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The Comment
As Sri Lankans mark the country’s new year, protesters are campaigning for a fresh start.
The Monocle Quality of Life Conference Paris 2022
Monocle believes in the value of investing time and energy into coming together to share ideas and spark debates that shape an informed world-view. This is what our Quality of Life Conference sets out…
The Agenda
In the Georgian capital, Russian émigrés are trying to make sense of the country they’ve left behind.
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…
Sisu: The art of Finnish fortitude
Finland is a swimmer’s paradise and residents take to the water year-round. In colder months the practice often involves carving a hole into ice – a demonstration of “sisu”, the unique Finnish concept of…
Growing pains
Fifteen years of global transformation reveal a paradoxical world: more connected yet divided, with optimism split between declining Western confidence and rising Asian prosperity.
Heard the one about…?
In the age of media training and social-media outrage, humour has seemingly taken a back seat. But are people in positions of power really as po-faced as we expect them to be in public?
Design tours: Lithuania’s modernist city
As Lithuania’s second city, it’s not often Kaunas gets much international attention. This, however, could be about to change. Kaunas has been named one of Europe’s Capitals of Culture for 2022; a title it’s…
Should museums heed calls for restitution?
Do the Elgin Marbles belong in the British Museum, where they have been safely housed for more than 200 years – or are they stolen goods? Monocle's expert panel discusses art repatriation.
