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A safe pair of hands
The concierge is an institution worth investing in. They know what is going on in your neighbourhood, can prevent crime and are a city essential. Monocle meets three of the best.
Africa/Middle East
We kick off a new series on strategic flight paths, starting with Istanbul to Mogadishu.
Living for the city
Great cities adapt and change like their residents. Finding a favourite is a global undertaking that renews our love of urban centres. Here are Monocle’s top 25.
Americas
The view from the campaign trail, the sartorial style of Uruguay's president, plus Brazilian coffee, Chilean traffic and Canadian education.
Q&A Antonio Patriota
Monocle sits down with Brazil’s foreign minister Antonio Patriota in London to ask what he’s doing to take his country’s brand beyond its image of sun and soccer.
Mapping progress
As the world changes, so do our top 25 cities. A tour of the globe’s urban hotspots and cultural corners helps fill in the picture.
Asia
Protecting Yangon's architecture, tackling illegal mining in Goa, and understanding seismic activity in Taiwan.
Europe
Vladimir Putin's motorcade, a revamp of Paris's Place de la République, and elections in Lithuania.
Talk it out
In a quiet Lisbon palace, a tiny, underfunded body of eight Portuguese-speaking nations nurtures outsized ambitions — from shared visas to pensions across continents.
From Portugal, with mixed feelings
All of these emigrants can agree on one thing: there is money to be earned in Luanda. Yet their feelings about living in Angola differ vastly...
