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Seatbelt securely fastened? In which case, prepare to fly through the new issue of Monocle, with its focus on the mobility movers and shakers who are getting us around by air, on land and by sea. You’ll also meet a couple of private detectives, Norway’s prime minister and a convoy of American truckers. Let’s roll.

Available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/product/1513511/issue-124/)

“Fostering independent thinking” is a key phrase in modern education but it’s not easy to do. We visit Madrid’s Colegio Estudio to meet its enlightened teachers and alumni.

Packed with sunny reports, heated opinion and luminous photography, The Escapist is essential reading this summer. Enjoy our far-reaching Travel Top 50, go off the beaten track in Morocco, discover why Biarritz is the perfect fit and much more. Please proceed to check-in…

Available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/product/1509733/the-escapist-2019/)

We jaunt around Madrid’s tabernas, the lively living rooms of the Spanish capital, and share some tasty dishes with the regulars.

Hungry for more? Join Monocle’s editors in Madrid next month for three days of lively debate, discussion and great hospitality. [Secure your ticket](https://conference.monocle.com/).

Rather than erase all evidence of Georgia’s Soviet past, the country’s architectural community is keen to preserve its history and give its once-foreboding buildings another – happier – lease of life.

Join us to discover all the Spanish capital has to teach us, be it inviting hospitality, nocturnal delights or the recipe for a long and happy life. Prepare to be challenged and inspired by a host of thinkers unpacking architecture, entrepreneurship, media, retail, entertainment and more.

Book your ticket [here](https://conference.monocle.com).

Retail, we’re told, is in big trouble. But shops and markets have been bringing people together for centuries and we resolutely believe that they are here to stay. Turn to our insightful book to see why.

Available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/product/1488992/the-monocle-guide-to-shops-kiosks-and-markets/)

If you think Monocle is looking particularly inviting this month, it’s because it’s our design special. Lights to give your home a glow, property players to get acquainted with and even a bit of Georgian brutalism: all covered in our latest issue. Come in and have a look around.

Available now at [The Monocle Shop](https://monocle.com/shop/product/1489275/issue-123/)

Bruce Pask, the menswear director at Bergdorf Goodman, is fêted for his unfussy personal style, so much so that the New York department store has given him his own space – B. – in one corner of its shop floor. As the mercury rises we asked Pask to give us the lowdown on picking a quintessential menswear staple: the spring jacket.

Texas is about big money, big cars and big characters; we meet the new generation adding some welcome cool to the cowboy chic.