From the art of travel to the architecture of happiness, author Alain de Botton's writings filter everyday life through a philosophical lens. Monocle Editor-in-Chief Tyler Brûlé met with Alain de Botton at his London home…
Sunday 12 June
Around one in five adults in Mississippi will not be able to read this column. The poorest state in America, Mississippi also has the country’s lowest literacy rates, a historic problem within its educational system that…
In The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, Alain de Botton reveals why we need an art that can proclaim the intelligence, peculiarity, beauty and horror of the workplace and, not least, its extraordinary claim to be able to…
Thursday 25 February
In Stockholm, 25 February marks the beginning of an old Swedish tradition.
Wednesday 20 January
For generations, India has intrigued foreign and local writers lured by its rich culture, diversity and multitude of stories to be told.
Saturday 10 April
“He looked at the sun shine on Beirut. This could be Cannes or Miami, he thought, if only for a few details.”
Sunday 3 July
Located 240km from Rio de Janeiro, Paraty is known for its charming colonial-style houses and the uneven stone streets by the seaside.
He made serious literature popular and if he liked a new book the nation ran out and bought it. He even made a televised spelling test appointment viewing. The talk-show host and TV producer Bernard Pivot is a peculiarly…
Paco Ignacio Taibo II is Mexico’s foremost detective novelist, as well as a professor, journalist and political activist. Author of 50 books that have been published in 29 countries, he is best known for his novels featu…
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 26 December
From 1 January, EU legislation will come in to force essentially making the UK measurement the “acre” forbidden in all official literature.
We debate European austerity vs growth, say farewell to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, talk literature at the PEN World Voices festival in New York, and munch on a Brazilian biscuit or two.
The latest from Sommet de la Francophonie in Kinshasa, we hear from Busan International Film Festival, and discuss the nominees for Nobel Prize in Literature.
Film-director Mark Hoeferlin speaks about how football is helping albinos in Tanzania and Fleur Macdonald joins us to discuss the impact of bad literature reviews.
Reflection on the Baftas and looking forward to the Oscars with Karen Krizanovich, we review the best new music, and Mark Mason examines literature marking the 50th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery.
Thursday 17 December
Not content with penning the most savage attack on American literature in decades, US academic Brian Myers has produced a book destined to shatter conventional assumptions about the world’s most mysterious nation.
Steve Bloomfield and Hugo Macdonald meet Alex Thomson of the UK’s Channel 4 News, look at some rare counterculture literature with Carl Williams of Maggs Bros, and chat with urbanist Leo Hollis about the plight of London’s…
New film releases with critics Tim Robey and David Jenkins, restaurateur and label owner Martin Morales tells us about the latest Peruvian musical releases, and we discuss new Turkish and Romanian literature with the dir…
New film releases with critics Tim Robey and David Jenkins, restaurateur and label-owner Martin Morales tells us about his latest Peruvian musical releases and we talk new Turkish and Romanian literature with Susan Curtis…
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