Now more than ever, it’s important for journalists to sniff out stories in person. Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, celebrates some of the journeys that our team have taken to fill the pages of this issue: from Genoa and Senegal to an epic trawl across Czechia.

Reporting from...Monocle’s global bureaux keep their ears to the ground in a bevvy of far-flung locales – and they’re there to keep you abreast of the latest developments. This month: crossing the road and retail.

The need to keep valuables securely squirrelled away has led to an unexpected growth industry in Mexico.

A leading chronicler of the war in Ukraine, London-based photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind documents the ordinary lives lived precariously on the front lines.

The Kodokan Judo Institute offers accommodation, learning and a new way of looking at the world.

Agnès Poirier on Paris’s doomed love affair with rental e-scooters and how life has changed post-ban.

The stories you should be paying attention to – and the ones you might have missed.

The new special offer on Taiwan’s shopping-mall scene, Ethiopian leather and electric flight.

A storied bookseller opens up his own personal library and why tiny museums are big news.

A home on the South China Sea and a private-public venture reviving New York’s open spaces.

A series of coups have highlighted France’s often troubled relationships in Africa. We visit Senegal to see what needs fixing.

A rugged archipelago in the Baltic has been demilitarised since 1856 but as war rumbles on in Europe, can it retain its peaceful status?

Though soon to be stripped of its status as a capital city, Jakarta remains the beating heart of Indonesian entrepreneurship.

With ambitious comparisons to Prada and Porsche, Sweden’s Polestar is counting on good design and four new models to gain traction in the congested EV market.

From an artists’ haven in rural Oxfordshire to a former cable factory in Czechia, we visit three recording studios around the world that are reimagining the craft of capturing the perfect performance.

As North Macedonia’s cultural scene awaits possible EU funding, the fate of its young creatives hangs in the balance – but that’s not stopping them raising the bar.

From a searing look at the travails of North Korean defectors to glimpses of beauty through a German master’s viewfinder, we present the season’s cultural highlights.

Our pick of the sofas, tables, chairs and accessories that are sure to bring comfort and joy into our workplaces and homes.

Architecture is about more than simply ushering ideas from sketch to skyscraper. It can play a critical role in solving global issues. Here, three renowned practitioners explain their approach and tell us how they strive to build structures that truly last – or don’t.

Font foundry Sharp Type scours everything from libraries to cemeteries in its mission to create one typeface to rule them all.

The long legacy of Georg Jensen’s silverware is kept safe in a secret archive to inspire today’s artists.

An architect’s plush and playful early modernist home in the Belgian town of Lier received a gentle polish from its new owners. The result is a house that is once again fit for purpose.

Remo Ruffini, chairman and CEO of Moncler, on bringing the brand back from the brink – and what comes next.

Upcycled cashmere jumpers, duffle coats, denim jackets and an elegant two-piece twill suit engineered for the slopes – with these pieces in your wardrobe, you can keep your temperature (and spirits) up as the leaves come down. Just don’t tell anyone about your indulgent new socks: they’re for your feet only.

Above the fray of global economic turmoil, the watch industry’s top echelons have continued to thrive – and evolve.

A seasonal selection of removable layers to keep you at your optimum temperature – and style.

Interior-architecture firm Studio Modijefsky is looking to the Dutch capital’s past to inspire its forward-thinking designs.

The duo behind a beloved Berlin bolthole has built a beautiful new restaurant with rooms in an enchanting forest in eastern Germany. So what’s on the menu?

It’s not just pot luck that has made Vermicular a household name in Japan: the handmade cookware company has taken its products to the next level. It even has a shop, restaurant and café complex to showcase its premium pans.

Our technology round-up features a handy battery, new and improved headphones with a personalised profile and a switched-on review of the latest iPhone.

A former motor lodge in the Catskill Mountains has been transformed into a rustic roadside retreat.

Wine is the star attraction at Abadía Retuerta, a tranquil escape in Spain’s Ribera del Duero that, its CEO tells us, aims to provide a ‘wow’ every five minutes.

The past is important but give it too much weight and the present can slip through your fingers. Czechia’s makers know this all too well. From the communist era’s brutalist gems to Michael Thonet’s beloved bentwood furniture, the country’s craft heritage is rich and varied. But now a new generation of manufacturers are taking up the mantle. Monocle’s design editor zigzags the country – taking in small towns, a mountaintop transmitter, philharmonic concert hall and rebel-rousing university – to meet the architects, steam-benders and beer-guzzling glassblowers who are reclaiming a communist-era slight and forging a new gold standard in craft and design.