Tuesday 29 November
This week sees a most unusual ceremony taking place at Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. A grave is being reopened. But it’s a case of restoration rather than exhumation.
Why Iceland could be the ultimate conference hub and the writing's on the wall for graffiti artists.
Friday 24 August
This weekend’s highlights include Private White VC’s pop-up store in London’s Covent Garden, art festival in St Moritz and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti’s latest album Mature Themes.
Saturday 25 September
“I’m with Chávez, the granddad,” says the rosy-red graffiti on a crumbling wall in western Caracas.
We ask if Aleppo’s cultural artefacts are in danger, find out about a new Brazilian telenovela, and learn why graffiti is causing arguments in Boston.
Brazil’s airport revamp, Martyn Burke on journalists caught in combat, we visit a graffiti artist in Haiti and reflect on Hungary’s recently defunct national airline.
How to keep a city clean: we meet a London street sweeper, learn why Malmö ditched rubbish trucks, and look at Milan’s graffiti problem.
In a city with 21,500 karaoke bars, exclusive members club Amour is in a different league. Founded by Parisian club impresario and graffiti artist André and with interiors by Marc Newson, it is luring a well-heeled inter…
Monday 9 July
Last month, I was standing in a queue at Beirut airport when I got chatting to an Egyptian couple who were in Lebanon for a long weekend to escape the stifling heat in Cairo.
Thursday 1 March
Two weeks ago I was crammed onto an Athens-bound plane with holiday-goers, fellow journalists, and perhaps a few seekers of Schadenfreude.
Wednesday 17 November
Auckland used to be one of the world’s least ambitious cities.
Thursday 4 October
How often do you show up for a meeting in unfamiliar territory and are suddenly slammed with an extreme case of office envy?
Monday 5 July
Gangs of teenage boys skulk on badly lit corners and outside pitifully dingy convenience stores in Mexico’s border city of Ciudad Juárez.
Saturday 9 March
This Weekend go and see the work of an American print icon in London, indulge your literary leanings in Dubai, and enjoy the best of underground cinema in Chicago.
Saturday 30 March
His weekend seek out film talent in Okinawa, catch some great theatre and performances in Philadelphia, and enjoy the new album from Hamburg’s DJ Koze.
Vladimir Putin's motorcade, a revamp of Paris's Place de la République, and elections in Lithuania.
Books, films and music to make a date for, plus our culture editor's monthly musings.
From honey producers to fashion designers, Monocle meets the groups and business owners that have launched innovative projects to help bring communities together. Sometimes it makes good business sense too.
A trio of surfer buddies are making waves dishing up fresh, tasty fare near Bronte beach. Meet the Three Blue Ducks.
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