Robert Bound
Well stacked
A Buenos Aires bookshop with the largest collection of photography books in South Africa.
Culture
This month’s culture roundup. Films include an animated documentary on the Lebanon war and a Russian émigré junkie in London. Books feature Soviet chic, a noir New York tale, and Argentinian memoir.
Saint Etienne
A band that shares a few of Monocle’s own city-centric obsessions, St Etienne has mined the rainy pavements, smoky cafés and sweaty nightclubs of London to tell cinematic stories of life, love and iconic…
Expo. 17: American forces network
The American Forces Network has the largest geographical coverage of any media network. Its 1,100 staff serve 800,000 overseas troops with entertainment, film, sport and homemade news and advertisements.
The Big Frieze
A London October used to be an uneventful time in the art sales calendar. Auction house Sotheby’s saved its strength for New York. But then, in 2003, Frieze arrived and changed everything.
Culture
A news kiosk on Pushkin Square in Moscow, and this month's new music, film, art and music.
Art market
The first in a new series looking at the world of buying and selling art. This month: a Q&A with Christie's specialist Carina Villinger and Damien Hirst's forthcoming Sotheby's sale.
Bangkok Community Radio
Bangkok's 'quality of life' radio station provides a lifeline in a city where public services are haphazard at best. The all-talk format of RDCK is a call to action and an attempt to solve…
Show time
Baselworld watch fair is where manufacturers unveil the new timepieces that often take years to craft. There are no quick sales either; brands eager to retain exclusivity don’t sell to any old oligarch.
India adds up
With 600 million people under 25, India has a booming consumer society. Monocle visits Mumbai’s ad agencies to see how brands are courting this new, heady atmosphere of creativity and commerce.
