Catherine Balston
Wherever next? Four beautiful hotels that should be on your radar
Whether breathing new life into a run-down building or starting afresh, a cannily run hotel can help to boost a community, as well as those running it. Here are four that have caught our…
Carnival is serious business as Brazilian cities battle to be the biggest and the best
Brazil’s biggest party is just days away. Right now, revellers across the country are stocking up on glitter, body paint and fishnet tights. They’re putting the final touches on new costumes or shaking out…
Why the Academy Awards should get rid of its foreign-language category
Film’s gilded night is drawing ever closer and today The Academy will shortlist the titles up for winning an Oscar come March. Brazilians, who have already been in party mode celebrating the double Golden…
São Paulo, South America’s rising design capital
A new pool of young talent is lifting the city’s creative ambitions. We speak to a few creatives leading the way.
City Gift Guides
Christmas shopping in a new city – or even, at times, one you’re familiar with – can be exhilarating. You just need to know where to go.
Culture
Arabic news in Sweden, a bold Swiss art atelier and San Diego’s groundbreaking acoustic design.
Best in town
From architects to street-lighting experts, these firms are keeping our cities liveable.
Choice cuts
We source the best new art and retail – and meet the creative minds behind it – to make yours a winter of cultural contentment.
License to kiln
In Cunha, Brazil, Japan's ancient legacy of firing and glazing lives on. Monocle meets the people keeping the ceramic tradition alive in this quiet colonial town between São Paulo and Rio.
