SPORTING LIFE
Mind Over Movement
MONACO MIGHT BE KNOWN for its glamour, but for me, it's home. I moved to Europe in 2011 to pursue my racing career. It was a big change at...
By Mitch Evans
Curated perspectives from the world’s most influential circles
On the cover
SIGNALS
The Innovation Dividend
CLIMATE CHANGE AND climate policy have been sidelined in public debate for a while. These days, geopolitics and the erratic and confrontat...
By Norbert Ruecker
Talk Of The Rock
A Yacht By Any Other Name
For nearly a century, the Deo Juvante has sailed through oceans and eras, glamour and romance, and adventure and survival. Nine owners charted the iconic yacht in fresh waters, but her identity remain...
By Annette Anderson
L'Art De Vivre
The Vigneron
VITICULTURE IS A CRAFT that asks much, yet gives just as much in return. Working the vine means living in constant dialogue with nature - reading its moods, respecting its rhythms, a...
By H.R.H. Prince Felix of Luxembourg
STYLE
Vintage Edits
THERE WAS A TIME when vintage was whispered about - hidden in discreet boutiques, reserved for collectors, or dismissed as nostalgic indulgence. Today, it speaks with confidence. Not loudly, but with precision. Vintage has become one of the most intelligent choices in fashion - a statement no...
By Inna Dudakova
Talk Of The Rock
Cue Princess
IN APRIL 1956, the American actress Grace Kelly married the prince of a faraway country in a fairy-tale wedding - not just once but twice. It’s public knowledge that Grace wed Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a traditional civil ceremony on one day and then in an epic, highly-publicized religi...
By Annette Anderson
WELLBEING
The Biological Pitstop
FROM MY VIBRANT LIFE in Monaco, a world defined by the azure horizon and the mechanical precision of the Grand Prix, I have long cultivated a passion for the engineering of high-performance cars. There is a specific, tactile satisfaction in a machine that responds with instant, calibrated accuracy. Yet, in the high-velocity cycles of global markets and constant decision-making, I often find that the human engine is treated with far less scrutiny than a bespoke V12. We ignore the...
By H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
SHIPYARDS ARE USUALLY judged by what leaves them: size, design features, and innovations. At Oceanco, the Dutch builder behind some of the world’s most ambitious yachts, those measures matter but they are not the whole story. The more revealing account begins long before a yacht is...
By Paris Baloumis
DUBAI’S POPULATION has grown from 3.3 million in 2020 to over 3.7 million today. By 2030, projections point toward five million. For the investors who got there early, the arithmetic has been generous. For those arriving now, the question is no longer whether Dubai works, it is whet...
By Alexander Agafiev
THERE IS A PARTICULAR kind of blue in Paris. Not the washed-out blue of a winter sky over the Seine or municipal blue of a street sign, but a blue that announces something altogether more serious. It is the blue door at 1, Place Vendôme, and if you know to look for it, it will stop...
By Luiz F. Costa Macambira
SPORTING LIFE
A New Formula For Speed
FOR DECADES, FORMULA 1 has sold the purest possible version of speed: the quickest driver in the quickest machine, attacking every corner with as little compromise as physics will allow. That image is still powerful. But from 2026 onward, it is no longer the whole story. The new re...
By Lucas di GrassiON THE VIDEO DIGITAL COVER
Experience the allure of Monaco's elite with The Monegasque Digital Video Cover, showcasing a captivating lineup of illustrious monegasque personalities.
Antonio Salvatore
Antonio Salvatore - A Food Editor for The Monegasque™ , covering culinary art and food trends, Michelin-starred chef Antonio Salvatore was born in Basilicata, Italy, and has traveled extensively, honing his craft in Spain, England, and Russia. Now based in Monaco, he serves refined contemporary Italian cuisine at Rampoldi’s exclusive five-table setting, using top-quality ingredients from Menton, San Remo, and Southern Italy. His signature dishes include bottoni di vitello tonnato, cabri dodici ore, and texture di cioccolato, while at the brasserie, he reimagines classic dishes with a modern twist.
STYLE
POSSIBLE REDEFINED
IN THE ANNALS OF HIGH JEWELLERY, few stories capture the delicate tension between vision and reality as poignantly as that of Empress Joséphine and Napoleon Bonaparte. Conceived for the Empress to wear at her coronation, a necklace of extraordinary ambition was envisioned - one that required gemstones of such precise size, color, and harmony that even Napoleon’s vast imperial reach could not bring it to life. The stones, quite simply, did not exist in the form required. The desi...
By Aleksander Khodosh
THE COMPLIANCE TRAP
ON ONE OFTEN HEARS that rules are the shield of the common man, the sturdy barricade protecting us from the caprice of the powerful and the chaos of the marketplace. But as we navigate a modern world increasingly defined by a stifling inflation of mandates, a weary skepticism has begun to take root. Two thousand years ago, the Roman senator Tacitus identified the rot at the heart of this impulse: Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges. The more corrupt the state, the more numer...
By H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
RACING TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
FORMULA 1 HAS LONG been synonymous with high-octane excitement, but in an era of climate change when urgent action is needed, this pinnacle of motor sport is shifting gears to prioritize environmental sustainability. Its bold commitment to achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2030 follows a clear roadmap.
By the end of 2024, the sport's major emission sources - travel, energy use, and fuel consumption - had been reduced by 26% compared to the 2018 baseline, and one of the mos...
By Helga Piaget
FINDING THE APEX
F1 HAS ALWAYS BEEN the pinnacle of driving, racing, and technology. Cars were lightweight, powerful, nimble, with a huge grip - it felt as if you had a direct connection between your body and the track.
I remember vividly, as a young kid in Brazil in the late Eighties and early Nineties, having goosebumps when I heard that symphony of engines screaming around Interlagos. With time, regulations became stricter, normally for good reaso...
By Bruno Senna
GASTRONOMY
PLATING VERSUS PIT LANE
IN MONACO, the air during the Grand Prix is not merely composed of oxygen; it is a pressurized compound of high-octane fuel, scorched rubber, and the electric tension of absolute stakes. It is a season where the Principality sheds its skin of Mediterranean lethargy to become a cathedral of kinetic energy. Outside my doors, the difference between immortality and the barrier is measured in millimeters.
Within the walls of Rampoldi, I hold my crew to the exact same standard. To ma...
By Antonio Salvatore
L'Art De Vivre
THE ELEGANT ART OF BEING A GUEST AT SEA
IN MONACO, THE SEA is not scenery - it is heritage.
From the early regattas championed by Prince Albert I - the "Navigator Prince" - to the modern spectacle of the Monaco Yacht Show each September, the Principality has always understood that life at sea demands both courage and culture.
Today, an invitation aboard a magnificent yacht - whether moored in Port Hercules or anchored discreetly off Roquebrune-Cap-Martin - remains one of Monaco's most refined social gestures.
And w...
By Ferruccio Rossi
Arts
RON ARAD GOES SOLO
DESIGN, IN THE HANDS of Ron Arad, becomes an act of transformation. Steel twists into spirals, chairs swell into monumental forms, and familiar objects acquire an unexpected sculptural presence. For more than four decades, Arad has explored the expressive potential of materials with a restless curiosity that refuses the conventional boundaries between art, architecture and industrial design. This spring, Opera Gallery in Monaco presents "Ron Arad, from 1992 to 2026," a solo exhi...
By Damien Simonelli
SPORTING LIFE
RACING ROOTS
I WAS BORN ON October 14, 2004, in São Paulo, Brazil - a city that never slows down, where ambition is part of the air you breathe. My childhood was built around speed; by six years old I was already karting, chasing something I couldn't yet name but that I felt every time I touched the steering wheel.
The goal was simple: be faster today than I was yesterday. My father, Lincoln - an entrepreneur who built one of Brazil's largest internet service providers before becoming a maj...
By Gabriel Bortoleto
MONAPINIONTM
Thoughts, arguments, opinions and reflections
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H.R.H. Prince Felix of Luxembourg
THE VIGNERON
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H.R.H. Prince Michel of Yugoslavia
A ROYAL UNCOVERING
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H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
METAL MASTERPIECES
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Helga Piaget
TROUBLED WATERS
VOICES OF INFLUENCE
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SP Hinduja Shanu (Hinduja Family)
The Hinduja family has earned a prominent place on both the Forbes World’s Billionaires list and the ranking of India’s Richest families. As a senior member of the Hinduja Group, Hinduja S.P. Shanu i...
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James Ratcliffe
Former chemical engineer James Ratcliffe is the founder, chairman and majority owner of chemical powerhouse Ineos Group. The London-based conglomerate produces everything from synthetic oils and plast...
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Stefano Pessina
Stefano Pessina heads the world's largest drugstore chain, Walgreens Boots Alliance. Pessina bought over 1,500 rival companies across Europe, merged his UniChem Group with Alliance Boots and took it p...
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Eyal Ofer
Ofer owns Global Holdings, an international real estate firm, and the Zodiac Group, a shipping company. In addition to the 150 vessels he owns under Zodiac, Ofer also owns a 5% stake in Royal Caribbea...
