Monocle’s annual Quality of Life Survey puts the world’s best cities through their paces and profiles the urban centres on the up. Also in this issue, gardening in Hiroshima, dining in Marseille and dancing in Mexico City. Plus: how Bratislava’s bass-playing, architect mayor is helping the city to find its groove.

Published out of London, Monocle was launched as a magazine briefing on global affairs, business, culture, design and much more in 2007.