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The Monocle Daily, episode 524

31 October 2013

Following revelations that the police have found a video of Rob Ford smoking crack, we discuss what kind of defence he can rally. We also examine the demise of Eike Batista and find out why the US is criticising Germany's…

Monocle Minute

Growing pains

15 February 2017

Toronto has long been accused of having something of an inferiority complex and there is no doubt that Canada’s largest urban centre – and North America’s fourth biggest – is in search of itself. But what it might…

Radio

The Monocle Daily, episode 537

19 November 2013

As Rob Ford, the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto, is stripped of his powers we ask: what can he do apart from resign? We also leaf through the Latin American front pages with our New York bureau chief Santiago Rodríguez…

Radio

The Monocle Daily, episode 615

14 March 2014

Igor Sutyagin of Rusi and Reuters' investigative reporter David Rohde discuss the outcome of John Kerry and Sergey Lavrov's meeting. Robyn Doolittle, author of ‘Crazy Town’, tells Jason Li how she broke the story of Rob…

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Cities

20 September 2018

Toronto’s mayoral race is heating up, Zürich’s mayor tells us what her city is doing right and one of Venice’s bridges gets a revamp.

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Americas

15 September 2011

The challenges facing Bogota's new mayor, a Canadian waterfront drama, and a Q&A with the head of the group spearheading Manhattan's transformation.

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Americas

19 May 2015

What makes Haiti president Michel Martelly's style so sharp? Plus Mexican peacekeeping and Toronto's John Tory.

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Americas

17 April 2014

The view from the Colombian campaign trial and a dispatch from Canada.

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Lined up

19 May 2022

The long-awaited Elizabeth line is the crowning glory of transport chief Andy Byford’s track record.

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Essays

20 April 2017

Is H&M’s new flagship the future of fast retail? Plus: have suits become a thing of the past?

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✕5 ESSAYS

20 October 2016

What does it really mean to be Canadian? Is it an open-minded acceptance of refugees, being a leader on the world stage or perhaps even an affinity with an imagined idyll? We ask five natives to shed some light on this ever…