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Attaché cases
Whether tasked with Brand Ethiopia awareness in Brazil or South Korean commerce in the UK, there are unsung drivers of diplomacy. We meet them.
Observation: Group therapy
The fanatical followers of Hong Kong boy band Mirror reflect the troubled city’s yearning for some homegrown positivity and pride.
Residents elect
As members of one of Denmark’s largest housing co-operatives, the occupants of one cobbled Copenhagen thoroughfare are a community in control. We meet the neighbours in Nørrebro.
The opener
Huge flags and enormous skyscrapers, furry babies and political bedding – we round up some global goings-on.
The Monocle Quality of Life survey 2021
We've tweaked our annual urban Quality of Life Survey to consider the cities best placed to prosper post-pandemic. Here’s how metropolises from Vancouver to Vienna are faring as the world’s most liveable locations.
Tokyo 2020: on top of their games
This year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are unlike any that have come before. In the run up to the event, we met the designers, planners and people behind the scenes.
Time and tide
On the Greek island of Thassos, tourism is the engine of the summer economy. Preparing for 300,000 visitors requires a collective endeavour from hoteliers, entrepreneurs and workers alike on the Aegean isle.
Sand guard
What kind of beachgoer are you? Get ready for the return of the shadebathers, bodies in fine mahogany, supercharged nubile flirters and blatant naturists at a coast near you this summer.
’Hood intentions
How do you create retail magic away from major thoroughfares? Three fashion-shop owners in Milan, Paris and Berlin share their tricks, from nurturing neighbourhood clients to running events that draw like-minded people.
Kerb your appetite
A pair of inventive Helsinki restaurateurs have transformed three long-overlooked city kiosks into hospitable hubs of singular street-food. We join the queue.
