The Weekend Opener
from Andrew Tuck
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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…
Bear in mind
I watched a 15-second video on social media (give me a break, we all have weak moments) of men in a boat in Arctic waters saving a polar-bear cub. They help the furry bundle…
Down to business
On Thursday, when I checked the messages on my phone, I saw that there was an update from the on-the-ball organisers of the Greece Talks conference. Its content was precise and clear. “Andrew, the…
Best of pluck
The new issue of Monocle: The Entrepreneurs is out and, of course, we would like you to purchase a copy or, better still, become a subscriber, so that you can receive all our magazines.…
