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It takes two to tango but Trump’s ballroom is a turnoff for midterm voters
Few things are more bewitching to the US president than gold-adorned dance halls and military bunkers. But will the people’s response to his latest projects fulfil his craving for everlasting power?
Ten life lessons from finding the fun in fashion to footing a clean bill of health
Ah, Saturday morning. Looks like we made it – and in some style. As you read this, the 2026 edition of the Monocle Quality of Life Conference is in its final stages, wrapping up…
Money doesn’t grow on trees? The nursery cashing in on the world’s need for urban canopies says otherwise
As cities swelter in heatwaves of increasing ferocity and the need for climate-regulating and shadeproviding canopy cover grows clearer, urban planners and landscape architects are turning to tree services and suppliers, to import trees.
‘Crink’ is the latest geopolitical moniker devised by pundits – but is it a useful tool or a diplomatic distraction?
The recently coined acronym identifies the threat that China, Russia, Iran and North Korea pose to the West and warns of their accelerating co-operation.
As debt piles up and markets spook, will governments catch on before the crash?
Market forces and reminders of the 2008 and 2012 financial crises are warnings for governments. But there’s still time for policymakers to take action.
‘Buildings affect our health’: Thomas Heatherwick on how dull architecture is just as harmful as fast food
The world-renowned English designer behind Azabudai Hills and Olympia is on a mission to make buildings that better serve our wellbeing.
The new space race: How satellite internet is changing the face of the Ukraine-Russia war
Russia has launched its own fleet of Rassvet satellites, which could challenge Ukraine’s use of Starlink for combat.
Diplomatic Design 101: The UN’s newest visitor centre is a study in architectural monotony
If minimalism has become the visual language of institutional reassurance, then the Portail des Nations speaks it fluently.
