Carolina Abbott Galvão
The Opener
Fresh beats from DJ Kungs, plane bad behaviour and Berlin’s U-Bahn tunes in.
The Monocle Design Awards 2022
From the smartest greenhouses to the prettiest glassware, the Monocle Design Awards celebrate the most pleasing projects that bring our homes and cities to life.
Hitting peaks
From a soundtrack to sisterhood to the secret history of Brazilian dance movements, we survey the essential cultural high points of the coming month.
Suite dreams
Whether it's LA for a peaceful retreat that was once an infamous motel, Sri Lanka for boutique luxury or a Provençal village for a hôtel particulier, here are our favourite new hotels.
Artistic licence
From a Danish short-story collection to an exploration of Hollywood’s cultural legacy, we survey the works that capture our times.
Setting the scene
In news bulletins, the background matters. We meet the Vienna-based designers whose television studios are the stars of the show.
For what it’s worth
Like beauty, value is in the eye of the beholder. So what makes one item worthless and another priceless? How can the story behind an object add to its value?
Life’s a beach
The 450-strong team of the Copacabana Palace make the hotel a sunny outpost of grand hospitality.
The Opener
Heads of state left hanging, a new audience for James Blunt and an Argentinian exodus.
