Culture / Arts
Wish lists
As the days get shorter and gift lists grow longer, we asked some of our favourite bright minds to think up the perfect holiday night in with film, music and books.
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Design / Architecture
The secret is out
The design vernacular of Comporta has remained intact for decades. Today it’s providing rich inspiration for new developments too.
End Point / Media
Observation
Who needs Twitter when you’ve got a network of shops around the world? Our retail outlets are proving to be better forums for debate than any social network – a case in point is the great response we’ve received to our…
Culture / Arts
Culture briefing
**Film:** Beat the encroaching winter blues with our international film-festival round-up **Books:** China's internal migrants, displaced Metro announcers and a sideways glance at the art of presidential races **Art:**…
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Films, books, music and our culture editor's monthly column.
Design / Society
In good health
A country club doesn’t need to be an exclusive haven for the super-rich – in fact, it doesn’t even need to be in the country. Here, we outline our dream for a perfect health club: open to all, accessible by bicycle and…
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Patrick Watson are a new band named after their frontman, Patrick Watson. Fortunately, this is the only failure of imagination exhibited on their excellent debut, Close To Paradise. Perhaps hailing from Montréal – the…
Culture / Arts
Culture Briefing
Douglas Coupland's unerring eye continues to define his times, Michael Haneke's White Ribbon scars the horses, and Toronto Indie superheroes Hidden Cameras mix it with Sweden's finest frostbitten chanteuse.
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Books, films and music to make a date for.
Business / Emerging Markets
Into Africa
Tangier has a reputation for being a playground for pleasure seekers. But with the opening of a new port this summer, the city is set to become a key business centre. Just a short ferry ride from Europe, staff costs are low…
Design / Retail
50 things to improve your life
You don’t need to sample everything we’ve listed. But then again maybe you do — we’re quite sure these deliver the goods.
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.
Affairs / Urbanism
Town criers
What’s the future of the city? Eleven writers – urbanists, authors, academics, architects and Monocle editors – look at the battles and pleasures of metropolitan living. From the empty highways of Detroit to the sewers of…
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…