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What I wish I knew then: Words of wisdom from 25 world-class entrepreneurs
What’s the secret to career success? Movers and shakers in fields from food to fashion and hospitality share what they wish they had known when they were starting out.
Lisbon’s Beato and Marvila neighbourhoods are finding new life as cultural hubs
After decades of neglect, Beato and Marvila have been reimagined with galleries, cafés and arts complexes that have revived the city’s manufacturing heartland.
Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Museum reopens after renovation, with its original vision restored
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum’s architecture is almost as celebrated as the artworks held within. A recently completed major renovation has restored the museum to its original glory.
How Laura Mora adapted ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ for the silver screen
Filmmaker Laura Mora speaks to Monocle about adapting Gabriel García Márquez’s century-long saga for the screen.
Battle of the bulge
No menswear item is more divisive than a pair of speedos. And opinions on ‘banana hammocks’ are informed by national psyche. We reveal all.
