Highlights from the second edition of Parisian design salon Matter and Shape. Then: we learn about brutalism in Japan. Plus: ...

Monocle’s Petri Burtsoff takes us on a tour of Helsinki’s Töölö neighbourhood, home to traditional neighbourhood bistros ...

Leila Molana-Allen and Robin Brant consider how country allegiances have shifted in this uncertain era of geopolitics, ...

As a no-confidence vote threatens to topple Portugal’s Luís Montenegro, Carlota Rebelo joins Christopher Cermak to discuss.

As Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Riyadh, we assess the chances of a ceasefire with Russia and the role of ...

Mark Carney has come out swinging against Donald Trump since being elected leader of Canada’s Liberal Party – will the ...

Tomas Pinheiro tells us how concert venue Circo Voador became so intertwined with Brazilian music that it was named an ...

We report from Spain’s biggest contemporary-art fair, Arco Madrid. Every year, exhibition space Ifema Madrid plays host to a ...

As US and Ukraine officials meet for the first time since the public spat between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, what ...

The current exhibition at the London Centre for Book Arts explores the legacy of the Dutch design bookshop, Nijhof & Lee.

With the post-election direction of political travel more clear, and with chancellor-elect Friedrich Merz having already ...

Emma Nelson is joined by Isabel Hilton and Terry Stiastny to discuss the week’s biggest stories. Plus: Monocle’s Helsinki ...