AI is the catalyst, not the story and treating it as a technology problem to be managed, rather than a leadership challenge to be met, is the fastest way to end up with policy that’s outdated before the ink is dry.

Leading Like A Wayfinder
FutureMakers
July 2026

… how could the password for the video-surveillance system of the world’s most-visited museum be “Louvre”?

The Louvre’s Galerie d’Apollon reopens to the public as an all-but-blank canvas
Monocle Minute July 2026

Though noise pollution in cities is increasing, urban environments are still primarily designed for the eye.

Listen up! For cities to thrive, they need to sound as good as they look
By Arjan Rietveld
Monocle July 2026

Society, civilised society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating.

From The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (1891)

Why white denim separates the haves from the have yachts

Headline
An ode to white denim from Monocle’s cream trousered contributing editor
WRITER
Robert Bound
Monocle July, 2026