Frankfurt Book Fair, Cheerio Publishing and British food
Monocle’s Amy Van Den Berg meets the creative director of the Frankfurt Book Fair to get a read on the mood ahead of the industry’s largest event. Then: the editorial director of Cheerio Publishing, D...
19 Loka 202438min
Quality of life at sea and Kate Mosse’s new book ‘The Map of Bones’
From Monocle’s Quality of Life Conference in Istanbul, we hear insights from US submarine officer Taylor Sheppard on maximising quality of life underwater. Then: award-winning author, playwright and e...
12 Loka 202436min
The week in news and the future of digital art
After a week of escalating tensions in the Middle East, Yossi Mekelberg, associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, joins Emma Nelson to reflect on the week’s n...
5 Loka 202436min
The United Nations General Assembly, climate innovation in Norway and The Book Hive
The 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly concluded this week but what did it achieve? What can we expect from Keir Starmer’s meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Le...
28 Syys 202435min
Global news, Amsterdam design and business books
Author and political correspondent Tessa Szyszkowitz joins Georgina Godwin to talk about the pager explosions in Lebanon, seeing Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza in London and fashion...
21 Syys 202435min
The Weatherglass Novella Prize, the Ig Nobel Prize and the London Jazz Festival
Author Kate Kruimink joins Georgina Godwin to talk about her award-winning novella ‘Astraea’ and China Moses discusses her music ahead of the London Jazz Festival launch party. Plus: Charles Hecker on...
14 Syys 202434min
Georgia coverage, British history vs culture, and Radio Free Europe
After the deadly school shooting in Georgia, United States, cultural historian Gavin Plumley and Georgina Godwin look at the judicial process in the country and the political impact of the shooting in...
7 Syys 202430min
Brazil bans X, Germany’s local elections and the Depop for books
Why has Brazil banned X, formerly known as Twitter, and how will this ban actually work? Ozempic is in the news again but what’s the newly discovered potential benefit of the drug? And Germany’s far-r...
31 Elo 202429min
