Liam Aldous
The Monocle Design Awards 2022
From the smartest greenhouses to the prettiest glassware, the Monocle Design Awards celebrate the most pleasing projects that bring our homes and cities to life.
Out of the past
Madrid's legendary Palacio de Anglada emerges from extensive renovation as Rosewood Villa Magna, trading aristocratic exclusivity for warm hospitality while preserving centuries of opulent heritage.
World in reach
Our annual survey of the nations that have mastered the gentle art of making friends and influencing people.
Club rules
After surviving the financial blow of the pandemic, the night-time economy is finally swinging back to life. We visit three venues that are leading the charge and meet the entrepreneurs behind them.
Anything but ordinary
Girona's celebrated Roca brothers strip back fine dining's formality with Normal, a new restaurant built on proximity, seasonal produce and the intuition inherited from their grandmother's kitchen.
Top billing
From box-office draws to books and beats, we highlight the main attractions on the cultural calendar.
Back to life
New galleries, foundations and museums worldwide emerge from pandemic delays, with striking architecture housing impressive collections from German collector Helga de Alvear's Spanish outpost to international cultural debuts.
The opener
Rev your engines and wind down the windows as we begin our whistle-stop tour of global transport with dispatches from the first cycle to the last mile. Plus: football and dogs.
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.
