The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
Slow to try new things? Sometimes all we need is a little encouragement to grease the wheels
Let me bring you up to speed on the cycling. What do you mean you missed that column? A couple of weeks ago I revealed my awkwardness at having to purchase cycling clothing to go…
Latest
Worth the wait
On Tuesday evening we landed at London City Airport just as the UK’s border-control system was going into meltdown. As we – me and editor Josh Fehnert – got to the now-kaput e-gates, the…
Top of the class
We organised a sort of school trip on Tuesday. Sadly, there was no coach hired for the day and we didn’t ask people to bring packed lunches with them. The plan was simple: anyone…
Bringing up the rear
I was in The Monocle Café getting a coffee this week when I fell into conversation with another customer about a bike ride that he’s partaking in for the owners of a brand of…
Chairs and graces
Last Sunday afternoon I flew to Milan to join the crew covering Milan Design Week. In the morning, however, I just had time to tackle a domestic task: removing a large, deceased jasmine from…
All part of the plan
“I sat next to this woman at dinner and she said…” When you hear a friend giddily retelling the life story of someone they met over a prawn cocktail the night before, you can…
Out in bloom
1Do you have a reset button? A simple thing that helps you to feel focused, well, yourself, basically? At this time of year my Sunday morning visits to Columbia Road flower market begin to…
Holding the stage
The third edition of The Chiefs, Monocle’s business and leadership conference, unfolded over two days this week in Hong Kong, wrapping up in the early hours of Friday morning (our readers are a committed…
Intellectual property
This week I could almost match my column buddy Tyler Brûlé for the number of places that I’ve visited and people who I’ve had the privilege of meeting. It has run from conversations about…
Reel life
1Reading the Oscar nominations, I realised that our household’s film-watching has been very off-pace in recent months. So, in quick succession, evenings this week have been spent watching Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers…
Working wonders
1Some house news. The Chiefs is our conference that asks leaders (whether business, civic or diplomatic) to come on stage and tell us their life stories, discuss their successes and reveal the ambitions that…
