Lars Bevanger
The perils of prosperity: inside Norway’s struggle to spend its €1.7tn oil and gas fund
It’s not always easy being rich – just ask Norway’s prime minister. Following re-election last week, Jonas Gahr Støre holds the nation’s purse strings as a cast of competitive coalition partners and critics from…
Monocle’s Quality of Life survey 2024: The 20 best places to live
Much of what defines a city’s quality of life can’t be quantified. We take a wider look to rank this year’s 20 best places to live.
Persuasive manoeuvres
We celebrate the countries that have mastered the subtler arts of global influence.
Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey 2022
Monocle’s 15th annual Quality of Life Survey charts 25 outposts on the up and ranks the best places to put down roots. Did your city make the cut?
Beyond a joke
In an era where comedy walks a tightrope between relevance and risk, satirists worldwide navigate the delicate balance of wielding humour as political weapon while avoiding cancellation or worse.
World in reach
Our annual survey of the nations that have mastered the gentle art of making friends and influencing people.
Safe in the knowledge
How can media sustain us? Keep conversations simple, challenge untruths, fix neighbourhoods? We visit three projects that are good for their environments.
