Justin Bergman
Grow your own
As populations become more urban and people become more aware of where their food comes from, city farms, whether it’s beekeeping in Brisbane or vegetable growing in Havana, are coming into their own.
Play grounds
The role of parks and other green urban spaces as quality-of-life improvers cannot be underestimated. Monocle takes a leafy stroll.
Asia
What to do with an ugly building project in Tokyo? Cover it with a park, of course. Plus: "clean-air" holidays in China and flying doctors in Thailand.
Eat, drink and be ferried
We visit a restaurant in Madrid promoting English food, a Chinese craft brewery educating locals and a pair of Berlin boathouses offering a unique way of navigating their beautiful lake location.
Business
Smuggling in Mali, locking up in Singapore, film-making in Mauritius and other business news.
Culture
Books, films and music to make a date for, plus our culture editor's monthly musings.
Diplomacy
The world goes cyber-war, Brazil prepares a new range of submarines and we met Washington's man in Yangon.
Keeping it wheels
With city initiatives sparking a cycling boom in Rio de Janeiro, we look at what makes it a pedal-power paradise, before touring the globe for this issue’s latest travel recommendations.
