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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 examine the stacked in-tray of Canada’s next prime minister. Plus: Is Poland becoming a prewar nation in prewar times? And: Switzerland’s new ...

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

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 ...