Design / Fashion
Lounge lover
When we’re in the Japanese capital, there’s one bar we always return to – the 1970s timewarp and unbeatable cocktails of the Brillant Bar at the Keio Plaza. Where better to showcase a few new pieces from our favourite…
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Edits / Food & Drink
Called to the bar: Bar Balcão
Also known as Geppetto by the regular visitors, 56-year-old Aldo Sbruzzi not only resembles the animated character (Pinocchio’s father) for wearing his glasses at the tip of his nose but also for his kind service and pat…
Design / Fashion
Fashion briefing
Visvim's sole revival, bedtime treats from Matters of Leisure and a Swiss trunk cal: Monocle selects for summer days and nights.
Edits / Retail
Monocolumn
Thursday 23 August
The inconvenience of online shopping
At 27, I am among the eldest of the “internet generation” – those that have ostensibly grown up using the World Wide Web for everything from education, to work, to leisure.
Edits / Food & Drink
Slow eater
A terrible accident led Bruno Contigiani to found the Art of Slow Living movement. And he practises what he preaches with a leisurely ‘last’ lunch at the Elio Locanda Italiana in Tokyo, a hangout for sumo stars and polit…
Edits / Travel
Monocle travel guide
With typical egalitarian flourish and quirk, New Zealand’s national carrier has come up with an innovation that will expand the horizons of horizontal leisure travel. Plus overleaf, we discover a new Hong Kong hub, a cosy…
Culture, episode 77
Robert Bound visits London’s newest theatre space, The Shed, we hear from the Bologne Children’s Book Fair and enjoy a session from the Leisure Society. Plus a Mexican festival where indigenous culture meets international…
Affairs / Environment
Monocolumn
Tuesday 7 December
The end of the long lunch hour
Maximising on the midday sun isn’t only a concern for Barcelona seaside holidaymakers looking to get some colour, it’s also being considered a key to keeping energy costs down and curbing climate change 600km west in Spa…
Design / Fashion
The lake show
We head to the suburb of Wannsee, and its popular swimming spot Strandbad, to show off our selection of smart weekend wear and grab a late summer splash.
Edits / Society
Monocolumn
Saturday 10 October
The right to bathe in glory
You don’t need to spend too much time outdoors to realise that plucky little Switzerland is currently gearing up for one of its more controversial referendums.
Edits / Travel
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 May
Give streets back to the pedestrians
Walking. Using your own two legs to propel yourself around a city, getting to know its shops, shopkeepers, restaurants and people face-to-face as you saunter along, is the best way to scope out a place.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Thursday 28 January
Launch of the iPad
For months now anyone in business who was interested in Apple, and that’s just about everyone, has been waiting for the company to announce the launch of its tablet computer.
Affairs / Travel
Monocolumn
Sunday 24 July
Geothermal exponents and hot spring industry clash over Japan's future
No amount of publicity could persuade the usual crowd of Tokyoites and overseas tourists to the popular springs in the three hardest-hit prefectures – Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
Edits / Aviation
Into the wild
Serving the No Return Wilderness Area, Salmon Air carries passengers seeking a taste of the outdoors, and the odd llama. The skilled pilots undergo intensive training to deal with the airstrips, or lack of.
Culture / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 13 July
Israel contemplates working week culture shift
The story goes that it was initially an American president who suggested that Israelis shift to a five-day working week.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 12 November
Yoga for dogs and cafés for cats
The model reclines on a camouflage pillow, a bandana tied casually around his neck above a red T-shirt with a white logo.
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Wednesday 11 August
Filmmaker’s surprise at inclusion in Shanghai Expo
The Shanghai World Expo is nothing if not forward-looking.
Edits / Aviation
Green wings
Widerøe is green in both livery and ethos, thanks to its successful carbon offset scheme – just one reason why its customers seem to love the carrier so much.