Annabelle Chapman
Cities
Rethinking urbanism in Minneapolis and why students won’t be lighting up in Copenhagen.
Politics
An old party in the Netherlands making new changes, Filipino activists and Trump’s fake news.
Diplomacy
Australia’s ambassador to Poland and why Canada’s world-stage win isn’t helping at home.
Politics
A rising star of the left gains ground in Poland, plus Taiwan’s upcoming elections.
Still supreme
Poland's defiant Supreme Court president Malgorzata Gersdorf — forcibly retired by the ruling PiS party yet still reporting for work — speaks to Monocle about judicial independence and creeping authoritarianism.
My house is your house
On an area of parkland in central Warsaw stands a small settlement of wooden Finnish homes. A legacy of postwar hardship, these days they stand as a striking symbol of peace and friendship.
Let’s talk shops
Is it game over for stores, malls and high streets? Not according to these developers and place-makers who believe they have the formula that makes bricks-and-mortar retail work.
Diplomacy
We meet Denmark’s ambassador to Silicon Valley and find out how Lithuania brands itself abroad.
Defence
Mexico’s murder rates, Ethiopia’s navy, Russian troops’ uniforms and Poland’s plea to the US.
Cities Briefing
Animal welfare in Montréal, Munich reaches for the sky, tourism in Slovenia that’s the bee’s knees and Warsaw city councillor Jan Spiewak has his say.
