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You heard it here first

16 May 2015

Tape cassettes have gone the way of gramophones, vinyl is a revered relic and CDs are being made into coasters. That leaves streaming – and the audiophiles at Tidal intent on achieving sonic perfection.

Radio

The Briefing - Wednesday 7 December

7 December 2016

We ask what life is really like in an under-siege Aleppo and discuss the appointment of France’s new prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Plus: are compilation CDs more popular than ever?

Radio

The Briefing, episode 746

18 September 2014

We discuss the largest anti-terror operation in Australian history, find out how Brazil made it off the world hunger map, review the week’s media news with Stephen Armstrong, and Rob Schwartz of Billboard explains Japan’s…

Radio

The Entrepreneurs - Listen here!

19 April 2017

Have you ever listened to an audiobook – that grandfather of the modern podcast, once defined by cassettes and CDs at your local bookshop? Now slick, digital and massively popular, audiobooks are the fastest growing segment…

Radio

The Entrepreneurs - Pentatonic

3 February 2021

Johann Bödecker and Jamie Hall are the co-founders of Pentatonic, a design firm that creates products that promote a more sustainable way of living. Run between London and Berlin, they’ve worked with a host of top brands…

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Show starters

17 May 2009

Worth billions but well below the radar; big in China but overlooked in London; consummately professional but often part-time – the lounge act is a fascinating and uncharted universe. Monocle explores an undervalued talent…

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House doctor

17 January 2009

Set among the embassies and doctors’ surgeries in Marylebone, London, this petite penthouse pulled in Swiss carpenters along with British and Danish storage solutions to deal with a mass of media and an upside-down layout…

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New romantics

17 June 2007

Jazz Messengers, Barcelona.

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Sound factory

17 August 2007

Rough Trade, London.

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Better than fiction

16 April 2020

Tokyo’s newly revamped Roppongi Tsutaya Books enters its next chapter.

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Culture

15 April 2010

Monocle has a chat with the chairman of auction house Bonham's Asia division, and we review the new Bill Hicks biopic and the third album from Paris-based tango tearaways Gotan Project.

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For the Record

17 May 2007

The perfect listening post in Milan.

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Hit the bricks

19 September 2013

The ideal of the high street is a civic space where concepts and community can flourish. This issue is all about those shops and the people making it a reality.

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We’re all ears

17 September 2009

Sennheiser is a company of obsessives that have spent decades perfecting headphone and microphone technology to produce the most authentic sound. This nerdish persistence has paid off, as the loyalty of its customer base…

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Log on and tune in

17 March 2011

The internet is transforming the way we consume music and news as more stations switch to a web-only format and internet radios roll off the production lines. Forget traditional stations – this is the future of the sung and…

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Observation

8 January 2010

February is the perfect time to start new projects – how about that novel you’ve always meant to write? Actually, why think so small? How about a manifesto for shaking up a small nation, from overhauling the transport…