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The Curator, 83

Saturday 18 May

Monocle's news editor Tom Edwards hosts a collection of highlights from this week's programming – including a visit to the Frieze Art Fair in New York, and in celebration of the weird and the wonderful, we visit the Euro…

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Desert Operation

Issue 63

It’s twice as big in area as Tel Aviv but it has only 200,000 residents – and a reputation for being dusty and dreary. Be’er-Sheva’s mayor, however, plans to change that. But the makeover leaves little space for the local…

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The Monocle Daily, 405

Friday 17 May

Regular check-ins and live interviews from the US and all across the Americas add to the mix of guests and analysis from our studios in London.

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The Globalist: Asia, 35

Friday 17 May

This one-hour show airs at 20.00 London time and focuses on the news agenda in Asia and Oceania, including a review of the region’s front pages.

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The Briefing, 402

Friday 17 May

We consider whether it's the best chance in a generation to deliver a reunified Cyprus, find out how Cannes is transformed from sleepy seaside town into global media hub, and have our fortune told – Azerbaijan style.

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Midori House, 403

Friday 17 May

A talk with one of the few journalists to has covered the state of Western Sahara’s “forgotten war”, we also ask how rare colour footage of 1920s London has shifted perceptions of the British capital, and go live to Malmo…

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The Globalist, 405

Friday 17 May

We ask the EU’s chief foreign policy spokesman whether Iran is finally ready to engage in nuclear talks, find out why Germany's military is about to undergo change, and look through today’s Latin American front pages.

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The Monocle Daily, 404

Thursday 16 May

We ask the foreign editor of Haberturk newspaper about the PKK’s involvement in Iraq, talk TV advertising with Brian Steinberg of Variety, and have live reactions to the day’s semi-finals with our Eurovision correspondent…

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The Globalist: Asia, 34

Thursday 16 May

A look at the effects of China agreeing to a free trade agreement with Switzerland, we head to Boston a month after the marathon bombings, and assess the state of Vietnam’s airports.

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The Urbanist, 83

Thursday 16 May

Nine to Five: we discuss work cultures in different cities, from why the siesta may be over in Madrid to why Copenhagen’s unemployed are turning to selling their CVs in storefronts rather than the internet. Plus, what CEOs…

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The Briefing, 401

Thursday 16 May

The latest on the disintegrating rebel movement in Syria, we unpick the ethnic tensions in Burma, look at the legacy of the Vichy regime in contemporary France, and hear from the FiFi fragrance awards.

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Midori House, 402

Thursday 16 May

The ramifications of Pakistan’s elections, the latest from the Arctic Council in Sweden with Monocle’s foreign editor Steve Bloomfield, and part four of Monocle’s series on this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

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The Globalist, 404

Thursday 16 May

We discuss Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Washington, profile Israeli politician Yair Lapid’s fall from grace, and discuss why Barack Obama also had a bad week.

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  • Robert Bound brings us his highlights from the second Frieze New York art fair, we get a musical tour of Toronto courtesy of producer Gil Masuda, and enjoy a session from keyboard virtuoso, Gentry. Plus, where does philosophy sit in modern culture?
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