Leading up to the US elections, Monocle spoke to reporters from around the globe based in America about their take on the proceedings for our series ‘From their own correspondent’. With Obama storming to victory, they tell…
Paco Ignacio Taibo II is Mexico’s foremost detective novelist, as well as a professor, journalist and political activist. Author of 50 books that have been published in 29 countries, he is best known for his novels featu…
Monday 9 July
Last month, I was standing in a queue at Beirut airport when I got chatting to an Egyptian couple who were in Lebanon for a long weekend to escape the stifling heat in Cairo.
Shobhaa De’s sex-filled novels and socialite lifestyle enthrall and infuriate Indians in equal measure. Her critics call her books trashy and newspaper columns inane, but supporters say she has done much to get a conserv…
Deadlines mean nothing to Japanese font-maker Morisawa. The firm will take up to four years and spend €800,000 to get a typeface right. This meticulousness has led its fonts to become as celebrated as Helvetica and adorn…
Author of four hit books, Vendela Vida, is alo the co-editor of US culture magazine 'The Believer'. Part of a celebrated literary couple (her husband is Dave Eggers) she tells Monocle how she works and what inspires her.
Wednesday 8 May
What's the secret to a band's longevity these days? You could start with maintaining an air of mystery, writes Tom Hall
Why Iceland could be the ultimate conference hub and the writing's on the wall for graffiti artists.
Thursday 21 January
It’s no secret that Canadians are a little barmy about their hockey. In his spare time the prime minister, Stephen Harper, is writing a history of the sport.
We get local expertise from bookshops in Berlin, New York and Fairbanks Alaska, and are joined by style writing icon Lucia Van Der Post.
A special interview with Alastair Campbell revealing the run-up to Iraq, and we check out the latest in African fiction writing with author Billy Kahora.
Finnish producer Timo Kaukolampi discusses music, we hear of Bian Eno’s latest project, and meet the woman bringing Dutch writing to London readers.
Updates as Sudan and South Sudan head to the negotiating table and author Kim Thuy discusses her journey from being a lawyer to novel writing.
Christine Ockrent with latest from Paris, Frank Rose discusses his book The Art of Immersion, and Andrew Adonis talks the complexities of writing biographies.
We learn the latest from the meeting of the Arab League and get the business news from Jakarta before learning about Scandinavian crime writing.
Markus Hippi looks back over our Milan broadcasts, French election coverage and discovers how to write a catchy one-liner.
Thursday 7 January
I’m writing this from a hot and sweaty Mumbai because, like pretty much everyone else in Russia who can afford a plane ticket, I saw little point in being in the country for the first 10 days of the New Year.
Japan-based journalist Mark Schilling discusses Japanese cinema, literary agent Clare Conville looks ahead to new writing talent, and we get music from Isa GT.
Tuesday 10 July
I’m going to stick my neck out a little here and say perhaps, just a little bit, we need to be careful not to write cars out of our cities at the rate we currently are.
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