Mistral Air is not your typical airline. Founded by a former film star, it charters passenger flights by day and runs mail services by night – and is a big hit with pilgrims.
As Paris embarks on a project to clean up the Seine ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games, we look at the process of readying the city’s river for its water-seeking dwellers, explore how it could affect the city and meet the…
Japan’s planning for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics hasn’t gone smoothly, to put it mildly. There is still no back-up design for the National Stadium after architect Zaha Hadid’s proposal was scrapped for being too expensive to…
Despite the best efforts of US swimmer Ryan Lochte (a man whose honesty comes in an even smaller size than his swimming trunks), brand Rio de Janeiro – and in turn brand Brazil – has won some much-needed glow following the…
As swimming fans pick a side in the spat between China’s Sun Yang and Australia’s Mack Horton over “drug cheat” insults spread by the latter, other members of the Chinese Olympics team are pulling ahead when it comes to…
Starting the new year on the right foot, we head for gentle exercise: climbing in Innsbruck, surfing in Margaret River, hiking in Vancouver and Swimming in Tel Aviv.
Swimming on Bondi Beach, playing tennis in the jardins of Paris, running down the beach in Rio. Monocle picks five cities to call home if you want to stay healthy and trim.
Evolving news coverage, new lifestyle shows and perennially popular soaps; it’s impossible to take your eyes off the Portuguese-language television that’s emanating from Brazil and taking the world by storm. Do not adjust…
Few things are more tranquil than a long and languorous swim – and slip into the water come nightfall and it's more soothing still. We visit Iceland, Australia and France to take a few starlit dips in some of the world’s…
Maputo's turbulent history includes colonial rule, war and regime change. And it's a rich history told in the buildings that line the streets of Mozambique's capital.
There are countries that are simply too big to have one time zone, while others have always been a bit eccentric in their time-keeping. But for some, such as New Zealand, enterprising minds are trying to turn time to their…
Fashion’s ever-shifting landscape evolves at breakneck pace. Looking set to push the envelope this year are a Dutch textile virtuoso, a Milanese team with a famous past and a New York label whose bold take on the made-to…
Monocle's third annual Soft Power Survey is an attempt to push the debate on where soft power comes from and how to use it. With current shifts in the global power balance, never has it been more relevant.