We have the latest on the invasion of Ukraine. Plus: an interview with former Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves; a look ahead to the South Korean presidential elections; and the latest aviation news.
Tag Archives: March 2022
Front Page View: The New York Times – March 8
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – March 14
Building Design: ‘Bicycle Factory Of The Future’
British bicycle manufacturer Brompton has unveiled plans to build a carbon-neutral headquarters and factory building designed by architects Hollaway Studio in Ashford, Kent. Envisioned by Brompton as a factory of the future, the facility will sit within an unused wetlands area that will be rewilded to become a nature reserve as part of the plans.
Walks: Quai Malaquais To Tuileries Garden In Paris
March 2022. Paris, city and capital of France, situated in the north-central part of the country. People were living on the site of the present-day city, located along the Seine River some 233 miles (375 km) upstream from the river’s mouth on the English Channel (La Manche), by about 7600 BCE. The modern city has spread from the island (the Île de la Cité) and far beyond both banks of the Seine.
00:00 Preview 00:30 Intro / Quai Malaquais 04:43 Pont Des Arts 09:36 Louvre Museum 24:13 Tuileries Garden
Morning News: Sanctions On Russia, Taiwan And China, Paolo Pasolini
The West’s co-ordinated financial weaponry is starting to bite, opening a new age of economic conflict; once-unthinkable oil embargoes seem now to be on the table.
Taiwan is another democratic country with a big, bullying neighbour; we examine how the war has sparked introspection. And celebrating Pier Paolo Pasolini, a polymathic auteur unjustly known only for his most controversial film.
Front Page: Wall Street Journal – March 7
Sunday Morning: News And Stories From London, Zurich, Warsaw & Ukraine
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and panellists Rob Cox and Benno Zogg cover the latest developments on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with our friends and correspondents in Warsaw, Tokyo and Ukraine.
Front Page View: The New York Times – March 6
Boomers Daily 