Category Archives: Stories

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday (October 26, 2024): 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, Darren Biabowe Barnes, discusses independent publishing in 2024. Plus: Charles Hecker joins to go through the latest news and culture, including Russian troops in North Korea, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and a new book on British food.

News: Russia Or The West In Georgia’s Elections, Germany-India Relations

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 25, 2024): Georgia goes to the polls tomorrow in the first parliamentary elections since the country obtained EU-candidate status in December 2023, it is also the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Joshua Kucera joins Georgina Godwin to discuss this decisive moment for the country’s future and whether it is shifting towards Russia or the West. Plus: What will chancellor Scholz hope to secure for Germany’s economic future from his visit to India? Then: Dutch navy unveils the world’s first unmanned warships.

News: Turkey Retaliates After Attack, North Korea Deploys Troops In Russia

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 24, 2024): We get the latest following the deadly attack on a major defence and aerospace company in the Turkish capital.

Plus: North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia, why Tokyo Metro’s market debut is on the right track and a look ahead to our new programme, ‘Monocle on Fashion’.

News: Ceasefire In Middle East Ahead Of US Election, Russia’s BRICS Summit Gain

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 23, 2024): Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East – but prospects for a ceasefire appear slim. We also get the latest on the UN Biodiversity Conference in Colombia, find out why a former Peruvian president has been jailed for 20 years and learn how Egypt has managed to eradicate malaria.

Plus: the Rome International Film Festival.

News: U.S. Election Final Days, Putin Welcomes The BRICS Leaders To Russia

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 22, 2024): Vladimir Putin brings Brics leaders to Kazan, our US politics correspondent brings us the latest two weeks before the presidential election and we discuss King Charles’s testy visit to Australia. Plus: a check-in from San Francisco’s Urban Transformation Summit.

News: Hezbollah Finance Group Targeted By Israel, Moldova-EU Referendum

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 21, 2024): Moldova’s European Union referendum too close to call and the legacy of Indonesia’s Joko Widodo. Plus: architect Richard England and the Utopian Hours festival in Turin.

Sunday Morning: Stories And The Top News From Zürich, Helsinki And Paris

Monocle on Sunday (October 20, 2024): Our weekend programme comes live from Monocle’s radio studio in Zürich, where Tyler Brûlé and a panel of special-guest thought leaders discuss key topics in front of a studio audience.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday (October 19, 2024): 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, Darren Biabowe Barnes, discusses independent publishing in 2024. Plus: Charles Hecker joins to go through the latest news and culture, including Russian troops in North Korea, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and a new book on British food.

News: Israel Forces Kill Hamas Leader Sinwar In Gaza, Mozambique Vote

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 18, 2024): What does the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean for the war? Then: we turn to Mozambique as the ruling Frelimo party claims victory in contested presidential elections.

Plus: we report from Art Basel Paris and check out Cathay Pacific’s new business class ‘Aria Suite’.

News: Ukraine’s ‘Victory Plan’ To Western Allies, U.S. Strikes Houthi Targets

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 17, 2024): We examine Kyiv’s latest diplomatic push with its Western allies, as Volodymyr Zelensky presents his ‘victory plan’ to parliament in Ukraine. Then: a first for the EU as it hosts leaders from the Gulf nations.

Plus: Sweden’s plans to grow its military, retail news, a dispatch from the Frankfurt Book Fair and a meeting with the cast and writer of hit series ‘The Turkish Detective’.