Edits / Retail
Basque in the sun
On the French Atlantic coast, shun the beach in favour of a tree-lined avenue and a delightful covered market, perfect for that most Gallic of pastimes: people-watching.
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Edits / Food & Drink
Basque force
Finalist in the Nariz de Oro sommelier competition, San Sebastián-based Dani Corman is one of Spain’s finest noses. Local and Michelin-starred restaurants call upon his skills when they draw up their wine lists and order…
Edits / Education
Basque to school
We take a look at rising stars of the Basque culinary world.
Culture / Urbanism
Basque in the glory
Thanks to its world-famous museum, Bilbao has become a cultural mecca in just 10 years. But has the Guggenheim improved the lives of the locals or just entertained art-loving tourists? We make an in-depth audit.
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
Basque culinary fireworks in Paris, bed and breakfast by the brightest light on the Oregon coast, a sparkling new Oslo alehouse and a Berlin foodstore sure to set your creative energies ablaze. We bring you this month’s…
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Thursday 13 October
Face to face with ETA
When the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire in January, Spaniards were understandably wary.
The Briefing, episode 255
What has been achieved at the eurozone summit in Brussels? A preview of Palestine’s elections, and we learn about Basque separatism.
The Entrepreneurs, episode 72
We analyse a prototype for the perfect salesman, head to Germany to taste-test a popular soft drink, and visit the Basque Country to check out a co-op that’s stuck to a slow, steady, and fair approach during the economic…
Resort
San Sebastián
The grande dame of Spain's seaside resorts, San Sebastián curls gracefully around its golden bay, redolent of 1950s Nice. It also gives most French cities a run for their money gastronomically - it's in a league all of its…
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
The motorcade of the Greek prime minister plus reports on growing marijuana in Spain and spuds in Ireland.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 1 April
Weekend Agenda: 2/3 April 2011
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global pick of exhibitions to lose your Saturday in, music to spend Sunday listening to, and a cookery class to teach you Sunday lunch, Cairo-style.
Affairs / Property
Europe briefing
How to speak modern Spanish, and the British colony in the Balkans.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Saturday 6 November
Europe’s greenest towns
Imagine a city where everyone lives next to a park, where people cycle to work on safe bike routes or hop on to convenient trams if it’s raining, where the air is clean and the traffic noise is, if not absent, at least…
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
For the past three years, people travelling on the E4 motorway from Helsingborg to Haparanda have been following the construction of Dragon Gate with wonder. Why on earth would someone build a Chinese cultural centre and…
Design / Fashion
Men of the cloth
The Swiss Guards have protected the Vatican since the 16th century and today employ a cutting-edge tailor to maintain their sharp look.
Edits / Retail
Inventory no.22
Additions to our desks, shelves and cupboards include a Japanese wooden cutlery set for children, a perfect pencil case and a Spanish pencil sharpener fashioned with military precision.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
A government building in Zaragoza, a Dieter Rams revival in London and a beautiful packaged computer from the US.
Culture / Books
Writings wrongs
Paco Ignacio Taibo II is Mexico’s foremost detective novelist, as well as a professor, journalist and political activist. Author of 50 books that have been published in 29 countries, he is best known for his novels featu…
Edits / Food & Drink
Food briefing
An update on all things food-related, such as a kitchen garden in Melbourne and a sushi taxi in Japan.