The Monocle Weekly
The Monocle Weekly signs on with a mix of smart discussion, previews, field reports and feature interviews. From our studio in London and our bureaux in Tokyo and New York, Monocle's editors focus on the horizon and explore the looming stories within the five areas ...
The Monocle Weekly signs on with a mix of smart discussion, previews, field reports and feature interviews. From our studio in London and our bureaux in Tokyo and New York, Monocle's editors focus on the horizon and explore the looming stories within the five areas that define our editorial agenda: global affairs, business, culture, design and consumer culture. Welcome to the third episode of the Monocle Weekly. This week we go to Gaza City to hear about the situation on the ground from Khaled Abdel Shafi, head of the regional United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). We also have an appointment with newspaper doctor Mario García, who has helped more than 500 newspapers rethink their business in the face of the digital revolution. Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, joins us to talk about what lies in store for president-elect Barack Obama after his inauguration on 20 January. Finally, the third edition of Monocle Weekly is topped off by a summary of this week’s cultural highlights, cherry-picked by culture editor Robert Bound.
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The Monocle Weekly - Edition 245
We paint a portrait of 21st-century Delhi with acclaimed writer ...
We paint a portrait of 21st-century Delhi with acclaimed writer Rana Dasgupta, hear which lovelorn character in Peter Froberg Idling’s new novel ‘Song For An Approaching Storm' turned into one of the 20th century’s greatest monsters, and we look at why Paris’s banlieues are simmering, with the author of ‘The French Intifada’.
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Author Danny Dorling explains why housing is the defining issue ...
Author Danny Dorling explains why housing is the defining issue of our times. We also explore ‘A History of the First World War in 100 Objects’ with author and broadcaster John Hughes-Wilson and talk erotic Arabic literature with Daniel Newman.
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Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound discuss whether public broadcasting is ...
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound discuss whether public broadcasting is in crisis with the author of a new book on the BBC. We also speak to the fashion designer attempting to debunk the stereotypes around African fashion and look ahead to New York's Armory Show with director Noah Horowitz.
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Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck meet an explorer who conquered ...
Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck meet an explorer who conquered the Antarctic, following in the footsteps of Captain Scott's doomed expedition in 1912. They also catch up with an author whose new book assesses the artistic legacy of the Second World War, while we look ahead to one of London's newest contemporary art fairs, Art14, with Stephanie Dieckvoss.
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Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound head to Afghanistan, where the ...
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound head to Afghanistan, where the storied Buddhas of Bamiyan are being rebuilt in secret, without the permission of Unesco. However, is it the case that some destroyed works of art should never be restored? We also speak to the Productivity Ninja to find out how to lead a more fruitful life and are in northern Sweden with the man behind the country's first ice orchestra.
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The story of how Angola managed to beat civil war ...
The story of how Angola managed to beat civil war to become one of the richest countries in Africa. We also head into the Brixton Academy, one of Britain’s most iconic music venues, and discuss the year that was in stats with the CEO of Ipsos Mori.
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We meet Syrian composer Malek Jandali and sit down with ...
We meet Syrian composer Malek Jandali and sit down with US writer Jonathan Lethem to discuss his latest novel. Plus: literature critic John Sutherland talks us through his new book ‘Jumbo’, the world's favourite elephant.
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We discuss the legacy of British filmmaker and artist Derek ...
We discuss the legacy of British filmmaker and artist Derek Jarman as a new exhibition commemorates the 20th anniversary of his death. We also ask author Ranya Tabari Idliby what post-September 11 life has been like for Muslim-American families and meet Laurens de Groot, a man who has spent most of his life at sea hunting whale hunters.
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Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck speak to author Richard Ned ...
Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck speak to author Richard Ned Lebow about how the world might have turned out if the First World War never took place, meet Trevor Cox who has travelled around the world in search of the most amazing acoustic phenomena, and look at the weird and wonderful world of taxidermy with taxidermist Margot Magpie.
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We speak to Scott Stossel, editor of ‘The Atlantic’, about ...
We speak to Scott Stossel, editor of ‘The Atlantic’, about his new book ‘My Age of Anxiety’. We also dissect the anatomy of a suit with the fashion curator of the Museum of London, Timothy Long, and delve into one of America's most fascinating corporate scandals: the arrest of Tyco International’s CEO Dennis Kozlowski.
