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Urbanism

The good life

From communal evening strolls to languorous lunches with family and friends, Madrileños seem to hold the key to a long and happy life in Europe's capital.

  • Issue #120
  • 11 min read
The good life
Society

Fat of the land

Qatar has an obesity epidemic; we meet the people working to change this, then explore initiatives around the world.

  • Issue #120
  • 12 min read
Fat of the land
Urbanism

Southern belle

In the first of a new series looking at US cities and the people fixing them, we stop off at Albuquerque to find out why New Mexico’s most populous city is on the up.

  • Issue #120
  • 10 min read
Southern belle
Culture

The happiness formula

Our latest issue of ‘The Forecast’ celebrates the elements of urban life that surpass the ordinary: from leaping headlong into a lake, getting a little competitive or bunking off work early, here are a…

  • Film
  • 3 min watch
The happiness formula
Affairs

Double vision

As the US moves its embassy from Tel Aviv, and other nations consider following suit, we assess Jerusalem’s potential as a diplomatic city amid the enduring Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 7 min read
Double vision
Affairs

Shifting sands

From advertising to the transformations of Tokyo, Beijing and Madrid, we lift the curtain on the issues and events shaping the world, set to resonate in 2019 and beyond.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 18 min read
Madrid skyline with glass skyscrapers, construction cranes, and concrete building foundations under development.
Business

Serious business

A slavish addiction to your smartphone can bring you down. App developers and ‘happiness consultants’ think they can help. But are they really enough to keep you smiling?

  • The Forecast #9
  • 9 min read
Serious business
Culture

We need to talk

We are living through a new golden age of debate and salons. Talks and conversations are the new religion. We asked our senior correspondent to spend one week at the heart of her city’s…

  • The Forecast #9
  • 12 min read
We need to talk
Affairs

Happy space

City dwellers pine for attractive and usable public spaces and city planners are taking note. We visit places where poetic verses are daubed on streets and ‘playable pavements’ allow children to let off steam.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 10 min read
Happy space
Business

Moving the pieces

At Expo Real, a three-day real-estate extravaganza in Germany, investors, developers and urbanists thrash out the deals that will shape our cities in the years to come. Monocle peeks at the future of property.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 8 min read
Woman with reddish-brown hair wearing a black blazer and yellow top stands against a wooden backdrop.

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