4+ hour, 10+ min ago  (496+ words) Monocle Now, I wasn't going to tell you this but I have to be honest with you, even if this tale does underline my reputation for misplacing just about anything. Here goes. As the flight from Madrid to Montevideo reached…...

3+ hour, 49+ min ago  (403+ words) Last week, while catching up with a friend under the low lights of an east London restaurant, she suddenly announced that she had split up with her partner (writes Rory Jones). A four-year relationship, burned away with the quick intensity…...

16+ hour, 43+ min ago  (253+ words) The Greater Manchester mayor's by-election victory puts him on a collision course with the prime minister. Should he take the Labour crown, he'll have three years to prepare for the bigger battle with Reform. By-elections, in the British context, are…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (332+ words) The world's highest railway bridge, an Indonesian presidential hopeful and assessing Asia's strategies for combatting a declining population. Anies Baswedan Former governor of Jakarta and Indonesian presidential hopeful Anies Baswedan is one of the frontrunners to replace Joko Widodo as…...

17+ hour, 36+ min ago  (339+ words) On the perilous stretch of water where the Columbia river meets the Pacific, the US Coast Guard is refining the art of preparation. Can our reporter ride the wave? "S'curit', s'curit', s'curit'," says a member of the US Coast Guard…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (330+ words) The Jun Group is behind some of Japan's most inspiring labels. We meet the president of the company selling more than just clothes. From the beginning, Sasaki looked beyond fashion, broadening his portfolio to include wine, fitness and golf " an…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago  (195+ words) Launched in 1960 Rome, the ETR 252 "L'Arlecchino" embodied jet'age luxury with panoramic windows and all'First Class seating. Monocle boards its refurbished Naples run, exploring how this retro'futuristic icon meets modern travel demands. Santanch" says with considerable glee that tickets for a…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (175+ words) Co-founded by Refik Anadol and Efsun Erk'l, Dataland opens with an immersive work that connects technology to the natural world. Anadol's immersive and psychedelic work garners the kind of public adoration many artists dream of. Nevertheless, this is not just…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1004+ words) Monocle Donaldson is one of the world's biggest stars, with a production team employing hundreds, as well as a thriving spin-off chocolate company, Feastables. Time magazine once called him the "the most watched person in the world" and, with a…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (360+ words) Monocle Journalists have been scribbling worrisome screeds about their industry's imminent demise for as long as their job has existed. Before the arrival of social media or AI, frighted writers feared rolling news, radio broadcasts and even the dizzying speed…...