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Chapter 1
Introduction
Robert Bound and Steve Bloomfield welcome back Monocle’s Daniel Giacopelli to the current-affairs hot seat to look back at the past week and predict the big stories of the week ahead.
11 minutes
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Chapter 2
Donald McRae
Award-winning sports writer Donald McRae joins Robert and Steve to tell the story of Emile Griffith, the world-champion boxer who had to shield his sexuality from the sporting arena’s spotlight. Emile is the subject of McRae’s new book, ‘A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith’.
12 minutes
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Chapter 3
Sebastian Faulks
Literary heavyweight Sebastian Faulks, whose works include ‘Birdsong’, ‘Charlotte Gray’ and ‘Human Traces’, sits down with Monocle’s Tom Hall to explain the inspiration for his new title ‘Where My Heart Used to Beat’.
16 minutes
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Chapter 4
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Co-founder of ‘The Idler’ magazine Gavin Pretor-Pinney tells Robert and Steve about the blue-sky thinking that led to him creating The Cloud Appreciation Society, which celebrates 10 years of gazing skywards this year.
15 minutes
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