Where does culture thrive outside the city?, Monocle on Culture 237 - Radio | Monocle

Monocle on Culture

Where does culture thrive outside the city?

15

15

00:00 / 00:00

/

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

25 April 2016

Episode 237

30 minutes

We’re heading out of the city for a breath of fresh air and an assessment of village culture. We take a tour of Lebanon’s Modern and Contemporary Art Museum in the bucolic surroundings of Alita and check out the headlines of the ‘Nunatsiaq News’, the local paper for the residents of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Plus: we head to the market town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales to meet the king of books.

25 April 2016

Share episode

Download

Chapter 1

12 minutes


Photo: Ismas

15

15

/

Chapter 1

Hay-on-Wye: Town of Books

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

Hay-on-Wye is an idyllic town in the rolling Welsh hills that has become internationally renowned for its bookshops. In the 1960s Richard Booth decided to find a way to boost the market town’s economy and his answer was books: he opened a second-hand bookshop and slowly others followed suit. Forty years later and the town’s book scene is still thriving, with more than 20 independent bookshops and the annual Hay literary festival.

12 minutes

Share chapter 1

Hay-on-Wye: Town of Books

Chapter 2

5 minutes

15

15

/

Chapter 2

The Modern and Contemporary Art Museum in Alita, Lebanon

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

In Lebanon most villages are lucky if they have a cultural space. One village, however, is an anomaly. Monocle’s Beirut correspondent Venetia Rainey visits the tiny outpost of Alita, where a former factory manager turned art connoisseur has set up a world-class space for Lebanese sculptures and installations: the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum.

5 minutes

Share chapter 2

The Modern and Contemporary Art Museum in Alita, Lebanon

Chapter 3

5 minutes

15

15

/

Chapter 3

News from the North: ‘Nunatsiaq News’

Cover art for Monocle on Culture

In Canada the ‘Nunatsiaq News’ is particularly vital to its readers who are located in the rather remote area of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The weekly paper is based in the Nunavut capital, Iqaluit, and also caters for the Nunavik region of Northern Quebec. We meet managing editor Lisa Gregoire to find out more about the publication, the locals and the growing interest of international readers.

5 minutes

Share chapter 3

News from the North: ‘Nunatsiaq News’

/

sign in to monocle

new to monocle?

Subscriptions start from £120.

Subscribe now

Loading...

/

15

15

Live
Monocle Radio

00:0001:00

  • The Atlantic Shift