The Entrepreneurs, episode 21
The resurgence of gentleman’s barber businesses, a look at the Italian shoe-making industry, and the southeast London neighbourhood being regenerated by a new café.
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Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 17 December
Weekend agenda, 17/18 December
This weekend’s highlights include the newest Oliver Spencer shop in London, a pop-up café in Tokyo and the latest album by French chanteuse Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Design / Monocle
Monocle with coffee and cake
We’ve been fine-tuning the espresso machines, testing the pastries and polishing the counters. We’re now ready to open the doors to our first London café.
The Menu, episode 7
Tyler Brûlé meets the Stolen Supper Club of London who plagiarise other restaurants and Ruth Rogers of the River Café joins us in the studio.
The Curator, episode 77
With the opening of our new Monocle café in London and the launch of our revised Monocle 24 schedule, this week’s best-of celebrates new beginnings – including a new take on taxis and an unusual style of pop-up theatre.
Culture / Music
Saint Etienne
A band that shares a few of Monocle’s own city-centric obsessions, St Etienne has mined the rainy pavements, smoky cafés and sweaty nightclubs of London to tell cinematic stories of life, love and iconic architecture.…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 28 April
The smoking ban
The hookahs have been packed away and cigarettes stubbed out. Damascus, like Paris and New York, now has a smoking ban.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 6 April
Weekend agenda, 7/8 April
This weekend’s highlights include a new Mexican restaurant in London, a restored French cinema classic and the latest album from Malian duo Amadou and Mariam.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 19 August
Weekend agenda: 20/21 August
If you’re in London this weekend there’s a Spanish food tasting in the East End, or alternatively a spot of shopping waiting at Folk’s new store in Mayfair. In Amsterdam catch a recently opened denim shop and in San Fran…
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Saturday 27 April
Weekend agenda 27/28 April
This weekend check out an Argentinian contemporary film classic, see the works of Swedish sculptor Claes Oldenburg in New York, and enjoy the new album from Berlin-based dance music producer David August.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Wednesday 30 March
Syria revolts: Expatriates speak out
In a small Lebanese restaurant on London’s Edgware Road two Syrian chefs sat sipping tea as they watched President Bashar al-Assad deliver his first speech since the anti-regime protests began last week.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Tuesday 10 April
Save our high streets – don’t bet on it
Many years ago, as a reckless youth, I went into a local betting shop and put down a few pounds on the Grand National.
Culture / Arts
Monocolumn
Friday 22 July
Weekend agenda: 23/24 July
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes an urban beach in Madrid, a design festival in Melbourne and a boating lake atop a London department store.
Affairs / Technology
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 March
Ideas for modern nomads
We know that no kind of virtual communication beats a face-to-face meeting and that the most effective organisational tool is called “having lunch”.
Design / Architecture
Monocolumn
Tuesday 22 March
The real renaissance of King’s Cross
St Pancras Renaissance Hotel is the exclamation point to decades of rejuvenation and billions of pounds in private and public investment in London’s decaying King’s Cross neighbourhood.
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 June
Countries should do more to promote cuisine
How many Finnish restaurants do you know?
Affairs / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Friday 30 November
Sorting the entire city should be simple
For a profession that has such a direct impact on our daily lives, to hear an urban planner speak about our cities sometimes requires having a glossary at hand.
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Friday 17 June
Weekend agenda: 18/19 June
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection, including a new open-air documentary festival, an architecture exhibition in Paris and an ice-cold pop-up in London.
Affairs / Economics
Monocolumn
Thursday 8 November
Storm in a coffee cup
It’s gone. Ding dong the witch is dead. The tax dodger (alleged) has been run out of town.
Design / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Monday 19 October
Poles apart
Diplomatic design is back in the spotlight thanks to a new British embassy that has just officially opened in Warsaw.