Jade Moyano

Hospitality

Moveable feast

Defying geography is a theme this month with Nordic style in Milan, a US coffee shop opening in Tokyo and gin from Berlin, creating a culinary cocktail that is truly cosmopolitan.

Design

North stars

Denmark, Sweden and Finland boast institutions devoted to seeking design-led solutions to societal problems. Are they guiding stars for the world to follow?

Affairs

Environment Forecast

Chinese eco-cities, what the Pharoahs can teach us about climate change, and the battle between business and environmentalists over vast oil reserves in Canada.

Retail

Shop idols

It can take just one retailer to unite a neighbourhood and restore a sense of old-fashioned community. Monocle has found 10 independent shops doing just that, from Barcelona to Tokyo.