Design / Urbanism
Monocolumn
Monday 4 February
Rome in a lifetime
Our design editor has been in love with Italy's capital since he was a boy but he's concerned: is it getting a little self-conscious in its old age?
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Affairs / Luxury
Monocolumn
Tuesday 20 November
African style – and substance?
“The promise of Africa, the power of the Mediterranean.” That was the title of this year’s International Herald Tribune Luxury conference in Rome. If there was ever a time for the luxury industry to try to negotiate its…
Culture / Society
Good Migrations
For most of the last century, Italy’s population flowed outwards. But as the country grew richer, the outside began to trickle in, from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Asia. Today, the country’s roughly three million…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 23 May
Local history can hold global brands back
As unseasonably heavy rain poured down in Rome earlier this week, it was easy to see the weather as a meteorological mirror for the general economic climate.
Culture / Media
Monocolumn
Thursday 21 March
This pope needs a Hitch
When it comes to divine intervention, our culture editor would much rather witness the resurrection of Christopher Hitchens than watch the media's fawning coverage of the election of Pope Francis.
Culture / Books
Strip joint
Pow! Take that! A comic store in Rome.
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Rome
Rome’s citizens will tell you that too many things just don’t work in their city. But it still maintains an enviable quality of life with its markets, piazzas and architectural surprises.
Business / Urbanism
When in Rome
Once a gritty, working-class neighbourhood, Ostiense still has its warehouses and factories but they’re now being converted into museums and spaces for small, creative businesses.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
A run-through of the best in the world of design and design editor Hugo Macdonald's column on Rome's hands off policy.
Culture / Architecture
Taking art to the max
Rome’s Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI museum opened last summer. Now that the critics have left and the public’s taken over, is it working? Or, like a wonky painting on a wall, does it need readjustment?
Affairs / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Wednesday 1 September
Gaddafi’s Roman adventure
Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s visit to Rome this week has not been without controversy.
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Casablanca
You won’t see many tourists idling around the crumbling mix of ancient and modern that is Morocco’s largest city. You’ll be hard-pushed to find much in the way of infrastructure either. Yet the locals adore the place.
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Kagoshima
A long, long way from Tokyo, this distinct, defiant, delightful city is unsung to the point that even the Japanese are hardly aware of it. And if you think the view across the Bay of Naples is spectacular…
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Seoul
Many cities claim to be 24-hour party places. But nowhere is a hedonists’ dream quite like the South Korean capital. Sure, it’s a dizzying mix of people, lights, traffic and consumption. But that’s also its great appeal.
Culture / Television
Monocolumn
Tuesday 12 February
The resignation will be televised
Yesterday's news from Vatican City may have come as a shock but the rolling-news coverage of the pope's announcement was depressingly predictable.
Edits / Travel
Expo 45: Buenos Aires
European cities battered by the economic crisis can look to Buenos Aires for inspiration. Since the country’s collapse in 1999, the Argentine capital has kept its joie de vivre, and turned formerly run-down areas into…
Midori House, episode 128
Tyler Brûlé on London’s Palestine Film Festival, author Tom Holland discusses Islam’s effect on ancient Rome and we learn what makes a good diplomat.
Edits / Food & Drink
Monocle travel guide
This month we’ve found a relaxed place to sip coffee in London, a cosy lodge for late-season Alpine skiing and the best fish supper in Rome.
Midori House, episode 356
An update on Kurdish peace talks as the PKK releases hostages, we hear from Rome about the new Pope, and question how newspapers report on their paymasters.