“Is there a world in which driving a car is better for nature than a world in which there are no cars?”
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US-Israeli designer Neri Oxman quoted in Monocle November 2025

“We could say that we want our public spaces to reflect our beliefs and our intentions for how we want to live.”
Olafur Eliasson

Public art can help us to fix our cities. Artist Olafur Eliasson can show us how
Monocle, October, 2025

“Age has never affected my determination because I believe that the spirit is more important than the body,”
Inson Wongsam, artist

_The art of ageing: Inside the studios of seven in-demand artists in their eighties and nineties

As we all too easily forget, ageing is a gift – and what gifts these artists continue to give the world.

Monocle October 2025_

Unfortunately, creativity doesn’t extend your life," says Raysse. “But with experience, what you do gain is progress.”

Martial Raysse, artist

_The art of ageing: Inside the studios of seven in-demand artists in their eighties and nineties

As we all too easily forget, ageing is a gift – and what gifts these artists continue to give the world.

Monocle October 2025_

Though crafts that rely on the dexterity of your hands become more difficult as you age, your decades of learning and life experience can imbue what you create with depth and unique perspectives.

The art of ageing: Inside the studios of seven in-demand artists in their eighties and nineties
As we all too easily forget, ageing is a gift – and what gifts these artists continue to give the world.
Monocle October 2025

“Does a person have to suspend their critical judgment in order
to believe in something as improbable as miracles?”
Craig [William Lane Craig]sat upright in his chair and raised his index finger as if to punctuate his point. “Only if you believe that God does not exist!” he stressed: “Then I would agree—the miraculous would be absurd.
But if there is a creator who designed and brought the universe into being, who sustains its existence moment by moment, who is responsible for the very natural laws that govern the physical world, then certainly it’s rational to believe that the miraculous is possible.”

The Case for Faith
Lee Strobel p66

“Populists and seditionists thrive not only on the rage of the few but on the indifference of the many…”

Amid claims of Russian interference, Moldova’s election was a win for the EU. Andrew Mueller
Monocle Minute September, 2025

“Stay a student – be curious, dare to challenge, to question, to be a good listener, to not be afraid of failure, to take risks but above all, be humble.”
Norman Foster
Lifetime award winner
London Design Awards
Monocle September, 2026

“There’s nothing more real than what is truly real”
David Honrubia, In Extremis’s director of studies
Monocle, September, 2025

We put our people first because innovation doesn’t come from nowhere.
Michael Hansen, Hempel group president and CEO
Monocle August 2025