Culture
Why Italy’s beaches became a battleground this summer
Italian beachgoers are experiencing spiralling fees and shrinking free sand. As debate rages, the question is whether the coastline is for the people – or for profit?
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Hollywood is undergoing an economic revolution. Is cinema’s future on course for a plot twist?
Is Hollywood’s age of infantilisation coming to an end? Economic shifts suggest there’s cause for optimism. Cue drama.
Sou Fujimoto’s first retrospective will change the way that you look at cities
What stands out most in this architecture exhibition isn’t a building – but a reflection on the philosophy of built spaces.
The film festival toasting Japan’s cinematic renaissance in the Big Apple
As Japan Cuts returns for its 18th edition, director of film Peter Tatara speaks to Monocle about Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s enduring legacy and why ‘shochu’ is the toast of Manhattan this summer.
Why Pope Leo XIV is a model for summer-holiday work-life balance
Shirking the asceticism of his predecessor, Pope Leo XIV is embracing the papal perks. In so doing, the pontiff is providing a holier-than-thou example for us all to follow.
The slacker’s manifesto: Mastering the dark arts of doing the bare minimum
The quiet quitters and work-from-homers are doing something wrong to get all of this attention…
The radical notion of the ‘Mediterranean spirit’ and why we need it now more than ever
Novelist Albert Camus had it right: happiness lies in living in harmony with our surroundings. But what can this idea teach us about finding human connections in cities today?
Solo Sculpture Trail: Where nature and tradition meet utopian ideals and untrammelled imagination
Two gallerists – Christian Bourdais and Eva Albarrán – spent more than a decade slowly transforming a sparsely populated corner of rural Aragon into a unique open-air sculpture park.
