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14 February 2025

Episode 3543

58 minutes


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Monocle is in Munich with the latest on the “terror attack” as the Bavarian capital kicks off its high-stakes security conference. Plus: China-UK talks revive, Nordic news and why romance bookshops are booming. Then: a special interview with the prime minister of the Solomon Islands, the honourable Jeremiah Manele. 

14 February 2025

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Monocle speaks to the Solomon Islands’ prime minister

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Monocle’s team on the ground at the World Governments Summit in Dubai is joined in the pop-up studio by the prime minister of the Solomon Islands, the honourable Jeremiah Manele.

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Why romance bookstores are booming

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Booktok and bookstagram are driving a renaissance in romance, with younger readers not at all embarrassed by a genre previously derided and dismissed. Romance novels have an average growth rate of 49 per cent for three years, according to Nielsen Bookscan figures.

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