I got the last issue of Monocle in the mail today.
210 pages with a lot of “caviar journalism.”
This magazine is becoming like a sushi publication.
The 5th issue (July-August 2007) ranks the World’s Top 20 Most Liveable Cities.
With Munich, Germany as the best.
As a Catalan, I will dispute that Madrid deserves the 10th position while Barcelona is only 13th, but this is not mathematics.
There are many great stories:
One about The Perfect High Street with a selection of the ideal stores that you and I would like to have just around the corner.
From an Apple store to a Danish Emmerys deli.
And another one about City Slickers, with the best in urban design.
From the Tokyo police boxes to the Athens cinemas.
I don’t know about circulation figures, but the only thing that matters to me is that as soon as I open the envelope, I sit, I read, I enjoy and I start to count the days until I get the next issue.
My renewal is going to be easy.
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