The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
Industrial design needs to clean up its act and save the rest of us the trouble
When did planes get so filthy? If passengers don’t hand over their garbage to the crew before landing, then all the pressure falls on a cleaning team that’s given just minutes to prepare an…
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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) –…
Playing to the gallery
A phone call: do I fancy seeing Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery? It’s a 09.45 slot on a Saturday. The answer is a simple, “Yes, please”. It’s good having a…
That’s a wrap
This was 2024… Hong Kong for The Chiefs conference – a line-up of amazing speakers and life stories spilling out on stage. There’s an after-party hosted by the dapper menswear player Mark Cho at…
Good times unleashed
Bye! This morning, a little against the odds, we are driving south. Leaving London and heading back to Mallorca for a triumvirate of key dates (well, in my book anyway): my birthday, Christmas and…
Greece on a plate
1On Tuesday afternoon I was taken to lunch in Athens. Now that’s a nice sentence. It was nudging past 20C as we walked to the restaurant and the warm winter sunshine was making the…
