2 April 2025
Europe’s tech scene is often seen as trailing the US and China but startups across the continent are challenging that perspective. We meet two founders that are shaking up the industry and proving that ambition, collabor…
2 April 2025
This week Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from seeking public office for five years. Andrew Mueller explains why the far right cares deeply about law and order – until its own is in the dock.
2 April 2025
Nina Dos Santos and Michael Binyon assess the state of the opposition in the US as liberals win a majority in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Also in the programme: how Le Pen’s right-wing allies have been condemning her court…
2 April 2025
Donald Trump is expected to impose his sweeping reciprocal global tariffs today. We unpack the reaction from Europe and have a look at how the world’s financial markets are responding. Also in the programme: any hope of a…
2 April 2025
We speak with British singer-songwriter Shura about her upcoming album, ‘I Got Too Sad For My Friends’, which is full of ethereal vocals and synths, and packs an emotional punch.
2 April 2025
As US president Donald Trump gets ready to unveil his ‘reciprocal tariffs’, we take a look at the hardest-hit nations and industries. Then: China launches surprise military drills around Taiwan, Poland bolsters its defences…
1 April 2025
China’s far southwestern province of Yunnan is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the country’s finest wine producers, though its winemaking history goes back more than a hundred years. Monocle’s Tom Webb visited the…
1 April 2025
Isabel Hilton and Quentin Peel assess China’s surprise military exercises aimed at blockading Taiwan, the EU plans to strengthen police powers to tackle foreign threats, LG and Samsung make a return to Russian markets and…
1 April 2025
We explore experimental ways of living thanks to a new exhibition in Tokyo and we imagine sunnier futures at the ‘Solar Biennale’ in Switzerland. Finally, a cooling dip in the pool as we visit ‘Splash! A Century of Swimming…
1 April 2025
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, withdraws his nomination of an ex-admiral as director of Shin Bet – we unpack why. Also in the programme, Scott Craig of the International Federation of the Red Cross provides…
1 April 2025
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is visiting Hungary this week, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court over war crimes. How should Europe react to Viktor Orbán’s decision not to…
31 March 2025
Apple TV+’s ‘Severance’ is a dystopian workplace drama that has become one of the most talked-about television series in recent years. Following the dramatic end to season two, we sit down with its creator, writer and…
31 March 2025
We have officially passed the vernal equinox. The sun has crossed the celestial equator, bringing near equality to day and night. This episode is dedicated to beautiful things crafted well, collectors, makers and inimitable…
31 March 2025
Elisabeth Braw and Ben Kelly on the guilty verdict in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen, why the White House Correspondents’ Association cancelled plans to feature a comedian and the political backlash over a campaign…
31 March 2025
Paul Logothetis takes us to the world’s longest natural skating rink.
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