Fiona Wilson
Friends in high places
In Tokyo, The Share is an innovative scheme offering modest personal spaces linked to sprawling, well-designed communal areas, attracting a new breed of housemate who is happy to share.
Asia
China’s leadership duo Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan are in the Style Leader spot. Meanwhile, work has begun on a new Beijing airport, and India’s Uttar Pradesh has a new leader.
Kentaro Kobayashi
Known for no-nonsense dishes and a show teaching men to cook, TV chef Kentaro Kobayashi discusses his accidental route into the culinary world over a meal at his favourite Italian restaurant.
Chairs and graces
Fascinated with furniture design, Noritsugu Oda bought his first chair in the 1970s and now has 1,200. But he isn’t precious about his priceless collection, as Monocle discovers.
Leader of the dance
Park Nam Yong has choreographed some of South Korea’s biggest pop icons. He talks to Monocle about succeeding in a tough industry, and about teaching singers with two left feet how to dance.
Almost there
Montréal has slipped in our city rankings, joining others in our bottom five for the past two years. We welcome newcomer Seattle to the list and will be watching its progress closely.
Expo 45: Rome
Rome’s citizens will tell you that too many things just don’t work in their city. But it still maintains an enviable quality of life with its markets, piazzas and architectural surprises.
Expo 45: Kagoshima
Far from Tokyo, this distinct, defiant city is so unsung even the Japanese are hardly aware of it. And if you think the view across the Bay of Naples is spectacular…
50 things to improve your life
You don’t need to sample everything we’ve listed. But then again maybe you do — we’re quite sure these deliver the goods.
Monocle travel guide
Spend a week at Franco Zeffirelli’s former Positano hang-out, dine in country-house grandeur in Paris or uncork a bottle in a Buenos Aires wine hotel with Monocle’s latest travel round-up.
