The Monocle Weekly

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 37

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Asia is the focus of this week's edition as editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé puts a call in to Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia editor of The Times of London, to discover how Japan is preparing for President Obama's official visit this week.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 36

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Safely back in London and recovering from a very busy production week, the team look to the Middle East for the latest on all things Abu Dhabi.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 35

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

The Monocle Weekly lands in Madrid for this week's edition.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 34

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT

This edition of the Monocle Weekly comes to you from London and joining us in the studio is Australian restaurateur and chef Bill Granger.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 33

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Culture editor Rob Bound plays host on this week's edition, standing in for editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, who instead joins us on the line from his mountain retreat in St Moritz.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 32

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT

On this week's edition we get an update on Israel's economy with Peter Hirschberg of Bloomberg's Jerusalem Bureau to see if the country's conservative banks have managed to weather the economic storm.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 31

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Tyler Brûlé catches up with our Washington correspondent, Sasha Issenberg, about the week's G-20 summit and why Pittsburgh was chosen as the host city.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 30

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Fresh off a flight from Narita, Tyler Brûlé anchors this edition from our cosy studio in London.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 29

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT

After a memorable trip to Milan the team regroup in London and are joined by Jon Boone, fresh off the plane from Afghanistan where he is correspondent for The Guardian, to hear what life is like in Kabul.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 28

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Tyler Brûlé anchors this week's edition from the radio studios of leading Italian financial media group, Il Sole 24 Ore, in Milan.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 27

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Back after our eight week Summer Series sojourn, we start the new series of the Monocle Weekly.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 09

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT

To conclude the Monocle Summer Series we bring you this special 'best of' edition.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 08

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The team stay in Stockholm for the final edition of the Summer Series and take a close look at the Swedish design scene.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 07

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The team travel to the Baltic and anchor this week's show from a leafy 'hood in Stockholm.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 06

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Tyler Brûlé and the team welcome very special guest Bryan Adams to the studio this week for a thrilling set of acoustic songs.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 05

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

The Monocle Summer Series settles into the London studio for the fifth edition as we take on the world of retail with two impeccably qualified purveyors of produce joining us.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 04

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Back in London this week after our jaunt to Japan, the fourth edition of the Monocle Summer Series continues to shine a light on global cities and culture.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 03

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT

Continuing their stay in Tokyo, the team talk Japanese cuisine with food writer Mark Robinson, who shares his quest to find the finest tonkatsu dish in the city.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 02

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The Monocle Summer Series touches down in Tokyo this week and welcomes Japanese pop sensation Bird to the studio.

The Monocle Summer Series - Edition 01

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

To kick of your summer weekends in the mountains, on the Med or upstate, Monocle has developed a brand new audio show featuring live music andcultural insights from our favourite cities.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 26

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:30:00 +0000

The final show in the current series of The Monocle Weekly comes to you from London (we'll be heating things up with the Summer Series from next Friday).

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 25

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:30:00 +0000

Tyler Brûlé anchors this week's show from Palma de Mallorca and talks to Jeff Rubin, economist and author, who reveals how our world is about to get a whole lot smaller and why the price of oil has everything to do with it.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 24

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Monocle's Washington correspondent Sasha Issenberg joins the team in London to discuss how Europe's finest train networks are inspiring plans for high-speed rail links in the US.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 23

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The team meet in London this week and, as Lebanon prepares to go to the polls, we test the mood in the country with CBC's Arab world correspondent Nahlah Ayed and Monocle's own Beirut correspondent, Carole Corm.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 22

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck pay a visit to Tokyo for this week's show and are joined in the studios of J-Wave by Monocle's Asia editor Fiona Wilson.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 21

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The Monocle Weekly embraces the Aloha spirit this week as editor-in-chief Tyler Brûlé anchors the show from Honolulu. He's joined in the studio by Mayor Mufi Hannemann who reveals plans to boost Honolulu's enviable quality of life even further and explains what makes President Obama's hometown unique.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 20

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000

This week Tyler Brûlé is joined in our London studio by Trefor Moss, Asia-Pacific editor of Jane's Defence Weekly, to talk about the massive defence spending spree Australia is about to embark on and what it could mean for the region.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 19

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The team are in London this week enjoying a well-deserved break after a hectic production week.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 18

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:00:00 +0000

We welcome two luminaries of the literary world to the studio for this week's edition of The Monocle Weekly to discuss the state of the publishing industry.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 17

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:00:00 +0000

With piracy at the forefront of international politics, this week we speak to Monocle's Nairobi correspondent, Steve Bloomfield, about how events are developing in the region.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 16

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The Easter edition of The Monocle Weekly comes to you from London, where the team regroups after the LA launch of The Monocle Shop.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 15

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:00:00 +0000

In Tokyo, Tyler Brûlé catches up with Monocle's Asia bureau chief, Fiona Wilson, for this week's edition.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 14

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The team are back in London for this week's edition of The Monocle Weekly to talk culture, politics and cuisine.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 13

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

This week Tyler Brûlé anchors the show from New York and takes a special look at the current state of the media industry.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 12

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Monocle's editor at large and Japan's most famous footballer, Hidetoshi Nakata, takes a break from his busy schedule to join Tyler Brûlé in Frankfurt as the city hosts ISH, the world's leading bathroom fair.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 11

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

This week Tyler Brûlé heads to Geneva to take a spin around the International Motor show.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 10

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:00:00 +0000

The team regroups in London for this week's edition of The Monocle Weekly.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 09

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Tyler Brûlé joins Monocle's Asia bureau chief Fiona Wilson in Tokyo for this week's edition of the Monocle Weekly.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 08

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

This week's edition of The Monocle Weekly is anchored out of Hong Kong.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 07

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

We take a trip to Vancouver for this week's Canadian-themed edition of The Monocle Weekly.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 06

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:00:00 +0000

This week Lord Mandelson, British secretary of state for business, enterprise & regulatory reform, is in the studio to share his views on how budding entrepreneurs should ride the waves of the recession. We're also joined by Ian James, co-founder of London's innovative grocery retailer Melrose & Morgan and Dr Sam Thompson of the New Economics Foundation to discuss how small scale start-ups can revitalise communities and boost local economies. Dialling in from New York is J. Crew's creative director Jenna Lyons, who reveals what happens when you have your brand backed by America's first family. Finally Monocle's own Rob Bound , Andrew Tuck and Saul Taylor share with us their culture and media findings of the week.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 05

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0000

In this week's edition of The Monocle Weekly, the CEO of Wolff Olins, Karl Heiselman, gives us his thoughts on Brand America now President Obama has taken the reins. We're also joined by Charmian Gooch, director of Global Witness, to discuss what should be top of the agenda at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos this week. Meanwhile, we catch up with our editors and writers who've been on their travels: Sarah Balmond dials in from the furniture fair in Köln, Rob Bound gives us his cultural pickings from LA and Tom Morris joins us in the studio to discuss how brands big and small fared at the menswear shows in Florence, Milan and Paris.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 04

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0000

In the fourth edition of The Monocle Weekly we speak to Mexican ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan, and find out what was on the agenda at president-elect Barack Obama’s first and only pre-inauguration meeting with a foreign president, Mexico’s Felipe Calderón. Next up, we are joined in the studio by security consultant Ben Soames, fresh off the boat from a mission in the Gulf of Aden protecting freight carriers from hi-tech pirates. Lastly, aviation expert Andreas Spaeth discusses what chances Alitalia has of reinventing itself under the wings of its new partnership with Air France-KLM. As always, The Monocle Weekly is rounded off with this week’s film and music picks from culture editor Robert Bound.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 03

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:00:46 +0000

Welcome to the third episode of the Monocle Weekly.

This week we go to Gaza City to hear about the situation on the ground from Khaled Abdel Shafi, head of the regional United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). We also have an appointment with newspaper doctor Mario García, who has helped more than 500 newspapers rethink their business in the face of the digital revolution. Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, joins us to talk about what lies in store for president-elect Barack Obama after his inauguration on 20 January. Finally, the third edition of Monocle Weekly is topped off by a summary of this week’s cultural highlights, cherry-picked by culture editor Robert Bound.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 02

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:00:46 +0000

Welcome to the second episode of the Monocle Weekly.

This week we look ahead to the impact Barack Obama will have on Washington the city following his inauguration. Monocle correspondent and Boston Globe writer Sasha Issenberg reveals how, having the first city dweller as president in almost 50 years, will reshape the capital (for the better). Then, in the run up to Pitti Uomo, the world¹s most important menswear shows, analyst Sagra de Rosen reveals which luxury goods groups will thrive or take a dive in 2009. And, as usual, there¹s round table conversation and Rob Bound¹s selection of cultural highs for the week ahead.

The Monocle Weekly - Edition 01

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:00:46 +0000

Welcome to The Monocle Weekly.

In our launch programme we look ahead at the global landscape for 2009 with our editors and regular contributors. From Oslo Martin Skancke, director general of Norway’s ministry of finance, tells us how his nation dodged the excesses of the global financial crisis and what advice he would give to finance ministers (especially if your job happens to be based in Reykjavik). FT markets correspondent Rachel Morarjee reveals why 'under the mattress' has become a favourite place to keep your savings, and philosopher Alain de Botton explains why happiness will be more important than watching your salary over the year ahead. Plus, our culture editor, Rob Bound, names his picks for movies and music for the week ahead.

The Monocle Weekly - Preview

as@monocle.com (Monocle Magazine) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:07:14 +0000

On 28 December The Monocle Weekly signs on with a mix of smart discussion, previews, field reports and feature interviews. From our studio in London and our bureaux in Tokyo and New York, Monocle's editors will focus on the horizon and explore the looming stories within the five areas that define our editorial agenda: global affairs, business, culture, design and consumer culture.

Hosted by editor in chief Tyler Brûlé, The Monocle Weekly will also offer fresh angles on stories in the current issue and deliver in-depth follow-ups from past assignments. Culture editor Robert Bound will be a regular with his weekly playlist of artists established and obscure.

Editor Andrew Tuck will be pulling in contributions from our correspondents in far flung corners and moderating debates. And from Tokyo and New York editors Fiona Wilson and Ann Marie Gardner will deliver features and perspectives from Asia and the Americas.