India’s economic boom has taken flight. Air traffic volumes are increasing exponentially – as is the pressure to service five million new passengers a year. That’s why KS Kohli and his Frankfinn training schools are making…
George Nakashima was one of 20th-century America’s leading furniture luminaries, until his death in 1990. But far from fading into insignificance, his daughter Mira has carried on the company he founded – and, with it, the…
Books: Catalogue of love affair, an East End turf survey, George Steiner's essays.
Films:Jamie Johnson's documentary Sounds Like Teen Spirit and fresh blood in Let the Right one In.
Art: New shows at Athens and Turin. Plus…
Monocle attends the fourth annual Dallas Art Fair in the Texan city that is gaining kudos as a major cultural hub in the US. Local collectors, museums and arts spaces have turned it from a lone ranger into an international…
Bulgarian songstress Lili Ivanova’s career began in 1963 and she soon became the country’s biggest star under the communists. Today she’s just as famous and is widely revered as a champion of the nation.
In an age where self-promotion is the norm and many look for a direct way to success through social media, there’s still immense value in having a person on your side who knows how to navigate the industry. We speak to four…
Bulent Eczacibasi heads the industrial group with a focus on pharmaceuticals that bears his family name – and he’s been creative to maintain success. In London for the Design Biennial, he tells us why patronage is key to…
As the ink-spattered architect of Gonzo journalism and Hunter S Thompson’s co-conspirator, Steadman’s inimitable illustration style is known the world over. Here he talks bomb-shelter dining, Donald Trump and the unceasing…
This month’s shopping selection includes a wine aroma kit that’ll turn you into a connoisseur, a collectable wooden songbird by Kay Bojesen and wooden speakers to play your tunes.
Syria is moving away from the staunch socialist principles that dominated the country for decades. President Bashar al Assad has created a new merchant class and forged business links with neighbour Turkey. Nowhere has…
Georgia’s inaugural Tsinandali Festival is not merely a celebration of classical music. It’s also an attempt to bring together musicians in one orchestra from countries with fractious relations.