Monocle 1st Birthday Issue

Some people see genitals in everything. The vegetable aisle, certain 'art' sculptures in Port Melbourne or simply their boss's face; the world is funnier...

For nearly her entire life Kim Victoria Wearne’s Bonfire Folk label has lain dormant in the pit of her stomach. But now, after several bouts of...

Pour café / petite dejeuner: While we French purists have been turning our noses up at Vue de Monde (it's Vue du Monde, Monsieur Bennett), its...

The house PA quietly lays down The Books, a smooth surface for the clinking of balls and the murmuring of punters. The room, at the top of a creaky firetrap...

There are some things you want to keep for yourself, to hide like a miser and protect from the ugly reaches of outside world. Fortunately ThreeThousand...

Upon first entering the sleek-looking Koko Black, I feel my head twitch, my heart skip a beat, and my toes fidget in a wave of curiosity. Although...

When it comes to forming an indie sensibility, many bands attempt to channel the talents of their idols, deconstructing popular sounds and influences...

For a greater slice of the population, wild dreams involve cake: deliberately getting grenache on the blade so you can plant one on the nearest love interest...

Cinema and surveillance go hand in hand. In fact, someone really needs to put together a Surveillance Film Festival: Coppola’s The Conversation...

For a while now Pages Online have been producing online magazines that are arguably too good for the web. Well designed and well written, their lead...

Oscar Wilde once noted that, “Alcohol, when taken in sufficient quantities, often produces all the effects of drunkenness”. Otherwise known...

With seventeen days of films on offer, some of your choices will come down to guesswork - even if you fine-tooth through the program with IMDB bookmarks...

Creative processes are something we as consumers of end-product culture don’t often hear about. But tonight and tomorrow night Rooftop Cinema...

Mixed Business is both a café and a convalescent home. You wander in feeling a bit fragile, even wary of spending a hungover Saturday morning in...

The Ambiguous Horse of Pip Carroll's many-tentacled design agency is thankfully more ambiguous than Khartoum, the prize stallion that meets an unhappy...

When did ‘romance’ turn into ‘romantic comedy’? Barring some tight-corsetted period pieces, Hollywood decided that audiences...

Melbourne label Pigeon Combine develops a strong sense of narrative in streetwear. The 2007 winter range pays homage to the macabre literature of Edgar...

Many people have said it: "Why is there no tram from Brunswick to Fitzroy, maybe with a super stop at Carlton?" (Mental note: whoever setup...

Must be killer to be an illustrator because everyone would always be inviting you to be in a group show. "Hey I'm putting on a group show, yo. Can...

For a lot of us the idea of ‘organic’ clothing conjures up images of baggy hemp pants, the kind that make your ass look the size of Jamaica...