Design / Retail
Coast story
Portugal’s second city has great architecture and good food but it’s the escapes along the coast that give it its quality of life credentials. Pack your trunks, tote and Sisley spray and head for the boardwalks.
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Design / Fashion
Short story
Urban beach clubs call for clothing that doesn’t sacrifice elegance in the pursuit of sun worship. Opt for neatly tailored swimming shorts that can equally be worn for a stroll round town once you’ve dried off – or just to…
Culture / Diplomacy
Tokyo story
As part of our series on the foreign media coverage of the US presidential election, Aya Igarashi of ‘The Yomiuri Shimbun’ explains why Japan is worried about having a Democrat in the White House.
Business / Manufacturing
Toy story
This issue our regular Fairplay series on trade fairs from around the world makes a return. Here we visit the Toys & Games Fair in Hong Kong, the second largest exhibition of its kind in the world, where serious-minded…
Culture / Media
Monocolumn
Monday 23 May
Death of the super-injunction
The dynamic of unintended consequence is often hilarious, and always instructive. In Britain in the last few weeks, Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has become the latest public figure to learn the hard way that…
Culture / Film
East side story
Hollywood and the rest of the world are paying close attention to the films coming out of Taiwan, South Korea and Japan. Even Vietnam is getting in on the act. Monocle takes a seat at Korea’s Pusan International Film Fes…
Culture / Arts
Double vision
While trends come and go in the art world, gallery owners Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers have been nurturing artists for 26 years. Their old fashioned approach has paid off and they are the ones to watch in 2010.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 16 March
Every journey tells a story
We were leaving work late this week and were in high-ish spirits.
Edits / Education
Expo 34: Story of creation
The Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne has risen from being a regional art school to become one of the leading design academies in Europe over the last 15 years. This is largely down to ECAL’s innovative and energetic head…
Business / Books
Monocolumn
Friday 23 July
Book fair stories
If you are strolling around Hong Kong’s harbour-front in Wanchai, watch out for your toes.
Business / Technology
Monocolumn
Wednesday 5 January
Forecast 2011: Menswear’s e-commerce success story
Despite companies from Slowear to Hermès expanding their global retail presence during the upcoming year, bricks-and-mortar boutiques will face steep competition in 2011 from the e-commerce industry
Affairs / Transport
Monocolumn
Sunday 4 April
Rethinking public transport
Half three on a Friday afternoon and it’s the same old story in São Paulo.
Culture / Books
Monocolumn
Wednesday 20 January
Rewriting Jaipur Literature Festival
For generations, India has intrigued foreign and local writers lured by its rich culture, diversity and multitude of stories to be told.
Affairs / Management
Monocolumn
Friday 12 March
Where honesty is not always the best policy
Is it possible to do business in Russia without paying bribes? The story of IKEA suggests it probably isn’t.
Affairs / Food & Drink
Briefing Europe
How to choose yourself a Swedish name and a fishy story from Moscow.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 13 March
Japan’s emotional recovery will take time
This past weekend, while travelling around Japan’s disaster zone, I found an uplifting story.
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
Sunday 27 May
Mexico has far more to it than just violence
There’s a letter I tend to get from Monocle’s listeners and readers whenever we run a story that mentions kidnaps, murders or drugs in Mexico.
Business / Retail
Monocolumn
Monday 1 April
Don't be all talk
So you've put money and effort into creating your brand image and telling your story. Now you need to live up to the hype.