After spending the past seven years sharing campfire stories with some of the world’s most inspiring thinkers, treading the halls of some of the most beautifully designed spaces and crusading for a more responsible approach to life, the brains behind Monocle have funnelled their illuminating findings into the pages of their first book. Tucked neatly between the cheerful linen covers of The Monocle Guide to Better Living, you’ll find 400 pages of life-asserting goodness spanning food, fashion, literature, architecture and design.

Casting dreamy imagery and pearls of wisdom across the pages, The Monocle Guide to Better Living is a collation of essays, reports, ideas, photography and illustrations. For some, the book will simply be a coffee table tome to have and to hold, but for others, the volume will stir new passions and stimulate original ways of thinking. Put your mum on mute and hunt down your copy online.