Design / Fashion
Fashion Briefing
A Swedish fisherman's raincoat, a made-in-England store opening, and an interview with the co-founder of online retailer Avenue 32.
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Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Friday 8 July
Weekend agenda 9/10 July
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection, including exhibitions to lose your Saturday in, mid-century furniture sales, and yoga lessons on the beach.
Edits / Travel
Saint-Gilles
With its beautiful, spacious art nouveau houses and cosmopolitan feel, Saint-Gilles is proving a draw for those looking for fresh pastures.
Affairs / Urbanism
Wealth and safety
In 1974 residents started moving to AlphaVille, São Paulo’s first gated community. Today there are 300 around the city. While residents may have escaped from becoming entries in the city’s kidnap and murder statistics, they…
Edits / Neighbourhood Business
Born days
In the second of a monthly series of international street profiles, we hotfoot it to Carrer del Rec, in Barcelona’s El Born district, for mid-century furniture, cocktails and the best burgers in town.
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
Hungary's Pest control and unmanned aircraft in Finnish airspace.
Affairs / Society
Americas Briefing
Cricket in the US, a possible Obama challenger, and Argentina's cash crisis
Edits / Architecture
Expo 57: Rebels in hard hats
Maputo's turbulent history includes colonial rule, war and regime change. And it's a rich history told in the buildings that line the streets of Mozambique's capital.
Design / Retail
Fashion briefing
American Apparel takes stock, Tom Ford gets personal, and Oteri's heels for the beach.
Business / Management
It's a mall world
Shopping malls in São Paulo are a cut above, with champagne bars, inhouse tailors and attentive service. Being a shop assistant can be a lucrative career and all this is because of Brazil’s new wealth. Monocle investigates…
Affairs / Urbanism
Capital idea
Founded 32 years ago, Nigerian capital Abuja was a utopian dream. But it became marred by corruption and few could afford to live there. Today, as the cranes return, its new minister is attempting to forge a truly African…
Edits / Property
Kolonaki and Psiri
Leave the summer hordes behind in favour of a toothsome flat-hunting tour around Greece’s ruin-strewn capital. Kolonaki and Psiri, two very different neighbourhoods, offer up some smart urban boltholes and investment opp…
Edits / Food & Drink
Shelf obsession
For quality of life a local deli can make a real difference. These are Monocle’s five favourite food stores from around the world that are offering that bit extra, from the Sydney shop with its own homemade brands to an…
Edits / Food & Drink
Back to the grind
Around the world a new generation of coffee shops are becoming community players. We meet the baristas who make their ’hoods and get their urban picks.
Affairs / Urbanism
Five thinkers: the city
In May, for the first time in human history, the world’s population was more urban than rural. But how can we deliver quality of life to our urban environments? Here, five leading thinkers give their answers. First, the…
Affairs / Society
The liveable cities index 2011
For our Quality-of-Life issue, Monocle has been busy researching the world’s top cities. And with a re-jig of the way each urban centre is assessed, this year’s top 25 promises some surprises.