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Radio
Whatever happened to hype?
Who hypes the arts? Publicists? Artists? Fans? Are music fans as excited to download an album as they are to queue around the block for a record? Do you need to hype ‘Star Wars’ to sci-fi fans or does it do the job on its own? Robert Bound sits down with music magazine maestro David Hepworth, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Daily Telegraph’ Alice Vincent and publicist Emily Bryce-Perkins to find out how hype has developed over the decades.
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Film
New-generation animators
With the success of Pixar came an avalanche of computer-generated animation but not all animators are following the hi-tech pack. Monocle Films travels to the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and southern England in search of storytellers who think outside the computer box.
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Radio
The World Ahead
As one year ends and another begins, it's time to take stock and tune in - to a special series that seeks answers to some of the toughest questions confronting the world. Whether it's changing demographics and ageing populations, to the trials posed by climate change or mass migration, hear bright analysis and fresh insight from an expert global panel. Listen now and hear Monocle's editors and special guests discuss everything from urbanisation and education, to commerce and technology. The World Ahead is brought to you with Allianz.
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Radio
Whatever happened to hype?
Who hypes the arts? Publicists? Artists? Fans? Are music fans as excited to download an album as they are to queue around the block for a record? Do you need to hype ‘Star Wars’ to sci-fi fans or does it do the job on its own? Robert Bound sits down with music magazine maestro David Hepworth, arts and entertainment writer for ‘The Daily Telegraph’ Alice Vincent and publicist Emily Bryce-Perkins to find out how hype has developed over the decades.
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Collaboration
DBS x Monocle
By redefining the banking experience with cutting-edge technology, DBS has cemented its place as Asia's safest and best bank, with more than 280 outposts in 18 cities. See how innovations from DBS Bank give you time and…
Event
The Monocle Quality of Life Conference 2016
Join us in Vienna for a weekend of great debates, good conversations, peerless hospitality and some fun nights too. It’s a weekend where contacts can be made, ideas nurtured and horizons expanded.
Join a selection of UBS experts and global analysts as they take a look at the year ahead, casting an educated eye at the challenges, trends and opportunities that will define 2016.
How elections in 2016 could reshape the Asia-Pacific region, 10 risk factors that could rock the world, and the 'Star Wars'-fueled revival of a Malaysian tradition - in this week's Nikkei Asian Review.
Radio
Jean-Claude Biver
Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé sits down with Tag Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver to discuss adapting to an ever-changing market, collaborating (and competing) and how the “connected watch” will foster the next genera…
Article
Back to the future
Too many residential towers play by the rules. We are granted rare access to Torres Blancas, a fantastical expression of 1960s modernism that remains as current and desirable as ever.
Article
Read all about it
In the US, Germany, the UK, Indonesia, Hong Kong and China, a renewed interest in the printed word means more books are being dusted off and fewer e-readers are being turned on. Is this a new chapter?
Article
Strong language
The world's governments would be lost without interpreters. Meet the old hands at the UN headquarters and the students who will help us understand one another in the years ahead. Without these guys, nothing gets done.
THE MAGAZINE
Hunker down for the holidays: a Monocle Christmas special. Feet up, curl up and read up – we sit down with Nato's secretary-general, take a studio tour with Ed Ruscha and meet Madrid's tough new mayor
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From Poland to Hungary and now Slovakia – just how far will Europe’s rising tide of anti-migrant sentiment stretch? We also get the day’s news from our Hong Kong bureau. Plus: in Los Angeles the after-parties are only just…
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The Monocle Weekly, 340
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Sunday 10 January
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The Foreign Desk, 105
Saturday 9 January
If there was any doubt that the proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia is one of the greatest threats to peace in the Middle East, the events of the past few days have made it clear. Join Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield as he…
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The Stack, 176
Saturday 9 January
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The Curator, 221
Saturday 9 January
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The Sessions at Midori House, 45
Saturday 9 January
Dutch singer Janne Schra is this week’s Midori House sessionista. When her band Room Eleven split in 2009 she set out solo and last year she released her second album ‘Ponzo’. Schra plays us a stripped-back version of her…
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The Monocle Daily, 1085
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We discuss the day’s top stories and take a look at the political friendship between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton as private emails between the two are released to the public. Plus: we review the latest headlines from Asia…
