… effective communication finds common reference points – shared values, experiences or concerns that transcend political or cultural divides.

Nic Monisse
Sign of the Times
Monocle on Design
July 30, 2025

“You want strong foundations, clear systems and smart use of data – people are at the heart of it all.”
James Vowles team principal at Atlassian Williams Racing
Monocle July, 2025

Sometimes good service involves making an effort for others.

How high-end technology misses the point in hospitality
Adrian Moore is a Paris-based Clefs d’Or concierge
Monocle June 2025

“Healthy ageing is about enabling people to continue doing what they value as they grow older… It shifts the focus away from simply having or not having a disease and instead looks at how well a person functions and feels in their environment.”
Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez, a doctor, anthropologist and expert in ageing.
Monocle, Quality of Life Survey 2025. June 2025 issue

“The answer is that we know the power of vision – if you’re together and connected, you can do anything.”
Mayor Samuel Dusengiyumv, Kigali, Rwanda

Economist John Kenneth Galbraith deemed the US a society of “private opulence and public squalor” back in 1958.
Opinion: Naomi Xu Elegant
Monocle on Design May 21 2025

“The smartphone has become a repository of the self,” writes media scholar Nicholas Carr, “recording and dispensing the words, sounds and images that define what we think, what we experience and who we are.”

Used with consideration, smartphones can deepen our connection to the present
By Tom Vanderbilt
The Monocle Minute Monday 19 May 2025

“We also need to change the mindset that military means are a good and efficient way of resolving conflicts. There will never be peace as long as war makes more sense than talking”

Janne Taalas CEO of CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
Monocle May 2025

“One of the biggest challenges for professional journalists in the digital era is adhering to the code of ethics and the law, while content creators don’t have any restrictions”
broadcaster Najwa Shihab
Monocle May 2025

“I quickly found there’s not always a right and wrong. Everyone has their own baggage, their own lens. Especially in a world of competing absolutes, we need to find our true north. That’s what I want to show in my books – that choice matters.”

Author Gracie Kim
30 with Guyon Espiner RNZ