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The Urbanist - The urbanist dictionary
4 March 2021
We take a look at the language of urbanism in the hopes of unravelling the jargon frequently thrown around in city discourse.
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4 March 2021
We take a look at the language of urbanism in the hopes of unravelling the jargon frequently thrown around in city discourse.
11 April 2013
Word games: what’s in an urbanist’s dictionary and how does language affect how we see our cities? From branding slogans to the word on the street, we look into the identity of the places we live.
28 August 2017
We explore the ways that technology has influenced and changed the English language with publicist Hamish Thompson and assistant senior editor of the Oxford English Dictionary Clifford Sofield.
2 January 2012
A review of Scandinavian news, Tyler Brûlé checks in from Kangaroo Valley in Australia and we reflect on new additions to the Oxford English Dictionary.
29 September 2023
A look ahead to the Slovakian elections with Rikard Jozwiak. Meanwhile, tensions are high in Washington as lawmakers try to avoid a shutdown and Taiwan unveils its first domestically made submarine. Plus: we examine the…
4 December 2023
Israel strikes Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip and warns residents in central areas to evacuate. Plus: Europe’s hard-right launches its EU election campaign, a new exhibition of repatriated Indonesian artefacts and…
1 December 2016
In the run up to Christmas we discuss a few potential non-fiction stocking fillers from the latter half of this year, including Patrick Kidd’s ‘The Times Diary at 50’, John Simpson’s dictionary memoir ‘The Word Detective’…
1 November 2022
Aliona Hlivco and Ivor Gaber bring us the latest from Ukraine as water and power outages continue; assess why Israelis are returning to the polls for a fifth election in less than four years; and unpick President Biden’s…
27 August 2016
Tom Edwards and Daniel Giacopelli bring you a selection of carefully curated highlights from the past week on Monocle 24. On this week’s show we take a deeper look at London’s new night tube, stop off at this year’s Green…
24 August 2016
We discuss Joe Biden’s visit to Turkey, analyse China’s Hollywood ambitions and ask why London wants a “Night Czar”. Plus: we quiz Midori House’s Australians on their vocabulary as the Australian National Dictionary gets…
13 April 2016
In the age of the truly on-demand, one London start-up promises to pick up whatever you want and deliver it within an hour. The CEO of Quiqup explains the challenges and business model of the ‘last mile’. Meanwhile in…
15 March 2023
Moscow says US-Russian relations are in a “lamentable state” after an American drone and Russian jet collided over the Black Sea; Isabel Hilton and Stephen Dalziel discuss. Also on the show, Honduras turns away from Taiwan…
23 January 2019
Sofia Fenichell is founder and CEO of Mrs Wordsmith, an illustrated children’s book series focusing on words that, according to data scientists, will help children succeed academically. ‘The Storyteller’s Illustrated Dic…
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