Category Archives: Politics

News: Israel Strikes In Rafah, Sanctions On IDF, New Ukraine Military Aid

The Globalist (April 22, 2024): Monocle’s Middle East correspondent Leila Molana-Allen discusses the latest on tensions in the region.

Also in the programme: Ukrainian MP Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze on the relationship between Washington and Kyiv following the US House of Representatives’ vote on military aid for Ukraine. Plus: a flip through the papers, Balkans news and an interview with Romanian artist Serban Savu.

Cover: The New Statesman Magazine – April 21, 2024

The New Statesman – April 21, 2024:

Israel and Iran’s deadly game

Israel and Iran’s deadly game

They bet that direct attacks would not lead to a disastrous escalation. The Middle East is now on the…By Jeremy Bowen

Why Iran’s attack on Israel failed

Why Iran’s attack on Israel failed

The drone and missile strike conveyed as much weakness as it did strength.By Lawrence Freedman

The Cass review into children’s gender care should shame us all

The Cass review into children’s gender care should shame us all

Why was the prescription of puberty blockers to distressed children allowed to continue for so long?By Hannah Barnes

Sunday Morning: Stories From London, Marbella, New Delhi And Bangkok

Monocle on Sunday, April 21, 2024: Emma Nelson, Simon Brooke and Lynne O’Donnell on the weekend’s biggest talking points.

We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Marbella, Monocle’s New Delhi correspondent, Lyndee Prickitt, for the latest on the India elections and Monocle’s Bangkok correspondent for the news in Thailand.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday (April 20, 2024): Isabel Hilton, founder of China Dialogue, joins Georgina Godwin to talk about German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to China, A24’s ‘Civil War’ (warning: spoilers ahead) and Anne Hidalgo’s vision of a greener Paris under threat.

The co-founder of independent publisher Charco Press, Samuel McDowell, also joins the show to discuss translated Latin American fiction. Plus: we hear from Turkish designer Gülsün Karamustafa, who is representing her country at this year’s Venice Biennale, and Monocle’s design editor, Nic Monisse, speaks to Nicola Coropulis, CEO of renowned design company Poltrona Frau, at Salone del Mobile.

The New York Times Magazine – April 21, 2024

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (April 19, 2024):The Modern Love issue features…

Online Dating After 50 Can Be Miserable. But It’s Also Liberating.

You know so much more about yourself and your desires when you’re older that dating apps — even with all their frustrations — can bring unanticipated pleasure.

Can a Sexless Marriage Be a Happy One?

A photograph of a miniature model with two beds separated by a door.

Experts and couples are challenging the conventional wisdom that sex is essential to relationships.

The Poems That Taught Me How to Love

Lessons from Pablo Neruda’s mind-bending verse.

By NICHOLAS CASEY

News: Israel Carries Out Airstikes On Iran, US House To Vote On Ukraine Aid

The Globalist (April 19, 2024): Israel carries out airstrikes on Iran, with explosions heard in the city of Isfahan. How will Tehran respond?

 Meanwhile, the US votes on aid for Ukraine, which Kyiv says could make the difference between victory and defeat. Plus, a flick through the papers, music news and a report from Salone del Mobile.

The Economist Magazine – April 20, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (April 18, 2024): The latest issue features Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z – They are not doomed to be poor and anxious…

Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z

They are not doomed to be poor and anxious

India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition

The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election

Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran

Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint

New Yorker Films: “The Smallest Power”-A Woman In Iran Finds Her Might

The New Yorker (April 17, 2024): In “The Smallest Power,” the filmmaker Andy Sarjahani captures the power of an individual act of resistance amid the chaos of nationwide disorder. The animated short is a product of his own circuitous journey to understand his dual identities. Sarjahani’s mother, Tammie, is a Baptist from the American South.

His father, Ali, was born a Shiite Muslim from Iran. They met in the library at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, married in 1978, and eventually settled in Russellville, Arkansas. “I grew up in the Ozarks, so I didn’t have a deep connection to my Iranian heritage,” Sarjahani told me. His family had Christmas trees and celebrated Easter but also marked Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

News: G7 Ministers Discuss Middle East Crisis & War In Ukraine, Georgia Politics

The Globalist (April 17, 2024): The foreign ministers of the G7 nations touch down in Capri to discuss the crisis in the Middle East and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Then: Georgia’s controversial bill on ‘foreign influence’ and a look at the debate around South Africa’s National Health Insurance. Plus: newspapers, television news, 100 days to go before the Olympic Games and we speak with luxury home-appliance manufacturer Gaggenau.

News: Middle East-Israel Tensions, Trump’s Criminal Trial Begins In New York

The Globalist (April 16, 2024): We discuss rising tensions in the Middle East amid fears of an Israeli military response to Iran’s weekend attacks.

We also have the latest on Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial, Croatia’s parliamentary elections and Monocle’s team in Milan checks in from the first day of the 62nd edition of Salone del Mobile. Plus: a special interview with the former Commanding General of US Army Europe, Ben Hodges, on the laws of engagement in Ukraine, Gaza and beyond.