The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
Why restaurant design has us all feeling like sitting ducks
Dear restaurant designer,I hope that you don’t mind me dropping you this note out of the blue but I wanted to have a word about the humble topic of seating. You see, you have…
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There was something fishy about this year’s Mipim convention…
It has been a very soggy week in the south of France (I know, the hardships one has to endure). Usually attendees at Mipim, the world’s largest convention for the property market, can look…
Jakarta is calling all chiefs – here’s why you should answer
Shall we do some house news? Firstly, I’d like us to talk Jakarta (not a euphemism). On Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 April we are hosting The Chiefs, our engaging conference series that looks at…
Why it’s time we all had a personal curator
Robert Bound asked me whether I would come on his radio programme, Monocle on Culture, to talk about a new exhibition at London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) that looks at The Face magazine in its glory years…
Having reservations
We have all become used to the notes in hotels informing us that towels will only be replaced if you leave them on the floor or that this is a hotel that no longer…
Waxing lyrical
Between meetings in Dubai there was an hour going free and Tyler encouraged me, along with my colleague Luke, to ditch him and make an appointment at 1847, a chain of men’s grooming parlours…
Between a fox and a hard place
1For once the call of the gym beats the tender caress of the duvet. I step out of the house and into the mews and there, waiting for me, is a fox. A fine…
The art of storytelling, whether retold or new, keeps friendships alive
I might have told you this story before – if so, apologies – but its retelling will let me set this column off on the right course. I was working for Time Out magazine in London…
Connecting the dots
1The February issue of Monocle will arrive on newsstands – and subscribers’ doormats – this week. But if you are a potential kiosk client, I just thought I’d tempt you to pick up a…
Working wonders
1There is a takeaway food shop near Midori House that, for several years, was a regular pit stop for me and my Monocle dining buddies. You would go in and chat to the jolly…
Island in the sun
1The online form asks you to input your country of residence and – though the airline, ferry company or visa office must have a pretty good idea where you are from (hello geolocation) –…
