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28 March 2018
As a seemingly small on-field kerfuffle grips his home nation, Andrew Mueller asks why Australia is dropping its bundle over a scratched cricket ball.
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28 March 2018
As a seemingly small on-field kerfuffle grips his home nation, Andrew Mueller asks why Australia is dropping its bundle over a scratched cricket ball.
5 July 2023
An incident during an England-Australia cricket match this week has spilled into the geopolitical sphere as prime ministers, Rishi Sunak and Anthony Albanese, both issued pointed statements toward each other. Andrew Mueller…
5 June 2012
A chat with Thomas Heatherwick at the V&A, we visit a mid-century furniture show at Lord’s Cricket Ground and stop by Clerkenwell Design Week.
27 March 2013
We dissect the dispute over a shooting between Italy and India with Rachel Sanderson of the Financial Times, discuss whether the US should be taking North Korea’s missile threats more seriously, and learn whether Australian…
9 May 2015
We hear from new culture magazine ‘Amuseum’ and Irish journal ‘Guts’ and Rob Bound speaks in praise of cricketing journal ‘Nightwatchman’.
16 September 2014
How are US troops set to help combat Ebola and what confidence does France have in its prime minister? Tom Edwards and Markus Hippi discuss with guests in this edition. Plus, a review of the Asian newspapers and a cricket…
4 March 2024
We discuss the latest on the Israel-Hamas war and Giorgia Meloni’s North America trip. Plus: Lynne O’Donnell on the Taliban’s plan to build a cricket stadium, France’s historic abortion vote and architecture news.
29 May 2013
We meet the business minds behind the games you love, from the men behind Frogmind in Helsinki and a legendary cricket ball maker in Australia to chess-boxing in London and the largest western-run independent games studio…
17 June 2019
Will hostilities between Iran and Saudi Arabia lead to a conflict in the Middle East? Plus: pressure grows in Hong Kong, Boris Johnson skips TV debate and why cricket is more than just a sport to India and Pakistan.
3 December 2021
The West Indies cricket legend looks back on his time as a fast bowler in the 1970s and 1980s and shares why he decided to write a deeply personal book about prejudice he faced both on and off the pitch.
9 August 2015
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound meet style guru Peter York to learn why he’s trying to become a nicer person. Plus, we here about the Travel Photographer of the Year event with Chris Coe and learn why cricket is in need of…
29 March 2018
We ask if France has a problem with anti-semitism and whether Australia has lost its collective mind over a cricket scandal. Plus: we look at Germany’s baby boom and Monocle’s David Phelan reviews a bad week for the tech…
27 March 2022
John L Williams is a biographer and novelist, as well as the co-founder and director of a literary and arts festival in Wales. Earlier in his career he was a music writer, working for publications such as ‘The Face’, ‘GQ’…
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