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Culture
A news kiosk on Pushkin Square in Moscow, and this month's new music, film, art and music.
Paper back
Colombian newspaper ‘El Espectador’ has survived financial woes, falling sales and a cartel vendetta. Monocle meets its director as part of our series on firms keeping high-quality print publishing alive.
Bangkok Community Radio
Bangkok's 'quality of life' radio station provides a lifeline in a city where public services are haphazard at best. The all-talk format of RDCK is a call to action and an attempt to solve…
Bangkok call-in
From putting expectant mothers in touch with midwives to finding you a snake-catcher, Bangkok’s ‘quality of life’ radio station RDCK provides a lifeline in a city where public services are haphazard at best.
Spiegel eye
Monocle speaks with Klaus Brinkbäumer, a US correspondent for German weekly Der Spiegel, about covering the US presidential elections and his interviews with McCain, Clinton, and the Obamas.
Wanted man
Former radio journalist Ahmed Abdisalam Adan has faced death threats and seen colleagues killed. Now, as Somalia’s deputy prime minister, he tells Monocle about life in a humanitarian disaster zone.
India adds up
With 600 million people under 25, India has a booming consumer society. Monocle visits Mumbai’s ad agencies to see how brands are courting this new, heady atmosphere of creativity and commerce.
Press for change
Publishing dynasty MDS is growing faster than at any time in its 205-year history. The man leading its digital charge is determined the firm stays close to its founding principles.
Bridging the gulf
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera Arabic news network has a rocky relationship with the US. Abderrahim Foukara, the station’s Washington bureau chief and managing editor, is the face of Al-Jazeera Arabic in the US.
Woman of the world
In our series on foreign coverage of the US presidential elections, we meet Corine Lesnes of ‘Le Monde’. France’s relations with the US have improved with the arrival of President Sarkozy.
