Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Thursday 23 February
Violence on film turns some of us away
The other day I heard a woman interviewed on the radio about the film The Artist. She had a connection to the movie that doesn’t need explaining here.
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Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 3 January
Forecast 2011: Congo’s fate hangs in the balance
The Democratic Republic of Congo may discover in 2011 whether it’s getting better or worse.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Wednesday 19 September
On provocation
“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…
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Thursday 1 December
Can The Hague court provide Mexico with justice?
It is simultaneously easy and difficult to come to the conclusion that Mexico is at war.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Monday 5 July
The odds stacked against the street kids
Gangs of teenage boys skulk on badly lit corners and outside pitifully dingy convenience stores in Mexico’s border city of Ciudad Juárez.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 7 April
Kenyan catharsis as ICC investigation begins
“Today is accountability day for Kenya,” declared International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, addressing the six Kenyans suspected of masterminding the post-election violence that killed more than 1…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 10 January
Too little, too late
It is difficult to imagine that the news out of Somalia could get any worse after a disastrous few years that have seen a spike in kidnappings and piracy, and the rise of al-Shabab, a hardline Islamic group that meted out…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 May
Mexico has far more to it than just violence
There’s a letter I tend to get from Monocle’s listeners and readers whenever we run a story that mentions kidnaps, murders or drugs in Mexico.
Culture / Entertainment
Trigger Happy
Dundee is a key hub for the world’s computer games industry. And not just any games. The city’s software houses are responsible for some of the most violent titles ever produced, including *Grand Theft Auto*. Why Dundee?…
Affairs / Government
Europe briefing
Violence in the Caucasus, the last stand of the world's one remaining communist government, and teaching the French to cook.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Saturday 26 February
Maghreb focus: A dispatch from Tripoli
In the days following the start of the Libyan uprising, violence has stalked the streets of Tripoli.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Saturday 19 February
Crunch time for Nigeria’s next election
Democratic elections in Africa’s most populous nation would be problematic even without the violence and alleged fraud that has marred Nigeria’s previous polls.
The Monocle Daily, episode 117
Is the French election a two-man-race? More on Cairo’s recent violence, and Rick Santorum’s exit from the Republican candidate race.
The Briefing, episode 95
How violence in Syria is affecting the city of Aleppo, Olivier Jankovec talks airports, and Ben Page of Ipsos MORI joins us in the studio.
Midori House, episode 28
Tyler Brûlé discusses Bahrain’s politics with a local journalist amid international condemnation of the state’s violence. Peter York joins us to talk about soft power.
The Briefing, episode 98
The difficulties of prosecuting war crimes at the ICC, why “emo” fans in Iraq are in danger of violence, and culture from SXSW festival.
The Globalist, episode 80
How Syria’s neighbours can end the current violence, Al Jazeera’s perception in the US, and a check in with our man in Boston.
The Monocle Daily, episode 226
The latest on Iraq’s recent violence, we look at the disappearance of China’s leader-in-waiting, and discuss Italy’s binge-drinking problem.
The Briefing, episode 71
Greece’s debt problem, the Syrian violence in Homs and a roundup of the week’s science stories get discussed with host Matt Barbet.
The Globalist, episode 230
We continue to analyse the violence at US embassies, speak to our correspondent in Milan, and ask if architecture can affect learning.