Friday 24 May
Kashmir is back in the headlines after an attack that left three Indian soldiers dead - Nitasha Kaul discusses the situation in the region. Sagra Maceira de Rosen brings us the latest from the luxury industry and we find…
May 2013
Our foreign editor, Steve Bloomfield, and photographer Sebastian Meyer visit Sulaymaniyah, the cultural capital of Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the artists, journalists and musicians putting the city on the map.
Friday 24 May
As the African Union celebrates its 50th birthday we ask how much it has to get excited about. We also get the latest on a dramatic week in Paris, and a physicist explains how much of what we think is true about the univ…
Friday 24 May
This one-hour show airs at 06.00 London time and looks ahead to events that will shape the day in Europe, and beyond, with a special focus on Turkey and the Gulf.
Thursday 23 May
As Barack Obama offers the most detailed defence yet of his administration’s enthusiasm for drone strikes, we ask if the defining weapon of 21st-century warfare is legal, effective and ethical. We also analyse Brazil’s…
Thursday 23 May
We find out why Ford is to end its manufacturing operation in Australia after almost half a century, a former MI6 officer discusses the implications of the killing of a British soldier on a London street, we assess India’s…
Thursday 23 May
Rise up: we look at activism and urbanism. From years-long protests that are more monument than movement to how one architect’s interventions in Tijuana are helping turn the city around.
Thursday 23 May
How should the press and broadcasters cover an incident like the bloody attack in London yesterday? In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has signed the country’s new constitution into law; Georgina Godwin tells us whether it matters…
Thursday 23 May
Climbing the career ladder isn't necessarily the path to job satisfaction – there are lessons to be learned from a man who has waited the same tables for 40 years.Finding north London’s Oslo Court restaurant for the first time feels almost invasive. It’s only a very discrete sign the leads you to enter a 1930s block of flats, to be met not by a maitre d’ but a concierge. “The rest…
Thursday 23 May
A round-up of the big issues affecting Latin America, plus the premiere of Art Basel Hong Kong, a new exhibition at London's Museum of Childhood and the latest on prospects for peace in the Middle East.
Thursday 23 May
We head to Israel to discuss an ongoing controversy involving prayer and women at the Western Wall, assess the future of Iraqi Kurdistan and visit Hong Kong for the finale of Monocle's tour of Southeast Asia.
Wednesday 22 May
We look at US immigration reform and ask if anything can still prevent it from being passed. We also visit Nairobi to see how the East African art market is booming, and hear about Turkey’s plans for introducing new strict…
Wednesday 22 May
The latest on the brutal murder in the London borough of Woolwich, why the Syrian opposition coalition has launched a series of TV adverts, and we scale the antenna of Tokyo’s Skytree, which is celebrating its first birt…
Issue 63
Nestled in a corner of India is a town of pétanque and pâtisseries: Pondicherry is home to 7,000 French expats. It’s a microcosm of the flourishing business ties between France and India, but is it ready for major economic…
Wednesday 22 May
With Iranian political heavyweight Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani barred from standing in the upcoming presidential election, we ask if there’s a reformist voice left in the country? We’re also on the scene of riots in Stockholm…
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