The French company, founded in 1944, is a paradox. It has sold billions of its products yet no one remembers buying them. Bic ...

It’s highly likely that there are several Bic pens in your house – and you almost certainly will have no idea how they got ...

We discuss the fallout from protests in Ukraine after president Zelensky signed a bill that critics say undermines ...

Pure Effect co-founder Linda Rosendahl Nordin explains how the Swedish biotech company uses beneficial microbes to clean ...

New Zealand literary giant C K Stead joins Georgina Godwin to discuss aging, mortality and his early fascination with ...

From dizzying highs to crashing lows, the cycle of speculative financial gain and putative returns continues t0 shape our ...

Jair Bolsonaro cuts a forlorn figure these days. Until recently, Brazil’s hard-right former president was able to pack arenas ...

Visitors driving into Rågeleje, a resort town north of Copenhagen, are greeted by pastel-striped beach huts against a ...

With the summer-holiday season now under way in the northern hemisphere, Thailand is giving families the business-class ...

We examine the potential impact as 25 countries call for an end to the war in Gaza, accusing Israel of the inhumane killing ...

To celebrate the release of Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey 2025, we record a special edition of the programme ...

Qatar’s prime minister joins the US president for dinner as the push for a ceasefire in Gaza continues. Ukraine-Russia peace ...