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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 proceed knowing that our dog had no cash of her own, so could lose little more than a chewed toy. The gambling moment had been prompted by the news that both hound and human now had incurable cancers that were at a stage when it was time to stop treatment and allow the disease to do its worst (don’t stop reading – there are life-changing moments ahead and some humour).
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: all make their way into the suitcase. Days later, as I prepare to make the journey home again, I usually spot – among the chaos, the wriggle of worn hosiery and now-crumpled shirts – my untouched sports kit. It’s right there, in one corner of my Rimowa suitcase, slumbering with all the intent of a hibernating dormouse. But things switched up on this excursion.
Our Entrepreneurs special proves why starting a business is always worth the risk
Why would you want to start your own business? Being an entrepreneur has a certain allure; it certainly makes for a better introduction when you meet someone at a party. But the sweat and stress that come with this job title should not be underestimated. At the start-up stage, there’s money at stake (and often funds contributed by friends and family who wouldn’t mind seeing it come back to them one day).
‘My perspective changes constantly’: Tucker Carlson on trust in media and the Iran war
Tucker Carlson is a journalist who often ends up becoming the news – perhaps most famously when Fox News fired him from his successful show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, in 2023. His views on everything from climate change (not a threat) to Israel (he believes that the country has dragged the US into an unnecessary war) have also kept his name in the headlines.
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 bottle of wine when you’re invited to dinner at someone’s house. Two if you’re a fast drinker. But there’s a certain moment when to do so becomes unwise and makes you look, well, cheap. I sadly remember the first time that I made this faux pas. I had been invited to the home of a work contact. It was a crossover moment, an invitation that hinted that perhaps we could become actual friends.
Postcard from the edge: The cliffhanging Gran Hotel Margalida brings Mediterranean glamour to Banyalbufar
Banyalbufar edges down the side of a steep cliff. Invading Moors first settled in the area in the 10th century – hence the Arabic-flavoured name – and the town seems to be kept from sliding into the sea by the sturdy stone terraces that those first residents erected. It’s a place that feels modest, discreet. Walk down the main street and the green shutters on the pink-plastered and stone houses are usually, well, shuttered.
Looking good and feeling great: Our October issue examines the rewards of a sharp appearance beyond mere aesthetics
There are many people who will tell you that being cool just doesn’t matter. That, while style might be a nice add-on, it’s really not something that you should be spending too much time thinking about. That appearances are fundamentally irrelevant. But they are wrong. How things look and making places that are cool can be a positive, potent driver in everything from economics to architecture and urbanism. One place that seems to have cottoned on to this is New Zealand’s largest city.
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 than Scott of the Antarctic, speak more languages than Duolingo can muster and who, in their summer holidays, have saved large chunks of the planet – or at least fostered a gibbon for a few weeks (“gave me a greater appreciation of the challenges of having very long arms”).
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 than Scott of the Antarctic, speak more languages than Duolingo can muster and who, in their summer holidays, have saved large chunks of the planet – or at least fostered a gibbon for a few weeks (“gave me a greater appreciation of the challenges of having very long arms”).
Live better: Behind-the-scenes snapshots of Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Lisbon
Eleven years, 11 editions. It all started in 2015 in Lisbon, where we hosted our inaugural Quality of Life Conference. We envisioned the event as an occasion at which we could unpack on stage some of the key themes that run as red threads through Monocle’s pages.
AI seeps into hair salons and hire cars beep like robot DJs – but there’s still room for a human touch
1. My hairdresser tells me that he’s facing a growing problem: AI haircut ambitions. Gone are the days when clients would arrive with a page torn from a magazine featuring, say, Tom Cruise and the hopeful instruction: “Could you try to make me look like that please?” Now they pitch up with AI-generated images of themselves with Mr Cruise’s locks sprouting all too convincingly from their heads and a genuine belief that this must be achievable. And we’re not talking teenagers.
Quality of style: The best dressed at Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference
When an event doesn’t have a dress code, it can either lead to panic or great inventiveness. Every year as Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference approaches, we receive a handful of emails from first-time attendees asking: Will the gala dinner be formal? Would it be wise to pack a tie? Are shorts permissible on the city tours? Returning delegates are old enough to know what suits them best, and from São Paulo to Manila, they simply reach for trusted favourites in their wardrobes.
What can you expect from an all-women-designed building? Architecture that prioritises community
What would happen if the developers, architects, engineers and electricians building an apartment complex were all women? Visit Reina condos at 689 The Queensway in Toronto, and you will discover that it leads to generous design decisions, wise consideration of the risks of loneliness for at-home parents and the mother of all stroller parks. Reina has been designed by Heather Rolleston, principal at BDP Quadrangle.
Ten life lessons from finding the fun in fashion to footing a clean bill of health
Ah, Saturday morning. Looks like we made it – and in some style. As you read this, the 2026 edition of the Monocle Quality of Life Conference is in its final stages, wrapping up with a host of special-access city tours and a farewell breakfast on the rooftop of the Museu Do Design. But yesterday was the biggie – a day of talks, discussions and entertaining interludes – set within the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, surely one of the most beautiful museums in the world.
‘Buildings affect our health’: Thomas Heatherwick on how dull architecture is just as harmful as fast food
Banal buildings are bad for us. They are the design world’s equivalent of ultra-processed food. Such edifices fail to provide emotional nourishment, not only to the people who live or work in them but also to an often-ignored constituency: the people who have to walk past their dull façades every day. This is the view of designer Thomas Heatherwick, whose global projects span the wave-roofed Azabudai Hills retail scheme in Tokyo to the just-opened Olympia redevelopment in west London.
What are you doing next weekend? There’s still time to hop on a plane and join us in Lisbon
The forecast says 29C and not a cloud in the sky. Neither perfect weather nor the promise of a glass of wine sat under the shade of a jacaranda should really determine whether you attend a conference but, well, they kind of move the dial, don’t they? I hope that by now we have tapped you on the shoulder a couple of times to remind you that The Monocle Quality of Life Conference is imminent.
There she blows: How an erupting Mount Etna sent us sailing
Here’s the scene. We’re spending the day in Mallorca with two friends from California before they set sail on a handsome yacht which they charter for one week every summer. It’s a proper sailing yacht, not a gin palace. Forty-metres long and with a crew of six. They take the same group of friends away each year but this time there’s a wrinkle. Ash from an erupting Mount Etna has closed Sicily’s Catania Airport and so two of their Italian guests are literally going to miss the boat.
Essential reading: There’s plenty to learn in our September Education Special
Don’t sit next to me at dinner. It’s not that my table manners are that bad – it’s just that one minute you will generously be telling me some interesting fact about your life, then the next I will be suggesting that you should tell this story to Monocle’s readers. Perhaps pen a few hundred words or jump on Monocle Radio. It’s a warning that I offer to my team at Monocle too.
You know you’re in the right place when the lights go out but dinner carries on
1. On the Iberia hopper flight from Palma to Mahón in Menorca, there is a guy in his thirties, wearing a low-key outfit of T-shirt, shorts and sneakers but carrying perhaps the nicest carry-on bag that I’ve ever seen. A black leather beauty. I spot the mark of the luxury house that made it. I do a nosey Google. It’s yours for €72,000. Meanwhile, on the tarmac, he has a platoon of suitcases lined up, all from the same maker. I have a momentary flash of desire (for the bags, not the bag carrier).
Hotels have a lot on their plate – but the least they can do is deliver a sense of place
Are you a plate flipper? I can’t stop myself. Same with glasses. The labels on the towels. Where is this stuff made, I wonder? Often the answer is a delight but too often a disappointment. Hotel groups have – like lots of brands – locked on to the fact that people are seeking authenticity. And when that comes to travel it means delivering that cliché, “a sense of place”.
Need an antidote to our times? Sow a garden, reap the rewards
I live in a mews in central London. These are the places where the owners of grand houses would have once kept their horses and carriages – two-floored buildings at the backs of posh residences with space upstairs for a groom or a stableboy to live. Over the years these petite properties were converted into garages, workshops and then homes. Extra floors were added.
The timing couldn’t be better for Mallorca’s beautiful new Mandarin Oriental
It’s 07.00. I’m already up, so I step onto the balcony to take in the view, just as guests have done since the mid-1960s. Below me, the pool is tranquil, towels are being put out on the loungers and a couple of guests are already on the terrace for coffee and breakfast. Beyond the pine trees gently twisted by a lifetime of sea breezes is the Mediterranean. The bay is punctuated by boats, their sails down, still asleep like their owners.
In defence of Andy Burnham’s £80 T-shirt
The sartorial choices of British prime ministers have always filled a surprisingly large number of newspaper column inches. So it was no surprise this past weekend when the T-shirt choice of the newly appointed Labour leader, Andy Burnham, was held up as an example of his lack of understanding of the needs of cash-strapped Britons. The right-wing press saw in this modest garment proof that we are led by a man with secretly lavish tendencies, an immoral desire to look, well, a bit fancy pants.
Monocle’s Lisbon retreat and summer newspaper are the perfect summer supplements
What are you doing the first week of September? That’s when we’re hosting The Monocle Quality of Life Conference in sunny Lisbon and I would like you to join me and the rest of the crew, of course. It will be the 10th outing for the event and over the past 11 years (Covid punctured a hole in the line-up), we have created something pretty special.
AI might Botox your writing but wrinkles are the lines that matter
A writer who I like a lot sends me a pitch for a story that he would like to report on for Monocle. But there’s something off about it. A funny smell. His usual quirky tone has been replaced by sentences that appear to be saying something big but, on closer scrutiny, are oddly hollow. I wonder, could it be? I copy and paste the pitch into an artificial-intelligence checker, which suggests that 70 per cent of it was generated by AI.
Screwing in the sand, ‘croquetas’ on the loose and other scenes from a Mediterranean beach
I am always surprised that there are not more one-eyed people in Mallorca. On Sunday, we drove to the east of the island, parked under the shade of a pine tree and made our way down the track to the beach. It wasn’t too busy and in this heat people tend to stay a few hours then depart for a siesta, a lunch, so there’s always more sandy real estate available among the beach umbrellas.
Good cities point the wayfaring stranger in the right direction
Wayfinding is an art form and one too often neglected. There is a whole industry built around this craft that seeks to manoeuvre us around airports, hospitals and cities using signs, graphics and clever design decisions. Perhaps the biggest compliment that you can pay practitioners of this trade is to say that you have never noticed their work: the outcomes of their deliberations should guide you along silently, unobtrusively.
Cities are like theatres, we the actors. What part do you want to play?
He lives in a bucolic spot in the English countryside, in the sort of village that gets cast in 1930s period dramas. Miss Marple would be very at home in one of the cottages on the high street with their rose-framed front doors. And he loves it. But 20 years ago, he lived in central London and was something of a nightclub fiend.
Cities are like theatres, we the actors. What part do you want to play?
He lives in a bucolic spot in the English countryside, in the sort of village that gets cast in 1930s period dramas. Miss Marple would be very at home in one of the cottages on the high street with their rose-framed front doors. And he loves it. But 20 years ago, he lived in central London and was something of a nightclub fiend.
Our summer issue is out now and measures the immeasurable – what makes a city worth living in?
Monocle’s Quality of Life Special is a highlight of the year for me and, I hope, for you. It’s an edition that throws open the windows to let in some summer sun, heads down to the sea to take stock of the year and leaves time to plot and plan for the months ahead. It’s also the issue that delivers our annual ranking of the best cities in the world to call home.
How one intrepid iPhone kept a cabin entertained from Madrid to Montevideo
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 its cruising altitude and the fasten-seatbelts sign was switched off, I set about organising my quarters for the next 12 hours. Pen, notebook and headphones were lined up to use. Next, I needed to charge my phone.
Want to know why São Paulo is so vibrant and ambitious? Here are 10 observations
There has been a Monocle tour of South and Central America over the past 12 days that has seen two colleagues and I journey from Montevideo in Uruguay to Guatemala City, where we are this morning on our final stop. But let’s rewind to a few days ago in São Paulo because there are 10 things that I want to tell you about this city. 1. When you ask a Paulista how far away something is, they will say, “About 15 minutes.” Do not believe them.
Montevideo might be small but it knows how to appreciate good architecture
Runners are heading along La Rambla sporting jackets and leggings to keep out the chilly wind sweeping in off the Río de la Plata. On the beach, dog walkers are letting their hounds play fetch on the vast arc of sand. It’s autumn, of course, and the ginkgo trees are covering the pavements in brimstone-yellow leaves while the doormen who attend to the modernist apartment buildings that line the coast road are out chatting with tenants heading to work.
Electric bikes are handy but why must they be used as garbage bins on wheels?
I don’t want to shock you but I am very promiscuous. Well, when it comes to city transport. I’ll go home with a London taxi, an Uber driver, a big old bus, a tube too. Or, if there’s no better option, under my own steam. And, even if it never co-ordinates with my outfit, I will use a Lime bike, that ugly beast that’s now available in more than 200 cities.
Editor’s letter: Andrew Tuck on the booming business of coffee
The world can be divided into just two types of people: coffee devotees and tea drinkers. I am a proud member of the coffee tribe and, frankly, harbour a distrust of anyone who outs themselves as a lover of the teapot and all the stewed, tannin-laced evil that can spurt from its spout. Coffee is about speed, energy, focus.
What’s hot in the world of coffee? We spill the beans on the global market
There’s a challenge for owners of coffee-shop brands who dream of taking their companies to the next level: how do you hold on to your independent, neighbourhood vibe and have 10, 20 or 100 outlets? It’s tricky to pull off – yet not impossible. But before we tackle the intricacies of global marketing, a brief coffee break. Because how did we get here?
Passion, obsession and a very pink David Beckham – the glories to behold at the Chelsea Flower Show
The Chelsea Flower Show has been taking place in London this week. It concludes today. I like gardens and plants, and can be persuaded to have a glass of rosé at lunchtime, so when a friend organised for a team of us to attend this famous gardening extravaganza to mark his milestone birthday, I was delighted to join. And I loved it. Well, with one wrinkle. Now, for any of you who don’t know your daisies from your derrieres, or have somehow avoided this very British event, a small explanation.
Life can seem like a wild goose chase until you take a stroll in the park
Friends suggested that we meet for a Sunday morning walk around Regent’s Park. They live close by and we must have done this walk with them hundreds of times over some two decades. It’s something of a weekend ritual if we are all in town. But for the past 10 weeks, since the dog died, we haven’t been to the park. It’s just felt, well, wrong without Macy careering through the gate to locate them, jumping up to kiss them. But we move ahead.
If I can make it Mallorca, why go anywhere else?
Entrepreneurialism Palma May 11, 2026 10 Min Read Mallorca might be an idyllic magnet for holidaymakers but not everyone here wants to make their money from tourism. The island is home to manufacturers, makers and artists determined to create vibrant businesses and… Writer Photographer Originally published as the Expo feature in issue 154 of Monocle, this article was updated in May 2026.
‘Don’t get too friendly with the wine waiter at lunch’ and 14 other public-speaking tips
The low mark was Chengdu, 2019. Monocle was in town to host a conference about making better cities. It was a great event, well, until the incident. Over the years, I have learned to enjoy being on stage moderating talks, interviewing interesting people. And, with practice, I have discovered a few tricks to keep my nerves in check and panellists feeling that they have been heard.
Like a fine Chinese wine, Shanghai expresses its roots even as it changes
Monocle went to Shanghai this week to host a one-day conference about entrepreneurship. These are 10 takeaways from our time in the city. 1. Shanghai changes at a pace. Even residents of the city told us that they would go away on trips and return to find a street upgraded or a pocket park planted. Delegates who were last in the city five or 10 years ago found the changes disorientating. It’s what happens when work on projects continues at every hour. 2.
Some watches mark the hours and seconds, others make up for lost time
The new May issue of Monocle features our first-ever cover dedicated to watches. I am not sure why it has taken us 20 years but some things take time – slow, mechanical time. Inside the issue – and on the cover – there’s a very cute shoot of handsome hounds being stroked by elegant watch-strapped hands. We’ve called the story “Watch Dogs” and it’s superb. It’s all the idea of our creative director, Richard Spencer Powell, and it’s so good that now he’s kind of screwed.
Our May issue celebrates exceptional timepieces and the people who wear them
As well as our annual Design Awards, the magazine in your hands includes a celebration of watchmaking and the value of timekeeping. So perhaps it’s strange that two of my favourite reports are a tale about a train that fails to depart on schedule and a dispatch from a city neighbourhood where time has, until now, refused to tick along in accordance with the beat of the age. Let’s start with that rail trip that runs across our Expo pages.
Though the Iran war has put the world on high alert, the people of the UAE are keeping their cool
After a drive down the highway I’m sitting in my hotel’s courtyard. A cool, late-afternoon breeze is making the palm trees dance. Squawking mynah birds are cruising the decking, in search of food. Meanwhile, people are working on laptops and having meetings at the tables around me. It’s a normal close of day in Dubai. Except, well, there’s a war in the region, currently on pause, that’s proving to be a distraction.
Don't wing it. Here's how to behave on a plane
Flying commercial can be an experience. And not always a good one. While headlines focus on belligerent drunks causing planes to be redirected or crazed people trying to open the door mid-flight, it's usually a host of smaller infractions of etiquette that leave fellow passengers - and no doubt many crew - seething. So please remember the following. 1.
Good luck is underrated
I lose things. A lot. But I am delighted to say that these misplaced items usually find their way back to me. A wallet dropped in the park, a jacket left hanging in a hotel wardrobe, a suitcase forgotten on a train - all have been returned to my possession. I have also been reunited with several laptops left to fend for themselves in the seat-back pockets of aeroplanes.
Why bridge design matters
Design March 29, 2026 10 Min Read For Groskin, designing a bridge is more than building a structurally sound crossing. Here he shares what drew him to the practice, bridges as social infrastructure and his top-10 examples. Ezra Groskin builds bridges, in every sense of those words. A director at London and Aberdeenshire-based practice Moxon Architects, Groskin designs bridges that align with the company's ambition to deliver landscape-led infrastructure that also celebrates craft.
Not everything has to be perfect
Since the first issue of Monocle we've been arguing that nations need to hold on to their manufacturing skills. We've promoted the value of craft and preached that learning a trade is as valuable as studying for an academic degree. As we edge ever closer to our 20th anniversary, these ideas seem more pertinent than ever.
Our April issue demonstrates why old-school diplomacy matters now more than ever
This issue, we spotlight the enduring importance of diplomatic missions in an increasingly fractious world. Our editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, introduces the idea and other highlights this month, including our Style Special. Monocle's outposts around the world act as embassies for our business. Our offices, shops and cafés are places where you can enter our domain and leave the rest of the world behind.
20 immovable rules for a successful business lunch
A business lunch can be a fine thing. Over a couple of courses, you can find common ground, show your appreciation and navigate what might have seemed like a tricky relationship when it was all taking place online. But after years of video calls and working from home, people have grown shy of the idea. So here's a starter pack of advice. 1. You will probably have between an hour and 90 minutes so ensure that you choose the restaurant wisely.
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