Tyler Brûlé

1 week ago | monocle.com | Tyler Brûlé

How do you spend your evenings when the city is baking, the air is still and it's logistically impossible to head to the mountains or down to the coast? Do you find a shady terrace, crack open a chilled Super Bock and hope that the temperature dips below 25C before midnight? Do you crank up the AC, hydrate and stretch out on the sofa with the remote control in hand? Or do you opt for a more natural approach to cooling and open up your windows in the hope of a cool, fragrant cross breeze?

2 weeks ago | monocle.com | Tyler Brûlé

Lisbon It's Saturday midday and our Emirates 777 is making an approach from the south to Lisbon's Humberto Delgado Airport. It's a stunning clear day and there is no holding or zigzags; we touch down a few minutes early. As we taxi in I can see that all the long-haul gates are occupied, so we wait until an Azul A330 pushes back and we finally make the turn and line up. I am all set to speed through the airport and see whether I can be in a cab in under five minutes.

3 weeks ago | monocle.com | Tyler Brûlé

Just in case you missed it or you're still a disbeliever, SIZE REALLY DOES MATTER. I can say this with some degree of confidence because life experience tells me so and because I just did a speedy tour through Hong Kong, Bangkok and Dubai, and the proof that XXL beats petite is everywhere you look.

1 month ago | monocle.com | Tyler Brûlé

Bom dia from Zürich, where the sun is shining, the white port is flowing and our HQ on Dufourstrasse is bustling with visitors from across town, Switzerland and around the world. Off the back of our Portuguese market in London, some of the country's most interesting craftspeople and brands have set up their stalls to not only dispense olive oil, woven rugs, ceramics, jewellery and garments but also to tell the contemporary story of "Made in Portugal".

1 month ago | monocle.com | Tyler Brûlé

Stockholm It's Sunday morning and we're heading out for a stride around the city. The route is generally the same every visit and takes in sturdy embassies, funkis-style apartment buildings, a local shopping mall for a coffee and a spin around the grocery store, a few large parks and then more fine residences and diplomatic compounds.