With AI able to automate an increasing amount of our technological tasks, it makes sense to teach children a skill that helps them to slow down and think about what they want to say and how they want to say it.
Unlike my handwriting, the Republican politicisation of penmanship does make sense
Calligraphy is being politicised in the US, but it seems Ron DeSantis and co might have a point.
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
Monocle
May 2026
How do you approach a new project?
You have to establish a set of brackets, the parameters of what a project is about…. You set yourself a task or a process of investigation. From there, the output is filtered through interactions, observations, people you’ve met, places you’ve been.
Andu Masebo
Designer
Winner of a Monocle Design Award 2026
Unlike my handwriting, the Republican politicisation of penmanship does make sense
Calligraphy is being politicised in the US, but it seems Ron DeSantis and co might have a point.
Charlotte McDonald-Gibson
Monocle
May 2026
“Hope isn’t a plan and nostalgia is not a strategy”
Mark Carney
Prime minister of Canada
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
Winston Churchill
Spain would not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they turn up with a bucket.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez
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quoted on Reuters
“People come here from a society where the government has told them how to think,” she says. “Many have never had the privilege of challenging these ideas. This is the first time they are being exposed to any other concepts.”
Kawsar Fattahi member of Komala’s Central Committee.
Meet the Kurdish peshmerga fighters waiting to enter the war against Iran
Monocle
MARCH 5, 2026
WRITER Marcel Cartier
Energy isn’t just an economic input but also a strategic asset that underwrites national security and geopolitical influence.
How to keep the lights on in the new geopolitical age of energy security
Gorana Grgić
Monocle February, 2026
You know that when you put your hand out, you will always find a hand that holds yours and carries you towards your goal.
Talking about pairs skating
‘Figure skating is art’: Italy’s Valentina Marchei on the Olympic spirit and taking life lessons from the ice
Ed Stocker
Monocle
FEBRUARY 18, 2026
“People think of it as a compromise with the other person but it’s [actually] a compromise with yourself,” she says. It’s about “how much you let go” and trust the other person.
Talking about pairs skating
‘Figure skating is art’: Italy’s Valentina Marchei on the Olympic spirit and taking life lessons from the ice
Ed Stocker
Monocle
FEBRUARY 18, 2026
