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The Monocle Quality of Life survey 2021
We've tweaked our annual urban Quality of Life Survey to consider the cities best placed to prosper post-pandemic. Here’s how metropolises from Vancouver to Vienna are faring as the world’s most liveable locations.
Changing gears
This year proved that we can do things better, says editor in chief Andrew Tuck. Here’s how.
10 countries using their influence for good in 2020
Our annual survey judges which nations’ soft-power strengths make the grade.
Letters from the city
Three correspondents from three continents anticipate what 2021 has in store for the cities that they call home.
Lay of the land
We survey the smart moves in gastronomy, travel and hospitality that have fostered success in a tumultuous year and take the pulse of where the world is heading next.
Diplomacy
Canada’s ambassador to the US on closing a busy border and Croatia and Serbia’s closer ties.
Affairs Briefing
Trump brings the fight to mayors, how India tested China’s resolve with a road, Germany learns from medical evacuations and the evolving role of landscaping.
Summer, sickness and the search for a way forward
Our editor in chief makes the case for a clearly signposted return to longed-for summer joys.
Life through a zoom lens
Lockdowns left our cities deserted. But the absence of the usual hubbub allowed us to see them differently. Intrepid photographers were on hand to capture the beauty and humanity of the moment.
