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.

Seeking inspiration for the year ahead? Look no further. The tips in Monocle’s February issue won’t include the played-out aphorisms you’ll find out elsewhere – no green smoothies here. Instead, we present 20 ideas that you can adopt for your business, city or travel plans that are sure to improve your quality of life. From the studio to rebrand your firm to the car to drive and hammam to relax in, all will help you hit your stride in 2024. 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.

Monocle’s bumper December/January double issue surveys the world’s most influential nations, from the European country with visa-free travel to 190 states to the Asian outpost with a crooning president. Elsewhere, we reveal the history of French animated storytelling with a comic of our own and plot a course for a fruitful festive shopping spree Order your copy today.

Get ahead of the game with The Forecast, Monocle’s annual magazine looking forward to the year to come. The fifth Small Cities Index charts the urban jewels that are shining brightly away from familiar haunts, while we also find out how the wind is back in the sails of the shipping industry, why South Korea’s beauty successes are more than skin deep and what the Swiss Army’s new branding looks like. Shift up a gear for 2024. Order your copy today.

To celebrate our inaugural Retail Awards, we head to a newly renovated food hall in Helsinki. From cheese and smoked fish to fresh pastries and locally grown vegetables, the Hakaniemi Market Hall is the perfect place to stock up on supplies – and to linger in cosy restaurants. Join us as we tour its splendid aisles.

Basket-weaving is almost like a dance for Annemarie O’Sullivan, who bends willow to her will in her workshop near Lewes in southeast England. Monocle Films captured an afternoon in the studio with O’Sullivan, hearing about her sensory connection to the materials that she employs. Read more about this story in the latest issue of Konfekt, purchase your copy today.

Monocle’s business-focused handbook is full of ideas, inspiration and insights for taking your company to the next level. This year’s edition of The Entrepreneurs includes our first-ever nation special, a dedicated section of on-the-ground reporting and fresh photography that highlights the bright sparks, smart companies and emerging opportunities in the UAE. Our essential annual also includes a toolkit for global start-ups and a selection of leading entrepreneurs sharing their business breakthrough moments. Order your copy today.

Are you sitting comfortably? Monocle’s autumn design bonanza profiles the best new chairs, tables and accessories available this season, interviews architectural luminaries including Renzo Piano and hits the road in Czechia to meet the makers forging a new gold standard in craft. We also assess France’s waning influence in Africa and unlock the secrets of the world’s safest safes. Order your copy today.

Residents of Munich know how to dress impeccably – but some also know how to get undressed, outdoors and in the middle of the city. Monocle Films meets members of the German Association for Free Body Culture who bare it all.

Peris Costumes is the world’s largest company dedicated to selling and renting costumes for film, stocking more than 10 million garments. Monocle took a peek behind the scenes of its Madrid-based HQ to meet its artisans and see how the industry is booming, thanks to the rise of streaming platforms.

“Fostering independent thinking” is a key phrase in modern education but it’s not easy to do. We visit Madrid’s Colegio Estudio to meet its enlightened teachers and alumni.

Palma has kept its charm for young creatives despite its tourist-trodden streets. We meet the people keeping this city alive.

The Catalan capital boasts a singular character. Venturing beyond the tourist-beaten track, join us on a cinematic tour of fairytale architecture and independent retailers, as well as the innovative restaurants bringing a modern touch to Catalan cuisine.Available now at The Monocle Shop.

Offering the best in local produce and rare wines, Vila Viniteca continues the Spanish retail tradition of a no-nonsense 'colmado' in the historic neighbourhood of el Born.

Monocle Films travels to Barcelona to meet 32-year-old entrepreneur Inés Miró-Sans, who is busy shaking up the hotel industry. We check in to Casa Bonay to find the key to its success.Want to hear more? Join Miró-Sans and a stellar line-up of speakers at the fifth Monocle Quality of Life Conference this June. Buy your ticket.

It was designed by a suspect bohemian, houses a coup plotter and is today favoured by young, liberal creatives. Madrid's Edificio Princesa, once both bunker and luxury home for Franco's loyal cadre, is a concrete testament to the contradictions and bold optimism of Spain's transition to democracy.