Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 25 August
Smoke with fire in the bush
It doesn’t take much to keep a bushfire going in Victoria, Australia’s south-eastern state.
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Resort
Nice & Cannes
Nice and Cannes are towns of glitz and guts, with enough character and local colour crammed into their old quarters to temper the cachet of their palace hotels and swanky boutiques. In both cases, the waterfront is where…
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Monday 6 December
Israel’s catastrophic fire
An unprecedented ferocious wildfire – causing death, destruction and heavy losses – was raging since Thursday morning through Mount Carmel in northern Israel, threatening to reach the southern outskirts of the country’s…
Affairs / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 19 November
Moscow – where have all the shoppers gone?
More St Moritz than Moscow, the Mercury Luxury Village shopping precinct has become the Russian capital’s one-stop spot for everything from a Maserati tune-up to Tom Ford suits and Balenciaga gowns.
Business / Industry
Monocolumn
Wednesday 16 February
It’s back to the 80s with massive state sell-off
After spending much of his first term taking a cautious approach, New Zealand prime minister John Key has finally raised a very unpopular idea indeed.
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
This issue we’re excited about the openings of cosy hotels in Japan and Taipei, a Thai island retreat, a Swedish eco-lodge and a unique retail store in Antwerp. We also profile an airline, Susi Air, in Java.
Business / Industry
Timber land
Lumberjacks are finding themselves at the forefront of the climate change debate as ‘biomass’ (that’s burning wood chips to you and me) becomes a buzzword for the environmental movement. Monocle visited one of the largest…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Thursday 27 October
Trying to be European
Being a European, if you are one (and I am one), is something we should be proud of I suppose.
Design / Government
Justice for all
LA’s police force is trying to improve its image by creating friendlier buildings, including a glistening new HQ. We also visit an ‘eco’ police station in Victoria, Australia, and look at how forces around the world are…
Affairs / Defence
Defence briefing
The new hi-tech armoured vehicles destined for US and UK troops in Afghanistan and a new mine-resistant jacket from a Columbian bullet-proof clothing maker. Plus, why back problems are adding to the hardship of life in…
Design / Property
In the family way
Richard Neutra had a major impact on modernist architecture in southern California and his Reunion House in Silver Lake, occupied by his elder son and his family, remains one of the best, most authentic examples of his work…
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 28
In this month’s rundown of life improvers, we have some desk accessories to get you sorted, Brazilian cosmetics to keep you smelling sweet and the best après-ski liqueur we’ve tasted.
Affairs / Food & Drink
Noma hero
René Redzepi is regarded as one of the best chefs in the world and is credited with putting Denmark on the culinary map. Monocle meets the man at the forefront of the New Nordic cuisine.
Affairs / Government
Europe briefing
What Finland's president, Tarja Halonen, has in her motorcade, why Russia's building boom has hit the brakes, and how the Vatican is doing its bit in the fight against climate change.
Business / Luxury
MIPIM and Cruise Shipping
Monocle hops from the property fair in Cannes to the cruise show in Miami.
Edits / Society
Expo 36: River of discontent
Within some states of the US there is an increasing sense of belligerent unrest among the right-wing – over half of polled Republicans believe the president is a Muslim who wants to diminish the nation’s sovereignty. Zed…
Edits / Retail
Inventory No. 46
The Monocle shopping list this month contains the perfect birdhouse, a creamy artisan-crafted beer and earphones that stay where they’re supposed to.
Culture / Books
Culture briefing
Books, films and music to make a date for.
Affairs / Politics
Banana Republic
Ecuador used to be a loyal ally of the US, but now its new president Rafael Correa is cutting a very different course and even looking to Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez for political guidance. *Monocle* travelled there to meet the…
Edits / Food & Drink
The Agrarian Kitchen
Three years ago, Australian chef Rodney Dunn and his wife swapped the city for the countryside to start their own farm-based cooking school. It’s a growing concern...