Andrew Tuck
The Other View
At the age of eight Andrew Tuck (London, 1962) would devour the magazines and newspapers his parents used to buy. It was his way of observing the world. Later, as a teenager, he would save up money to travel to the heart of the English capital by train and buy magazines from all over the world from newspaper kiosks. There was only one way that great passion could end: today, Andrew is the editor in chief of Monocle, an internationally renowned magazine. Enamoured of Mallorca, for years now he has been photographing the buildings of Palma, and he tells their story through his personal project on Instagram, Mallorca by Design.
text Angie Ramón
photography Andrew Tuck
If Andrew Tuck had to describe his childhood in a single word, that word would be “happy”. Despite always having wanted to be a journalist, he ended up studying History and Sociology at the University of London, and was the first person in his family to gain a degree.
From an early age he learned to observe from his father, whom he deeply admired. “My parents were curious in their own way, they liked to walk and explore, and I always accompanied them,” he recalls sitting in his flat in the Son Armadans neighbourhood of Palma, with his little dog Macy on his lap.
Tuck is part of that generation who lived through radical change in many European cities, including London. After the end of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s term in office, he was dazzled by the direction that architecture, design and photography - his three great passions - were taking.
Starting as an intern at Time Out magazine, he spent several years working for The Independent newspaper. Then, in 2007, he became editor of Monocle magazine, founded by Tyler Brûlé. The kind of publication he dreamed of when he was a child, one that would allow him to tell people how the world and cities are changing through different reports and interviews.
Early commissions
“An editor and journalist must always be open to change, without giving up their values,” says Andrew, who knew after graduating from college that writing was what he really wanted to do. “I told my parents I was going to take a chance. I wasn’t a journalist, I was a historian and sociologist, but I was going to give it a try anyway.” [...]
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