Saul Taylor
Way ahead
Starting a new business is about ideas, inspiration and location. We visit a Lisbon neighbourhood pushing small enterprise, the corner of Istanbul that’s ripe for retail and a Mexican tech hub.
Culture
This month's collection of music, books and film and our culture editor's thoughts on the future of the bricks and mortar art gallery.
Samba style
Set on a mountainside with views over the Atlantic and surrounded by trees and tranquillity, this Rio residence reflects the cosmopolitan lifestyle of its Parisian and Swedish occupants.
Asia
South Korea's first female president and her motorcade, why pakistan and Turkey are getting together, and who's the favourite in the Philippines polls.
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.
Latin Liebe
The streets are immaculate, the inhabitants are blonde and the local beer is exceptional. Welcome to Brazil’s ‘little Germany’.
Africa/Middle East
The lavish motorcade of Kenya's president, the new jet-set of Nigeria, and an old banknote for West Africa returns.
Do it yourself
Monocle meets five creative businesses and entrepreneurs who have gone their own way, and we ask them how, and why, they did it.
Malasaña (north)
With Madrid promoting financial and social change, the relaxed Bourbon style of the Malasaña neighbourhood is the ideal place to start your ‘Madriz’ property portfolio.
Inventory No. 26
In this month’s rundown of vital life improvements we have a two-faced candle, a three-legged stool and 12 notebooks to get you through the coming year.
