivating the demonstrators, says Monocle’s Alexandra de Cramer.
Months of good-natured, frequently late-night and jetlagged debate have produced Monocle's definitive (and just a little subjective) guide to the world's most liveable cities. Correspondents were dispatched worldwide to assess the cities. The entire issue is devoted to the concerns, forces, people and policies that make our cities work. Highlights include essays by thinkers such as Jonathan Raban and Alain de Botton - who both take a swipe at questionable new developments in their respective cities, Seattle and London. And after the perfect city has been found, Monocle provides a special separate design directory on how to build the ideal house, as well as offering advice on how to create the perfect neighbourhood.
Issue 59
Monocle's third annual Soft Power Survey is an attempt to push the debate on where soft power comes from and how to use it. With current shifts in the global power balance, never has it been more relevant.
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