The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
Some watches mark the hours and seconds, others make up for lost time
The new May issue of Monocle features our first-ever cover dedicated to watches. I am not sure why it has taken us 20 years but some things take time – slow, mechanical time. Inside the issue…
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A business lunch can be a fine thing. Over a couple of courses, you can find common ground, show your appreciation and navigate what might have seemed like a tricky relationship when it was…
We take the mood at Mipim as interviewees vie for real estate on Monocle Radio
This month Monocle has been at Mipim, the world’s largest real-estate fair and urban festival, which takes place in Cannes. Inside the Palais des Festivals, the main exhibition space, we built a Monocle Radio…
Vale Macy Noodle, the little terrier that brought joy to everything – even goodbyes
It’s a sunny Saturday one September and we’re heading back to London from Surrey. For once I’ve been tasked with driving because David wants to hold the eight-week-old wire-haired fox terrier puppy that we…
Don’t let the side down, be an ambassador for yourself by dressing the part
I don’t want to embarrass the gentlemen, so will obfuscate on the exact location of our rendezvous. The person in question is a senior diplomat, a British one, in a part of the world…
It’s not a good time to be an ‘Andrew’ but there’s always national pride to fall back on
It will be interesting to see whether the royal family’s latest bout of difficult news headlines further damages how proud people feel of being British.
Mind the age gap: 20 polite reminders that the doors are closing on your youth
“You will not, under any circumstances put this in your column,” said the other half as we exited the tube station at South Kensington, him still looking shocked, me barely able to contain my…
The best architecture is invisible. Dubai has signed up two of the world’s most famous practitioners to prove it
Monocle was on the road this week in Dubai at the World Governments Summit (WGS), where we built a Monocle Radio studio and an outpost of our café. The vast event comprises numerous auditoriums…
How do you make a great office? Step one, poison the pot plants
Have we reached peak pot plant? Over recent weeks, with my The Urbanist hard hat on, I have visited a lot of new office developments across London and in every lobby (or 3D render if the…
Why does life inside a mascot suit suddenly seem so appealing?
Amid the current geopolitical chaos, world leaders have turned to all sorts of guises as they try to navigate an uncertain world order. The uniform of choice for our editor in chief? It might…
Matcha might be catnip to the tech sector but poodles are the real urban litmus test
Savills, the international property-services company, puts out an annual Tech Cities report that ranks the 30 metropolises best at luring companies (which pay handsomely for real estate) in this sector. It’s a meaty piece…
