Mathieu De Muizon
Reversing into a concrete pillar isn’t all it’s cracked up to be – it’s much more
1.There’s one drawback to sitting at the front of a plane: the people. On my many shuttles to and from Palma, you can find me on one of the once low-cost carriers and in…
Bad theatre etiquette has become the norm. It’s time to break the chain
A friend, a New York theatre producer, was staying with us last Saturday and kindly got us tickets to see the play Stereophonic, which tells the story of a band on the cusp of greatness…
Making home and in search of inspiration? Well, have I got mews for you
Twenty years ago, we were living happily in north London. Too happily. At dinner with friends, the other half declared, “I’d be happy if I only left our house when they carried me out…
Window shopping with world leaders and why diamonds are an editor’s best friend
1.Last Saturday I headed to London’s Jermyn Street to continue my hunt for a pair of good loafers. Online searches had suggested that Crockett & Jones might offer up the solution to my quest.…
Forget futile KPIs – the path to a better city is playfulness
How do you make a good city? One that’s liveable, simple to navigate and easy to love? These are questions that civic leaders must engage with as they try to satisfy the needs of…
Polished perfection is passé – memoirs need misadventure
1.I went to a very nice party this week where I saw a woman who I had worked with more than 20 years ago. She was already becoming rather famous back then. I reintroduced…
How an elevated experience moved a Catalan concert hall to tears
In last December’s issue of Monocle we ran a story about a Catalan tradition: the building of castells, or human towers. We sent our writer Julia Webster Ayuso to the city of Tarragona to attend a vast…
Barcelona set the stage but it was our speakers who stole the show
I am racing to write this in the lunch break of Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Barcelona. And I’ll have you know that my commitment to never missing a deadline is keeping me…
The Monocle Concierge’s curated guide: Insider tips for Florence, Lake Como, Rio, Seattle, Hokkaido, and Vienna
From an outdoor jaunt in Japan’s great north to beer and Bruegel in the Austrian capital, here’s the latest from Monocle’s very own fixer.
Welcome to the Auberge Monocle
Monocle has so far resisted the temptation to open a hotel – but that doesn’t mean that we don’t spend time thinking about who we’d hire to oversee a renovation, run the bar or…
