In Monocle’s latest publication, France: The Monocle Handbook, you’ll discover our most cherished Gallic spots. We tour the country, from Marseille to Montpellier, Biarritz to Brittany, stopping by the best bistros, elegant ateliers and storied hotels to find out what makes this refined nation the world’s most visited. Plus, if you’re looking to stay a little longer, this handbook also highlights the perfect neighbourhood for your new home, and introduces you to the plucky entrepreneurs who have already made the move. Pick up a copy today and rediscover this remarkable and varied country.

It’s time to set off on a sun-soaked summer journey: let Konfekt’s new travel-themed issue inspire a few itineraries. Whether you prefer a grande dame on the Ligurian coast or a bolthole in Patmos, our annual hotel guide will be happy to assist you when choosing where to check in for a seaside holiday.

The best hospitality projects delight visitors as much as locals. In this vein, businessman Yuta Oka transformed a series of historic buildings in the small town of Setoda into charming inns, a coffee roaster, a public bathhouse and more. Join us on a jaunt to the Seto Inland Sea.

Seeking the best spring looks and the restaurants and cafés that have kept doing things right as trends have come and gone? Then Monocle’s April issue is for you. Our spring Style Directory puts the freshest brands on your radar, while we get a taste of the hospitality holdouts that refuse to change – for good reason. Plus: we speak to Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Order your copy today, or read online now.

Monocle’s June issue features an Art Special that highlights the emerging scene in Tunis and a silo-turned-museum in Norway. We also visit the Danish paint giant Hempel that manufactures anything from luxury, interior varnishes to cutting-edge coatings. Plus: the reopening of Switzerland’s largest cinema and an interview with Swatch’s CEO. Order your copy today, or read online now.

Monocle’s latest issue opens the door to the world of property – just in time for Mipim, the industry’s biggest event. We profile the builders and architects out to fix neighbourhoods, revive downtowns and make everyone feel at home. Plus: Poland’s flourishing furniture makers, why parks might be bad for you and how the US is preparing for disaster. Order your copy today, or read online now.

Let the fresh air in – Konfekt’s spring issue is here to celebrate the promise of the new season. From a Belgian tree-grower to a bonsai master in Kyoto and a lush gardening shop in Vienna, our inaugural horticulture special will plant some bright ideas on how leafy additions can improve your surroundings – and your approach.

Seeking inspiration for your home or company’s workplace? Maybe you’re after a radio with buttons of just the right size or even a reimagined fire extinguisher. Monocle’s Design Awards celebrate the year’s best products, models and structures, championing ideas that go well beyond the ordinary. Read more in our May issue, which also finds our correspondents on the ground at property fair Mipim, in ‘India’s Silicon Valley’ and propping up a bar in Lisbon. Plus: books, recommended by leaders in their field. Order your copy today, or read online now.

Monocle’s reimagined travel annual The Escapist is back. In our optimistic take on the world of travel and hospitality, we visit Brazil’s unspoiled Costa Verde, a pretty corner of Provence where a new crop of hoteliers is setting up shop and a smart new opening that captures the buoyant mood in Marrakech. Plus: Lufthansa’s next move, why the cruise isn’t sunk and Manhattan’s smartest bar. Where will it take you? Order your copy today.

From balmy beaches to snow-covered pistes, a winter escape to Spain offers the pleasures of all four seasons at once. Monocle’s new film, Winter in Spain, makes a compelling case for visiting the country in the northern hemisphere’s traditionally cooler months. Discover the mountain ranges providing less-crowded alternatives to Alpine ski resorts and the islands offering year-round mild temperatures. To learn more about the joys of winter in Spain, read our full story here.

The London edition of the Monocle Christmas Market is now a fine tuned machine with Santa, reindeer, bountiful tombola and the local Swedish choir all part of the programme. On Dec. 9 and 10 we welcomed readers and listeners from around the world, hosted established and new brand partners and of course cranked out Monocle's unique mix of global Christmas tracks.

The Monocle Christmas season had its official start under snowy and cosy conditions on December 2 and 3 with our Weihnachtsmarkt at our global HQ. With a record number of vendors and a new subterranean set-up, there was raclette to warm tummies, a bar in full swing from midday and good tunes to set the mood.

It’s frosty outside – allow Konfekt’s winter issue to invite you in. Embrace the festive season’s sparkle with our first-ever jewellery special and let us recommend gifts and decorations – be it Lithuanian straw stars, French wreaths or Swiss treats. Whether downhill or cross-country, we’ll lead you on and off the pistes at snowy Alpine resorts and head up the Himalayas on a Nepalese reportage. From Finnish woollen coats to an Iranian hatter’s surreal creations, our fashion picks will get you ready for a whole season of brisk walks, cosying up and sleek hosting. Grab your copy today.

Lederhosen and dirndls aren’t just donned for Oktoberfest in southern Germany; tracht has been experiencing a renaissance in recent years with many wearing these traditional clothes every day. Monocle Films travels across the region to meet the makers and retailers who are successfully keeping this traditional heritage alive while adapting it for contemporary tastes.

Despite the ubiquity of digital effects in cinema, Berlin’s Studio Babelsberg has preserved the craft of prop making. Its lifelike items continue to appear in some of the biggest movies today. We inspect the studio’s stunning hand-built sets and its museum-like archives.

The environment in which we entertain reflects our personality and offers our guests a personalised glimpse into our lives. German product designer Stefan Diez invites friends to his studio in Munich for a rare look behind the scenes of the operation that has made him one of the world’s most sought after design talents. The LG SIGNATURE Rollable OLED TV helps to redefine this creative space into an extraordinary party venue at the touch of a button. Find out how to become the consummate host with LG SIGNATURE in our five-part “The art of hosting” series.

We put our best foot forward on a morning run in Munich as we unpack our shoe collaboration with Adidas. What do you think about when you think about running?Available now at The Monocle Shop.

We pull up a seat at a traditional Kaffeeklappe to see why coffee still makes this German port city tick.Available now at The Monocle Shop.

We take lessons in liveability from the winner of 2018’s Monocle Quality of Life survey. Join us for a tour of the Bavarian capital, where we cover everything from improved infrastructure to new clubs.

Munich manages to have one foot in the old world and another firmly planted in the new – and that's part of its undeniable charm. Monocle's travel guide will help you navigate this cross-section of history and modernity and point you in the direction of our favourite emerging hotels, lively kitchens serving Bavarian classics and the best places to grab your culture fix. Published by Gestalten, The Monocle Travel Guide to Munich is available now at The Monocle Shop.

Bavaria is Germany’s largest and most dynamic state, combining industrial might with a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Here, we take a tour through the Bundesland’s cities, towns and rural villages and discover a region that offers both quality of life and unparalleled business opportunities.

From state-of-the-art evacuation slides to the perfect mid-flight chocolate mousse, Monocle Films samples the innovation on offer at the world’s leading trade fair devoted to enhancing the in-flight experience.

This year’s biennial ISH in Frankfurt centred around the theme “comfort meets technology” and showcased everything from groundbreaking taps and tubs to smart home features, renewable energy and air-conditioning technologies. Over 2,400 international exhibitors presented their innovations across 10 halls proving that good design can lead to a green future.

Bikini Berlin is a newly redesigned complex mixing retail, culture and creative thinking about the public space. Once a fading relic of the Cold War, intelligent ideas from its new tenants are helping to redefine the shopping mall model.

It's the largest and most important pit stop on the global toy calendar. Monocle films visits the Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair in Nürnberg to meet the up-and-coming innovators and old-school stalwarts keeping the industry afloat.

Punctual? Rigorous? Romantic? What does it mean to be typically German? Rolf Sachs, a half-German, half-French artist and designer with a wry eye and a scarf made from dusters, explores the clichés that form his notion of a nation in a new exhibition at MAKK, Köln's Museum of Applied Arts. Culture editor Robert Bound went along to sort the ‘schadenfreude' from the 'sehnsucht'.

Staying comfortable in-flight means big business at Hamburg’s World Travel Catering and Onboard Services Expo. Join Monocle as we pay a flying visit.

Berlin’s vibrant arts scene is getting serious and growing up. Creatives are making real investments in the city to transform its unusual spaces.

The Berlin International Film Festival is one of the most influential showcases in the world and part of Germany’s rich cinema tradition. Join Monocle for a look at the city’s relationship with filmmaking.

As fashion brands plunder the world of sports for ideas Monocle's film crew headed to ISPO - the leading trade fair devoted to sports - to discover new ideas and hi-tech advancements.

The Nordic nations’ Berlin embassies share one of the world’s most architecturally unique buildings. Monocle learns how careful thinking about architecture and design is helping these nations punch above their weight in the German capital.

The auto industry is facing a moment of significant technological and social change as electric power begins to gather pace in its charge against fossil fuels. Monocle reports from the Frankfurt motor show on the effect this is having on car design and how infrastructure needs to adapt.

Hamburg is a hub for aircraft interiors, making it a natural place to hold the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo. A marketplace for everything you could possibly put in an aircraft, this is where the airlines come for their yearly big shop, and where everyone from Lufthansa Technik to niche safety-belt manufacturers roll out their latest products. Gabriel Leigh finds out what’s new inside airplanes.

Urban gardening: We spend a day on the farm in deepest Berlin to find out how urban agriculture is taking root in the German capital.

In the run-up to the Frankfurt Motor Show, Monocle editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé talks to Adrian van Hooydonk, head of design at BMW, about designing cars to suit the times, consumer expectations and the relationship between drawing board and driver.

If you're Germany, you have no option but to assert yourself globally with a softly, softly approach.

Less is more is the concept for Bildschöne Bücher, a small bookshop in Berlin that has grown out of the highly successful website 25books.com. Proprietor Bodo von Hodenberg, a former sales director of Taschen, takes a curatorial approach to bookselling, highlighting exceptional books in photography, art and design.

Frankfurt's biannual motor show is where the big guns roll out their great hopes for the future. While quality and newness are touchstones, global warming was the hot topic and "hybrid" the buzz word. Monocle's Robert Bound reports on the 62nd International Motor Show.