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The former head of the UK’s Counter Terrorism Security Office tells us about the hunt for the Manchester attack “network”. Plus has China had enough of North Korean aggression? We discuss the “exchange of views” between the Pope and Donald Trump at the Vatican. And what impact has Josef Stalin’s legacy had on his family?
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Award-winning journalist Jon Silverman on whether the media’s reporting of Monday's terror attack helped or hindered the police investigation.
The Globalist 8 min listen
Two proud Mancunians, writer and DJ Dave Haslam and Simon Kelner, former editor of ‘The Independent’ newspaper, explain why terrorists will never destroy the city’s spirit.
The Monocle Daily 9 min listen
Historian Christopher Lee explains why the Stuart king’s vast collection of early modern masterpieces is being reunited for the first time in 350 years.
The Monocle Daily 7 min listen
Monocle’s Andrew Mueller discusses the threat of North Korean missile tests with guests Jeffrey Howard and Robert Fox.
Midori House 7 min listen
The Menu 14 min listen
The Urbanist 5 min listen
The Entrepreneurs 7 min listen
The Monocle Weekly 12 min listen
Section D 5 min listen
The Foreign Desk 7 min listen
The Menu 11 min listen
The Urbanist 3 min listen
A visit to the dentist might be something we try to put off but one man would beg to differ. Richard Barnett is a writer and broadcaster looking at the cultural history of medicine and his latest history book is ‘The Smile Stealers: The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry’.
The Monocle Weekly 411 15 min listen
We welcome Jozefien Van Beek, editor of ‘Oogst’, a Belgian literature and art publication.
The Stack 247 13 min listen
To conclude our Monocle 100 series we give the final word to Monocle’s editor Andrew Tuck.
The Monocle 100 24 5 min listen
UK R&B singer Purple Ferdinand plays from her new EP ‘Rain or Shine’ and talks about making the leap from a big record label to an independent one.
The Sessions at Midori House 115 15 min listen
How do you launch a thriving print magazine in the digital age? Serena Guen is the founder and CEO of Suitcase Group, a multimedia brand best known for travel and fashion-inspired quarterly ‘Suitcase’ magazine. Guen launched Suitcase as a globetrotting student in 2012 and has never turned back. This week she shares the secrets to her success.
The Entrepreneurs 291 30 min listen
In the late 1950s and stretching into the 1960s, more than 30 African countries became independent. Hungry for buildings to reflect their new identities as confident, free nations, they turned to modernism. An exhibition currently showing at New York’s Center for Architecture, ‘Architecture of Independence’, traces this movement through images and artefacts.
Section D 290 8 min listen
Rebecca Roke’s new book for Phaidon catalogues more than 250 works of mobile architecture, from wearable tents to a cabin in the Dolomites mounted on skis.
Section D 289 9 min listen
Hailing from the Faroe Islands, Eivør performs in the studio and tells us how her tiny home country proved to be big inspiration for new album ‘Slør’.
The Sessions at Midori House 112 15 min listen
The Charlatans
The Sessions at Midori House 15 min listen
Purple Ferdinand
From the archives: Yael Naïm
The Sessions at Midori House 18 min listen
Interesting titles
The Stack 30 min listen
American newsprint
The Stack 29 min listen
Electioneering
The Monocle Daily 26 min listen
En marche?
The Bulletin with UBS 15 min listen
Labour’s manifesto leak
Midori House 9 min listen
The deal-maker in Israel
The Briefing 8 min listen
Trump on tour
The Globalist 16 min listen
Who is Robert Mueller?
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