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Palette cleanser
How Austria’s once-conservative seat of aesthetic endeavour learnt to love modernity.
Laurie Anderson: Diverse dish
Meet Laurie Anderson: musician, director, artist, composer and inventor. Here she holds forth on dogs, violins, cheese and Lou Reed.
Robert Wu: Words of wisdom
Eslite booksellers’ founder gives us chapter and verse on getting the best from his team.
Observation
A refreshed radio offering, our Quality of Life Conference, a new book and our latest travel guides. Editor in chief Tyler Brûlé has an awful lot to talk about in this month's column.
Making a splash: The Islander
We drop in on the offices of a Floridian newspaper that takes its lead from the community it reports on.
Inventory No. 93
Spirits, shoes and ceramics are just a sprinkling of the products we’re pining after this month.
How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide
How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide reveals all you need to make a happy, vibrant and successful nation. It’s a book that delivers inspiration whether you are a new citizen or a…
Soaring symbol
In Portugal, one swallow doesn’t make a summer: thousands of them do. Ceramic versions of the bird are produced in huge numbers and feature in most Portuguese homes. Why the avian allure?
