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The night Dad had a few cheeky ones after work, forgot the milk and tripped over the rubbish, Mum called him A Wild Thing and said “Don’t mind me!” and spent the rest of the night on the phone . . . In this hilarious, touching homage to Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, […]

Sextonåriga Lydia är sina föräldrars ögonsten. Det är hon som förväntas uppfylla deras grusade drömmar: Marilyns önskan om att bli läkare, som hon fick ge upp när de tre barnen kom, och kinesisk-amerikanske James längtan efter att passa in. Men en dag kommer Lydia inte ner till frukosten, och hennes säng uppe i sovrummet är […]

Responsible hospitality connects to rural communities and creates lasting impressions. Travel ennobles the spirit and puts away with prejudices- Oscar Wilde- Travel is evolving, ever more aware of reducing its environmental impact. The next step is a kind of experience that revives rural areas in a sustainable way. A growing number of hospitality venues use […]

VINNARE: Edgar Award (Bästa true crime)  NOMINERAD: CWA Gold Dagger (Bästa fackbok)  En av årets största succéböcker i USA – snart som film av Martin Scorsese med Leonardo DiCaprio  På 1920-talet var osagefolket i Oklahoma i USA rikast i världen per invånare. Orsaken var ett stort oljefynd på deras ofruktbara reservat, där detta förut utfattiga och förtryckta folk hade […]

The world-famous chef René Redzepi’s intimate first-hand account of a year in the life of his renowned restaurant, Noma. A Work in Progress: A Journal is a highly personal document of the creative processes at Noma and the challenges faced by its chefs over a twelve-month period in an unspecified year of the restaurant’s history. […]

Former Highsnobiety Style Editor and founder of Instagram account @future__dust, Alec Leach examines why we continue to buy so many clothes, despite all we know about fashion and its impact on the planet. With behind-the-scenes insights and philosophical musings supported by infographics and magazine-style pull quotes, Leach takes readers on a journey through the inner […]

The Monocle team dips its toe into the world of swimming, revealing 100 beautiful and inspiring places to take the plunge. Swimming is excellent exercise of course, but it’s so much more than that: it can be a transcendental experience, offering us space to reflect and to escape. It’s an antidote to screens and all-encompassing […]