Emilio Giannelli’s satirical cartoons on the front page of ‘Corriere della Sera’ unite the nation in laughter. He has become untouchable by Italy’s highly litigious politicians, including Silvio Berlusconi, who dare not…
Tuesday 18 May
Tomorrow, what is being billed as a small but potentially important gesture of resistance to superstition and indignation will be attempted: the inaugural Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.
An interview with South African political cartoonist Zapiro, Guinea's corrupt politicians get their come-uppance, and pilgrims go high-speed.
The foolery of Kenyan politics provides an irresistible subject for comedy, one that Gado, a newspaper cartoonist, has based his career on. And now for the second TV series of his new controversial project, ‘The XYZ Show’…
As vocal political battles rage on over the country’s democratisation, Monocle speaks to Turkey’s media stars about the role newspapers have in shaping the nation.
We meet the comic book publisher whose latest title is about Haiti's tent cities, plus other dispatches from the world of print, retail and audio.
Wednesday 4 November
The longer Vladimir Putin spends in power (it’s over 10 years now as either president or prime minister) the more smug he seems to get.
Wednesday 19 September
“There are only two or three human stories,” said Carl Linstrum in Willa Cather’s novel O Pioneers!, “and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before; like the larks in this country that…
Wednesday 30 June
At the recent conference where Apple debuted the new version of the iPhone, Steve Jobs devoted a few minutes of his speech to the workings of the App Store.
From a childhood obsession with animal bones, Esben Horn has carved out a career creating detailed, large-scale models of bugs and beasts. Now his firm is sought-after around the globe.
Friday 19 March
It is hard to find anyone in Kenya who doesn’t buy a newspaper. From security guards to CEOs, newspapers are read voraciously, from cover to cover.
Our favourite new music releases, films and books. And culture editor Robert Bound's column on tear-jerking Hollywood films.
Hambantota is about to hit the big time thanks to Chinese money and dynastic might. But not everyone is set to benefit.
Alfred Sirleaf’s ‘Daily Talk’ newspaper reaches thousands of Liberians every day but only ever produces one copy. How does he do it? By writing the day’s biggest stories on a large blackboard beside
Books, films and music to make a date for.
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