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Urbanism

Comment

Andrew Tuck finds something extraordinary in everyday images of the urbane past.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
Two women in a small Rytecraft Scootacar miniature vehicle next to a regular car on a London street
Film

Culture

The second life of film sets and a preview of the Ukraine Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
Woman in yellow sweater and blue scarf standing by stairs in warehouse with "BAR A VIN" sign overhead
Society

The Agenda

In the Georgian capital, Russian émigrés are trying to make sense of the country they’ve left behind.

  • Issue #153
  • 9 min read
Historic church with conical tower and cross in Tbilisi's old town with traditional balconied buildings
Culture

Glowing for gold

Malaysia’s favourite sport gets the neon treatment at Shuttle in the Dark. Monocle hits the court.

  • Issue #153
  • 4 min read
Players on a glow-in-the-dark badminton court with neon green lines and purple lighting at Shuttle in the Dark
Affairs

Samfundssind: community spirit in Denmark

Housing co-operatives are numerous in Denmark, providing residents with affordable places to live, keeping community spirit strong and cultivating samfundssind: the Danish concept of putting society’s needs ahead of individual interests. Monocle visited the…

  • A country in a word
  • 3 min watch
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Affairs

Blazing a trail

The towns around Bozeman, Montana, are flying to the rescue of wildfire-hit communities in the US.

  • Issue #152
  • 10 min read
Yellow and red firefighting aircraft dropping water or retardant while flying against a blue sky
Affairs

Do we need royal families?

While dozens of monarchies endure globally, recent decades have seen more republics emerge than kingdoms restored. Do crowned heads provide stabilising tradition or obstruct progress?

  • Issue #152
  • 13 min read
Portrait illustration of Peter FitzSimons, a bald man in a grey suit with purple tie
Affairs

On the edge

In the days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, our correspondent heads to the besieged country's southwestern border as its neighbours find themselves living nextdoor to a war zone.

  • Issue #152
  • 12 min read
On the edge

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