Joe Wigdahl
Quality of Life
Health of the city
Swimming on Bondi Beach, playing tennis in the jardins of Paris, running down the beach in Rio. Monocle picks five cities to call home if you want to stay healthy and trim.
Travel and restaurants
Monocle travel guide – Hong Kong
In a city known to raze rather than save, the Tai O Heritage Hotel is a marvel. Housed in a 110-year-old police station, it is proof that restorative justice can be done.
Travel and restaurants
Monocle travel guide
A defence-themed travel round-up featuring rooms in former forts, military-run airlines and hotels favoured by war reporters, from the West Indies to Portugal.
Affairs
Evolution theory
There’s more to Darwin than cyclones and crocodiles. A young population, a gas deal, a vibrant Asian culture and now a base for US Marines are changing its outback image.
