Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé brings us a festive programme while our Christmas market takes place at Midori House. Featuring Monocle’s Andrew Tuck, Emma Nelson, Andrew Mueller and Guy De Launey.
Category Archives: Stories
Previews: New York Times Magazine – Dec 11, 2022
NYT Mag (December 11, 2022) – The 10 Best Actors of 2022 – See a portfolio of this year’s Great Performers, including Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Kaluuya, Michelle Williams.
The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended the Drug War in Mexico
A Times Magazine-ProPublica investigation reveals how the U.S. painstakingly built a case against a Mexican general suspected of links to organized crime — and then decided to let him go.
News: Griner Released In Swap, Finland And Sweden NATO Talks, Iowa Caucus
December 9, 2022 – We ask if Russia is opening up to diplomatic negotiation. Plus, the Finnish defence minister’s visit to Turkey, a case for Iowa remaining first in the US primaries and the world reacts to Britain’s new coalmine.
News: Ukraine Drones Hit Russia, President Of Peru Jailed, Trump Fraud Case
Russia appears to retaliate for a third attack on their airfields. Plus: the Finnish defence minister visits Turkey, the latest art news and we head to Senegal where Chanel has held its first fashion show in Africa.
Books: TLS/Times Literary Supplement – Dec 9, 2022
Times Literary Supplement (December 9, 2022) @TheTLS: Features @jennieerinsmith on the Huxleys; @TristramHuntVA on Birkbeck; @lib_thinks on Lady Glenconner; @jamesbpcook on fatherhood; @MisakCheryl on John Venn; @snsyquia on this year’s Michael @MarksAwards – and more.
News: China’s Foreign Police Stations, South Africa Impeachment
We discuss reports of China operating more than 100 police stations abroad, plus: South Africa’s parliament votes on impeaching President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indonesia bans sex outside of marriage and what will Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidency mean for indigenous tribes in the Amazon?
Literary Preview: The Paris Review – Winter 2022 – 2023
Colm Tóibín on the Art of Fiction: “No matter what you do in a novel there’s a secret DNA of whatever it is that you’ve suffered.” N. Scott Momaday on the Art of Poetry: “I was writing lines that looked like lines of poetry, recollecting my early days on the reservation, but I didn’t know the difference between a spondee and a dactyl.”
FICTION
Mieko Kanai – Tap Water
Addie E. Citchens – A Good Samaritan
Sophie Madeline Dess – Zalmanovs
Tom Drury – Where Does This Live?
Isabella Hammad – Gertrude
Lucas Hnathfrom – Old Actress
Kate Riley – L. R.
Avigayl Sharp – Uncontrollable, Irrelevant
Prose by Avigayl Sharp, Lucas Hnath, and Mieko Kanai.
Poetry by William IX of Aquitaine, Cynthia Cruz, and Peter Mishler.
Art by Mary Manning and Lily van der Stokker.
Cover by Uman.
News: New Russian Strikes, Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ & Georgia Senate Run-Off
Russia launches a fresh barrage of missiles towards Ukraine. Plus: Iran disbands its “morality police”, Georgia’s Senate run-off, the latest business news and Unherd launches its first print edition.
News: China Ups Online Censorship, New $60 Cap On Russian Oil, U.N.-Taliban
December 5, 2022: China boosts online censorship and surveillance following zero-covid policy protests. G-7 sets $60 crude oil cap on Russian oil. United Nations representatives meet with the Taliban.
Sunday Morning: Stories From Zurich And Tokyo
Our weekend programme comes live from Monocle’s radio studio in Zürich, where Tyler Brûlé and a panel of special-guest thought leaders discuss key topics in front of a studio audience.
