Category Archives: Stories

Morning News: Omicron Variant, Travel Columnist Career, Mistletoe History

Christmas – America’s mixed response to the Omicron variant comes down to geography, WSJ’s Scott McCartney looks back on his career, and why do we kiss underneath a parasite.

Classic Car Stories: A 1955 Aston Martin DB2/4 At The 1956 Monte Carlo Rally

In 1955 this glorious Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk1 was purchased new by Ken Carter, a former Works driver for the Cooper racing team, who acquired this very car to compete in the 1956 Monte Carlo Rally with his friend Robert Ropner. Join Commander Timothy ‘Tiny’ Brompton-Belcher RN and Aston Martin specialist Dylan Miles and take a journey back in time with this wonderfully historic Aston Martin

Previews: New York Times Magazine – December 26

Previews: Times Literary Supplement – December 24

Cover Previews: Harper’s Magazine – January 2022

Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – December 27

Politics: The New Normal Has Arrived, Metaverse Lords, Future Of Europe

A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the Christmas double issue of The Economist. This week: has the new normal already arrived? Plus, meet the lords of the metaverse (10:10) and, a century apart, two men with very different dreams contend for Europe’s future (17:50).

Sunday Morning: News From Zurich, London, Amsterdam And Tokyo

Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and panellists Eemeli Isoaho and Chandra Kurt discuss the weekend’s biggest news stories. Plus: we check in with our friends and correspondents in London, Amsterdam and Tokyo.