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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. We also find out more about Ramallah syndrome, a concept at the heart of Palestine's debut appearance at this year's Venice Art Biennale, with Dr Yazid Anani of Birzeit University. Rob Bound shares a pop music picking from Sweden and it's coffees all round as the team find out from owner-operator Shaun Bond how South Africa's latest export, the refreshing Portuguese-inspired café concept Vida e Caffé, plans to shake up London's latte market. Also in the studio is editor Andrew Tuck.

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The Monocle Weekly is 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 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 also offers fresh angles on stories in the current issue and delivers in-depth follow-ups from past assignments. Culture editor Robert Bound is a regular with his weekly playlist of artists established and obscure.

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