- 155 results for city+guide
Affairs / Urbanism
Cities, slicker
Cities evolve constantly, sometimes seemingly without anyone planning or guiding the process. But new ideas about how they work and can be improved abound, for those interested in taking them on.
Affairs / Society
The world's top 25 most liveable cities
Months of good-natured, frequently late-night and occasionally jetlagged debate have resulted in this: our definitive (and a little subjective) guide to the world’s most liveable cities. Here’s how we came to our conclus…
Affairs / Monocle
Quality of Life trailer
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…
Affairs / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Wednesday 10 March
Michelin – the falling star
When I wrote to a food expert recently to express my dismay that my favourite Parisian restaurant might not get a star this year, his answer was telling.
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Sunday 8 November
Feeling the fear
Wander Istanbul at night and probably the worst thing that will happen is that you twist your ankle on a wonky pavement.
Business / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 20 May
Time for cities to get smart
Last week, Paris was host to the inaugural New Cities Summit.
Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 4 February
Rome in a lifetime
Our design editor has been in love with Italy's capital since he was a boy but he's concerned: is it getting a little self-conscious in its old age?
Business / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Monday 12 April
Vinitaly wine fair
Verona may be famous for a pair of besotted teenagers brought to life by the Bard, but in early April the Italian city focuses on another love story: the nation’s obsession with wine.
Edits / Travel
Monocolumn
Wednesday 3 October
A Finnish travel guide, revised
There used to be a travel guide to Finland that gave rather awkward advice on how to behave with Finns.
Culture / Publishing
Monocolumn
Monday 28 January
The word on the street
Brazil is in the middle of a magazine and newspaper boom. Here are a few catching the eye on São Paulo newsstands.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 28 March
Syria revolts: The sound of silence
Syria has always been considered an island of stability in a sea of Middle Eastern turmoil.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 20 January
Why Singapore should act fast to retain investment
Back in the mid-noughties, I used to laugh when people said that Singapore was expensive.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Monday 7 March
Tibet's big shut-down
The Tibetan Autonomous Region is currently closed to foreign travellers, and will remain so for the next four weeks.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 May
Local history can hold global brands back
As unseasonably heavy rain poured down in Rome earlier this week, it was easy to see the weather as a meteorological mirror for the general economic climate.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Sunday 28 March
Still holding sway after 5,000 years
How do you go about updating a city that’s over 5,000 years old and is estimated to contain one-third of the entire world’s ancient monuments within its walls?
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 11 December
A Hungarian Hannukah
As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate the festival of Hannukah tonight, the Hungarian capital is hosting its biggest-ever Hannukah festival.
Affairs / Health
Monocolumn
Thursday 26 January
Somalia’s conflicts show no sign of resolution
Five years ago, stood in the concrete shell of a building in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, I made a deal.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 6 November
Hurricane Sandy and a wind-up radio
One week ago, life in Manhattan was very different from what it is today. There were no rumbling subterranean subway sounds nor beeping taxi cabs.
Edits / Retail
Inventory no.23
Things that we cover this month: a wooden scooter for pootling about, Minimalux desk sets that are brass acts, new vintage Repsol guides and pilot inks for every season.