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Latest Episodes
Urban ideas
Urban ideas and inventions to improve the places we call home. We hear about Sitopia Farm in London, learn about wellbeing with ‘Know Your Health’ and look at accessibility innovation with Kone and Leo-Pekka Tähti.
Tall Stories 261: The statue of Egerton Ryerson, Toronto
Monocle’s Toronto bureau chief Tomos Lewis visits one of the protest sites following the recent discovery of indigenous children’s remains at a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia.
London’s Low Line
We’re out and about as we explore an urban trail woven along the Victorian rail arches in London’s Bankside area.
Tall Stories 260: Montevideo’s plazas
Monocle’s Lucinda Elliott observes how plazas in the Uruguayan capital weave together the city’s communities.
Transport special
We celebrate the June transport special of Monocle magazine with a look at a few innovations and oddities from the world of mobility.
Tall Stories 259: London’s rats
Monocle’s Alexis Self joins the battle between resident and rat, to investigate why these pests are currently prospering.
Biennale Architettura 2021
‘The Urbanist’ is on the road again, as we report from the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Tall Stories 258: Pirelli 39, Milan
Monocle’s Ed Stocker assesses the high hopes for a regenerated skyscraper currently in progress in Milan.
Repopulating the city centre
We take stock of more than a year’s worth of temporary urbanism, behavioural data and “new-normal” thinking in our cities to find out the best ways to bring life back to the centre.
Tall Stories 257: Vienna’s amusement parks
Monocle’s Alexei Korolyov investigates the enduring appeal of Vienna’s amusement parks – and the likelihood that they’ll last through the pandemic.
