Josh Fehnert

1 month ago | monocle.com | Josh Fehnert

LTuck in to fresh takes on Italian regional cuisines at Milan’s best new bistro, bed in at a cosy Dutch hotel in a 17th-century carriage house and hunker down in the cocktail bar at Melbourne’s most characterful hotel. SandìMilan Hidden away on a residential street in Porta Venezia, bistro Sandì has swiftly become a neighbourhood favourite.

Nov 27, 2024 | monocle.com | Josh Fehnert

LCritical thinking, expert insights and bold opinions on cities, espionage, diplomacy and more, from experts in their respective fields. The latest instalment of our new essay section touches down in Lebanon, the US, Denmark and more. From food allergies to urban ills, via a deep dive into international peace mediation, the nine essays which follow are here to teach you a thing or two – even how to carry out an art heist. They will also tempt you to pause and ponder.

Nov 21, 2024 | monocle.com | Josh Fehnert

LPlanning your next venture? Or looking for somewhere to set up a business and put down roots? We scoured the length and breadth of Austria to find the best places balancing entrepreneurial ambition with a high quality of life that you can bank on. SET UP HERE 01Bregenzerwald, VorarlbergAiming highWhere the Western and Eastern Alps meet, you’ll find the bucolic Bregenzerwald region – where age-old craft traditions are keeping design and hospitality thriving.

Nov 21, 2024 | monocle.com | Josh Fehnert

LJoin us on a special survey of Austria’s most exciting businesses, peaks of success and outposts of opportunity. Expect a Viennese whirl, top Tyrolean talent, people making it in Bregenz and more. Time for a reset? Who hasn’t daydreamed about beginning another life in fresher climes? You know, the reverie in which you saunter out of work and hit a ski slope, then take in a new restaurant during a deal-sealing dinner?

Oct 23, 2024 | monocle.com | Nina Yashar |Josh Fehnert

LThe places we live in are never just bricks and mortar or glass and steel; they also represent chapters of lives and places of sanctuary on the way. We ask 15 thinkers we admire – diplomats, designers, authors and a literal enemy of the state – about what the idea of home means to them. With any luck, the collection here will offer you some insights worth dwelling on. Yaroslav Trofimov on why a place can still be your home, even when you’re far away.