Tony Hay
The Monocle Shop
Swiss-engineered curling boots and Mongolian cashmere cardigans feature in this season's curated selection of exclusive collaborations, blending alpine functionality with urban sophistication.
The Monocle Shop
It’s time for a reset. These products – whether boots, natty notebooks or button-downs – will help you tackle what’s left of 2020 with gusto.
Notable purchases
For those requiring a stationery-cupboard reboot, these brands elevate the humble pencil, rubber and stapler to great heights. This kit is top drawer for a stylish desk upgrade.
Words of wisdom
Lessons on running a firm don’t always come from business books. We meet successful leaders and entrepreneurs who share the takeaways that have helped them to achieve their career goals.
From wearable fans to cooling creams: East Asia’s market for staying cool in a hotter climate
Although concern over climate change has temporarily taken a backseat while the world struggles with coronavirus, global warming is still happening. As politicians, scientists and business leaders work towards various solutions, we hop over…
Dressing the nation
By knitting rather than weaving Tyrolean loden wool, Christian and Manuel Weber created an award-winning fabric — and built an Austrian menswear label rooted equally in Alpine tradition and Italian craftsmanship.
Grey pride
Japan's *Suteki na Ano Hito* is rewriting fashion publishing for women over 60, proving that grey hair, spending power and genuine style make for a compelling — and commercially smart — combination.
Outside the box: can e-commerce packaging clean up its act?
E-commerce packaging is a growing environmental problem. From mushroom moulds to intelligent boxes, we meet the people and companies with sustainable solutions to the disposable packaging industry's biggest challenges.
The opener
We report from an idiosyncratic nation that has won us over with its quirky kerbside totems, drinks-filled vending machines, mascots and of course, shower toilets.
20 Books in 20 words
Do popular business and self-help books teach us anything new? We take a look at 20 titles – from old to new, serious to less so – and summarise each in exactly 20 words.
