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Recent strikes on Saudi airports show that the kingdom still has a way to go when it comes to security
Saudi Arabia’s airports are under renewed Houthi bombardment, forcing the kingdom to test its global alliances and re-evaluate whether its
Swedish listeners are changing their tune – and ‘Aftonbladet’ has launched a radio station to stay on their wavelength
Sweden’s media market, whose influence lies in a small, concentrated group of commercial media houses such as Bauer Group, Viaplay, Bonnier News and Schibsted, is undergoing a transformation. What’s making things interesting, however, is that within these organisations, individual outlets are growing and diversifying to reach an audience base that gets their media through a variety of platforms.
For some, this week’s national holiday is a bright display of Spanish pride. For others, it’s something darker
There is a lot that you can infer about those sporting red-and-yellow bracelets today – but what is the strength
Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ is dividing critics – but for most, it has dug its own grave
With the exception of the Danes, reviewers worldwide have been critical of the satirical film. Who is right?
Monocle’s autumn quiz winners: Some pencils are sharper than others
Good morning, bom dia from sunny, balmy Lisbon, where the parrots have returned for their early morning coffee visit, the
The secret to a long, purposeful life might be to delete the word ‘retire’ from our vocabulary
At the start of this year my brother-in-law, Phil, placed a bet with our dog Macy. I allowed this to
A tour of the world’s best autumn/winter menswear collections and collaborations
Here, we reveal the best pieces for layered looks, the essentials for a wardrobe refresh and the coats to take
The director of the National Museum of Korea wants the world to see the ‘true colour’ of Korean art and culture
With the global boom of K-pop and K-drama, more eyes are on South Korea than ever – something that NMK
Bangkok might be shrouded by stormy skies – but its economy could become a bright spot
As Bangkok prays for the rain to clear ahead of next week’s global finance meeting, here’s how the country could
‘I can’t take it anymore’: School blockades spark national crisis as French students continue to protest
France’s youth is making the education crisis impossible to ignore but only time will tell whether the protests will lead
Next year’s Salone del Mobile is set to be a tour de force
An ambitious new addition to Milan’s 2027 design event will expand its reach by bringing together businesses and makers from
With its ethereal looks and featherlight fabrics, Paris Fashion Week offered some much-needed levity
Translucent, weightless pieces were a common thread on the runways of Paris last week, revealing a fresh approach among heritage
The 10 best shows from Paris Fashion Week spring/summer 2027
Shows from some of the industry’s best-known brands and up-and-coming designers set the tone for a bright seasonal showcase in
Sustainable designer Maria McManus offers a glimpse into the making of her latest collection
From Texas’s retail scene to the runaways of Paris, Maria McManus tells the story behind her brand’s latest collection –
Spain’s summer of protest is the political lifeline that could save Pedro Sánchez
After months of anger over immigration, housing and tourism, Spaniards are pushing these issues up the political agenda. Now, with
Against the odds, will Flávio Bolsonaro steer Brazil back to the right?
The Brazilian left needs a rebrand that speaks to a new generation. But what else do Sunday’s election results tell
Democratic socialists are on a winning streak – and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could lead them
There has never been a more golden opportunity for the US politician to campaign for senator – or president.
Are you one of Monocle’s brightest sparks?
Bonjour from sunny Paris, where fashion week is in full swing, a postponed Pride parade is snaking through the streets, students are burning bins and smashing windows, the riot trucks and muscular cops are out in full force and there’s a hit of tear gas in the air. Yes, dear reader, Parisians are in their normal groove, doing what they do best: going to elegant events while looking chic, getting wound up over a multitude of topics while looking effortlessly cool and simply striding from A to B while looking super hot.
Pets on a plane: The speciality airline making travel possible with your furry companion
Airlines such as Retrievair, Bark Air and ITA Airways are finding out that the sky’s the limit when it comes
If your Pilates class sends you a red chilli-pepper emoji as a warning, listen to it
There’s some over-ambitious packing that occurs on the eve of a work trip. Running shoes, gym kit, swimming trunks, canoe:
‘Abu Dhabi will always surprise you.’ Mohammed Ali al Shorafa, Department of Municipalities and Transport chairman, sets out the city’s ambition
At the UAE’s inaugural Livex, Al Shorafa explains how he wants the emirate to become the world’s most liveable destination.
Shibuya is changing – but in Tokyo’s trend capital, disruption is the only constant
This week Seibu department store, an institution emblematic of Shibuya’s culture and retail scene, closed its doors after nearly six
‘The greatest adventure of US foreign policy in a generation’: The Americans have left Iraq. What comes next?
As the US military leaves Iraq after 20 years, Renad Mansour of Chatham House sheds light on the continued turmoil
Western Europe has more scope for soft power – in the form of plush mascots
Japan has understood the power of a good mascot. An unlikely gathering in Frankfurt shows why Western cities might want
Our Entrepreneurs special proves why starting a business is always worth the risk
Establishing and running a business comes with many challenges but, here at Monocle, we like to focus on the rewards.
‘Everything exists in the mind of the masters’: At Norway’s Boatbuilder Guild of Os, ancient craft is preserved through hands-on instruction
In this exacting Norwegian workshop, master boatmakers pass down their skills without the help of drawings.
What makes a healthy workspace? At Novolife’s Bangkok HQ, blurring the line between office and outdoors goes a long way
When creating the new concrete HQ for the natural pharmaceutical company, Thai design firm Studio Krubka chose to look beyond
Why private equity’s fashion bet failed and what founders are doing instead
Venture capital saw a chance to make big returns in fashion. So what went wrong? A lot. But there’s a
‘My perspective changes constantly’: Tucker Carlson on trust in media and the Iran war
Former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson shares his fears for Western Europe amid the US-Iran war – and the limited
Looking to refuel after an evening at the theatre? Here’s where to find dinner in London
From the Barbican and the National Theatre to the Tate, our playgoer’s guide to drinking and dining after curtain call
Tales of existential danger from tech bosses have a provenance problem. What if the real risk is the AI bubble bursting?
Tech titans warn us of an AI apocalypse. But behind the sci-fi scare tactics lies a technology struggling to prove
‘We have to rethink the way that we’re designing department stores.’ Olivier Bron on the future of Bloomingdale’s
Forget the death of the department store. Bloomingdale’s is redesigning the experience to win shoppers back.
Brazilian cuisine is having its time in the sun thanks to these São Paulo restaurants
Brazil’s largest city has long been a culinary hub but its food scene used to centre around French or Italian
Zohran Mamdani’s opera scheme is a more highbrow policy than politicians’ typical cultural clout chasing
City Hall’s progressive accessibility initiative could help to diversify the Metropolitan Opera’s crowd and improve dwindling audience numbers.
Best in show: The top 10 collections from Milan Fashion Week
From Prada to Moschino and Jil Sander, here are the best shows from Milan’s spring/summer 2027 runways.
As fashion struggles in today’s economic realities, it’s time for brands to cultivate a true following
Few cities generate a quasi-religious fervour for fashion quite like Milan. In the Lombard capital, brands tack billboards onto scaffolding
Milan isn’t Italian design’s only hot spot. You’ll also find it on the sunny banks of Lake Como
It’s easy to assume that Italy’s design world is made up of Milan – and Milan alone. The city is
‘We don’t need to shout to reach the right people.’ Agnona’s CEO and creative director on the luxury brand’s next chapter
We speak to Stefano Aimone, who shares the inspiration behind the label’s latest collection, how to choose the right market
The next UN secretary-general will face a daunting task: to restore trust in the faltering institution
The UN is in urgent need of reform but will the opaque selection process to appoint its new secretary-general allow
Fledgling reporters are sparking up Japan’s news channels – but where have they gone in the West?
Tokyo, early Monday morning, I was flipping between Japan’s news shows. Typhoon Dujuan dominated all the networks and there was so much happening on-screen that you’d be forgiven for thinking that the feed into the hotel’s cable system had somehow merged a gameshow and an air traffic control screen, with a side helping of mid-80s TV home shopping. Japan’s morning news shows have little to do with the sofas and news desks of the Australian and US versions of Today, Good Morning America or anything on the UK’s breakfast telly buffet.
Riviera renaissance: Inside the revamped, historic Monte-Carlo Beach hotel
Some of the world’s most exciting creative names, from chef Simone Zanoni to designer Simone Porte Jacquemus and architect India
Have you broken this posh dinner-party rule?
Now I’m not sure what happens where you reside but in London it’s still deemed polite to pick up a
The recent White House ban risks alienating traditional media
The White House’s decision to muffle the voices of certain news channels has shone a light on the importance of
Can a megacity with no history have culture? Shenzhen certainly thinks so
The Róng Museum of Art is one of the most anticipated additions to Shenzhen’s cultural landscape. Here founding director Pi
Looking good and feeling great: Our October issue examines the rewards of a sharp appearance beyond mere aesthetics
Introducing this month’s Style Special, our editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, contemplates the impact of beauty in the things we
For Lina Ghotmeh, museums aren’t mausoleums but stages for debate and repair
A series of new commissions has confirmed Lina Ghotmeh as one of the world’s great architects. Here, she tells us
‘Our main goal is to bring people out on the water.’ A bright new chapter for the iconic Danieli hotel
A subtle yet ambitious revamp has breathed new life into one of Venice’s first grand hotels. Now under Four Seasons,
When the saints go marching in: Inside Lisbon’s night of sardines and spectacle
The Portuguese capital comes alive as it hosts an annual exuberant and colourful street party that combines a pagan past,
How Zürich’s rich visual history made it a poster child for graphic design
As you walk through Zürich’s Kreis 5 this week, it’s almost impossible to miss the large-format posters displayed throughout the
Troutbeck’s secluded cottages in the Hudson Valley are perfect for a late-season escape
The Hudson Valley is home to an abundance of reinvented barns and design-forward inns. But Troutbeck – an estate hotel
The UN General Assembly’s true value lies in the encounters that it facilitates
As New York hosts this year’s UNGA, you’ll hear all of the familiar gripes. But the forum can still be
A tale of two cities: What can London learn from a New York dinner service?
While London keeps falling in and out of love with formal service, New York proves that there’s a less neurotic
‘We don’t really care about Sudan’: The chairman of Euronews on the role of the media during global conflict
Speaking to Monocle Radio at Dubai’s Arab Media Summit, Euronews chairman Pedro Vargas David makes the case for more curious
The perfect lobby can be many things but a buzzing, multi-purpose room is not one of them
The hotel lobby might be the most misunderstood space in hospitality. Everyone agrees that it matters but nobody seems to agree on what it should be. In recent years, the lobby has been asked to shoulder an exhausting number of roles at once: reception desk, living room, co-working hub, cocktail bar, social condenser, pop-up retail floor and, increasingly, an upholstered waiting room for guests to take Zoom calls.
An ode to the chaotic euphoria of algorithm-free shopping at Paris’s grand flea market
In the seven hectares of the inconvenient but irreverent Marché aux Puces, you can still shop like it’s 1957.
In Wenzhou, a culinary bookshop is serving up new connections
As a younger generation begins to re-embrace time in the kitchen, Dish Books is serving up community through food, culture
The UAE’s cybersecurity head on adapting to digital warfare and the promise of AI
Mohamed Al Kuwaiti recognises the dangers that AI poses in the sphere of cybersecurity. But its potential benefits, he argues,
A five-city tour from a future neighbourhood in Lisbon to a Parisian afterparty
Lisbon About three blocks from my apartment, a new district is on the rise and my goodness, it’s going up fast.
Twenty-somethings’ CVs have to sparkle more than ever before. Would mine have made the star pile?
I marvel at the CVs that land on my desk. People in their twenties who have had more life experiences
15 brilliant books to gift your friend who has ‘read everything’
A selection of beautifully written and lovingly designed books that we would gladly unwrap at any time of year.
Live better: Behind-the-scenes snapshots of Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Lisbon
This year, Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference returned to Lisbon, the host city of the first event in 2015.
Luxury fashion has taken a hit – but global conflict is not cramping Turkey’s style
As luxury markets around the world flounder, Turkey is seizing the opportunity to expand its global consumer base.
The UAE is rethinking its approach to foreign affairs without bearing grudges
In light of the conflict with Iran, the Emirates is ‘recalibrating’ its relationships with nations across the world.
If Paris is luxury and Milan is heritage, what is London Fashion Week?
Paris and Milan have been outshining London’s fashion scene and taking UK designers with them. Is it time for British
New design festival Currents adds a fresh spark to Berlin Art Week
Mid-September is a vernissage-packed time in the German capital, with almost every art gallery in the city opening its autumn show during the annual Berlin Art Week. And, thanks to Currents – a new festival that presented the work of local designers and manufacturers across more than 60 venues last weekend – another industry has crashed the party.
Meet the best dressed at Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference
Though temperatures in Lisbon rose to 37C, our delegates still came dressed to impress with sharp linen jackets and polished
Three neighbourhoods perfect for laying low and recharging in the Hamptons
Three of the most beautiful Hamptons neighbourhoods offer luxurious hotels, shopping, eating and drinking within easy reach of New York.
What lies beneath sea-loving Italians’ deep suspicion of lakes?
A dip in the water has always been an Italian summer ritual – as long as it’s salty. Here, we
An illustrated day in the life of a Lisbon ‘quiosque’
We celebrate the charming structures that dot Lisbon’s parks and praças. These monuments of art nouveau might be small but
Marco Rubio has cannily swerved the world’s most divisive issues – but he can only avoid them for so long
The US secretary of state has been focused on easy wins in Latin America, disappearing at the first sign of
If Canada’s airports want to get up to speed, they’re going to need to provide a smoother landing
1. The coming 24 hours are going to be one of the busiest periods for Toronto’s private aviation handlers. With the Toronto International Film Festival in full swing, the city’s hotel lobbies, restaurants and screening venues have been clogged with oversized SUVs fresh from Pearson Airport celebrity pick-ups. Come early Monday morning, the tempo will increase as scores of hand-selected CEOs, entrepreneurs and sovereign-wealth-fund honchos touch down for the start of the Canada Investment Summit.