From dizzying highs to crashing lows, the cycle of speculative financial gain and putative returns continues t0 shape our ...

Jair Bolsonaro cuts a forlorn figure these days. Until recently, Brazil’s hard-right former president was able to pack arenas ...

We’re in Japan to visit furniture manufacturer Karimoku. Then we consider the use of concrete in Austrian architecture and ...

As indirect talks between Syria and Israel resume, we discuss what lies ahead for the country’s interim leader as ...

To celebrate the release of Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey 2025, we record a special edition of the programme ...

Ukraine-Russia peace talks set for tomorrow and what does a ‘Japanese First’ approach mean for defence? Plus: North Korea’s ...

A Lesotho MP is facing charges after accusing the country’s monarch of signing over land to its neighbour, South ...

We examine the potential impact as 25 countries call for an end to the war in Gaza, accusing Israel of the inhumane killing ...

Visitors driving into Rågeleje, a resort town north of Copenhagen, are greeted by pastel-striped beach huts against a ...

With the summer-holiday season now under way in the northern hemisphere, Thailand is giving families the business-class ...

As Israel launches an offensive in Deir al-Balah, we discuss the US’s waning patience with Benjamin Netanyahu. Then: India ...

My Zürich apartment building is a solid Swiss 1960s affair that has the odd twist of Japan (landscaping and terraces) and maybe a bit of Palm Springs (angular modernism and plenty of concrete). This… ...