Josh Fehnert
The opener
We get sociable with co-working spaces and consider two very different approaches to national pride. First up, a quick fix in Milan, Washington’s explosive exhibition and Portland puts opera on the menu.
Bureaux de change
Improve your productivity by sprucing up your place of work – well, that’s the theory anyway. Whatever happens, it will look sharper.
Food & drink
Food finds from Atlanta and Amsterdam, plus how to make a crab and quail egg salad.
Travel
From a Virginia manor to an off-grid Swedish pad, here’s our round-up of new openings that have made their way onto our discerning hospitality radar.
Shop, read, listen
Folksy plates, charming ceramics and the sharpest of knives, plus a rooftop escape, the best in books and the tastiest tipples for your drinks cabinet.
The Monocle Guide to Hotels, Inns & Hideaways
Video didn’t kill the radio star and apartment-sharing apps haven’t scuppered our enduring need for hotels. It’s this sincere belief that proved to be the rallying cry for our latest book, which covers everything…
If you build it, they will come
From how to create a welcoming lobby with just the right amount of hubbub to who to hire to tend your kitchen, here is our advice for budding hoteliers looking to create a spot…
The Principal
The Principal hotel in Bloomsbury offers a mature experience with its 19th-century architecture and madcap marble interior. We book in to get a taste of the grown-up life in this enormous London lodging.
Travel
From Catskills lodges welcoming creative New Yorkers back to nature, to restored Japanese farmhouses and a eucalyptus-scented Portuguese hideaway — independent hotels are rewriting the rules of escape.
Shop, read, listen
Dutch fashion, Japanese wine and some sustainable ventures, plus smart reads and a few devilish accessories for your living room and kitchen.
