Jason Larkin
Diplomacy
The Japanese diplomats digging up documents to claim territory, what the Vatican and Italy agree to disagree on and Australia’s expansion in Latin America.
Fashion
Getting into gear with lines from two winter-sports athletes, plus Zegna's new London flagship.
Healthy trade
Bulent Eczacibasi, head of the Turkish industrial group, has been creative to maintain success. In London for the Design Biennial, he explains why arts patronage is key to good business.
Added value
Buying a work of art to start a collection can be daunting. We’ve turned to experts from both ends of the spectrum – an adviser, collector, and artist – for creative insight.
Collecting
We meet Bonhams ceo Matthew Girling and contemporary African art comes to London.
Galloping majors
Two men, disillusioned by the fashion industry’s perennial pursuit of cheap production, wanted to create a denim company with an emphasis on craftsmanship and community. Monocle visits the happy outcome: Blackhorse Lane Ateliers.
Nightlife expo
We discover what goes down after sunset in Thessaloniki, Tokyo and Beirut.
New tricks in the sticks: Village shops
The rural retailers whose need to adapt put them back at the heart of their communities.
Life on the edge
How has Russia's military involvement in Ukraine affected life along the Baltic borders? Monocle tours the Russian-speaking hinterlands of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for lessons in identity and nationhood.
Hop, skip and jump
African Express operates one of civil aviation's last milk runs, a multi-stop flight from Nairobi to Dubai. Monocle's correspondent straps into the jump seat for a unique jaunt around the Horn of Africa.
