What is the essence of modern luxury today? Monocle speaks to three industry insiders about longevity and the importance of having more meaningful relationships with the products that we consume and cherish.
What makes a well-considered development? Our pick of new projects offer some intriguing clues and the resulting buildings are becoming industry benchmarks.
Lithuania might be small but this plucky Baltic nation’s proximity to Russia means that it is ramping up its military might. Monocle meets its newest conscripts.
Our current issue has come together thanks to the tireless efforts of our global network of creative folk. Find out about a few of the writers, illustrators and photographers we called on to report for Issue 171.
Nature tamed is offered up in national parks, zoos and even shopping centres. But can humans learn to let go and allow it to take control again? One photographer has spent six years looking at this troubled captive world…
Business in the UAE is booming but it’s not just tall towers shooting skyward, oil services or aviation. Here we profile a breadth of start-ups and smart ideas from AI and app development to design and film production –…
Stateless Kurds have endured centuries of persecution across the Middle East. Now, Iran’s strict application of sharia law is driving Kurdish women to fight for their freedom.
September’s essential reading, watching and listening includes a US musical mock-doc, an overlooked Georgian artist’s oeuvre and a glorious tribute to the father of bossa nova.
France is known for its buzzy newsstands but the appetite for the printed page extends well beyond city kiosks. We also take the road less travelled by visiting a trailblazing maps company in Seattle.
From expanding gallery superbrands to a south Asian completist and a striking alfresco sculpture collection, our bumper art special puts the sector’s key players into perspective. We discuss the finer details with some of…