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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In search of lost summers
It’s been 20 years since we first came to Mallorca. On that initial foray, we stayed at the Portixol Hotel. It’s still there, sitting on a promontory by a small marina, a hospitality lighthouse.…
Part of the team
She has made this journey five times now. Two days in the car, a night on the ferry, just so her owners can always have her company. This time the adventure has had a…
Call of the open road
I’ve just settled with the insurance company. And I only have myself to blame. I was in Spain, on my own in a hired car, and could not get the satnav to do my…
Bigger picture
It’s tempting to divide the world – and people – into the creative and the technical, into folk who like the arts and those who take pleasure from a quadratic equation; those who can…
Game changers
1As the date for the 2012 London Olympics edged ever closer, something happened. The harrumphers lost their nerve and started desperately asking whether anyone knew how they might secure some tickets, even to the…
Making a racquet
1It has been a stalled summer in London. After a few days of blue in June, the skies have almost consistently been sullen grey and the rainfall far too ambitious for my liking. In…
Coming attractions
1What are you doing on Monday 15 July? Fancy a date (for your diaries) in Paris? That evening, I’ll be co-hosting an event to celebrate the publication of The Monocle Companion: Fifty Ideas for…
Moving the needle
Martin asked whether we would like to spend one final weekend in the magical home in the English countryside that he and his partner, Peter, spent years creating (cue the sound of my bags…
In good company
We made a mini magazine this week just for us (sorry). We wanted to have something that tells our story, explores all that we do in the world, puts the spotlight on our amazing…
One for the record
I am not sure how it ended up in our house. There were many wonderful things about my parents but musical taste really wasn’t one of them. The small collection of records in their…
