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Monocle’s editor in chief, Tyler Brûlé, meets the International Olympic Committee’s director of corporate and sustainable development, Marie Sallois Dembreville. They discuss the IOC’s new Lausanne HQ, its quest to meet sustainable goals in host cities and the legacy that the Olympics leaves behind.
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The Bulletin with UBS 15 min listen
Rose Tremain
Meet the Writers 30 min listen
Live from Zürich
Monocle on Sunday
Culture
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Architecture
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Music
Food and drink
The Entrepreneurs 11 min listen
Monocle on Design 8 min listen
Meet the Writers 16 min listen
The Foreign Desk 8 min listen
The Menu 9 min listen
The Urbanist 4 min listen
The Entrepreneurs 12 min listen
Curra Rotondo is co-founder of Lefrik, a Madrid-based company that makes backpacks and travel accessories from recycled plastic bottles. Designed with commuters in mind, Lefrik backpacks are functional, light and waterproof – and stylish. Before founding Lefrik, Curra worked in the fashion industry for 14 years. She teamed up with David Ruiz Andrés, the founder of Grenergy, one of the largest renewable-energy companies in Spain, to found Lefrik in 2012.
Looking for a crystal-clear take on Venice Glass Week? Monocle’s Ed Stocker checks in with WonderGlass, the brand that bonds traditional Italian craftsmanship with contemporary design.
Georgina Godwin speaks to the newly crowned winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Maggie O’Farrell. Her winning novel, ‘Hamnet’, was inspired by the life and death of Shakespeare’s only son.
The Ethiopian state of Tigray is holding elections despite instructions from the federal government not to do so. Andrew Mueller explains the history behind this and the future ramifications.
Bernhard Gademann, headmaster and director of Institut auf dem Rosenberg – an international boarding school in St Gallen, Switzerland – discusses entrepreneurial spirit in the education space. Plus: we meet Johannes Ariens, CEO of Loge Camps, which has breathed new life into outdoor-focused hospitality.
The Entrepreneurs 465 30 min listen
Design is a serious business and so is the business of design. We visit the Copenhagen furniture firm with a completely flat-pack inventory and find out about the DNA of bootmaking with heritage brand John Lobb. Plus: the Montréal duo whose newest venture focuses on good design and the stories behind it.
Monocle on Design 465 30 min listen
The top UK chef and restaurateur shares his favourite pasta recipe.
We climb the stairs to a small Croatian town where canny street design harnesses the best – and quells the worst – that the coastal winds have to offer.
Indigenous Experiences
Only in Australia 31 min listen
The Fight
Monocle on Culture 30 min listen
Back to business
Eureka 214: Lefrik
Eureka 213: Meander
Neighborhood Goods
The Entrepreneurs 30 min listen
Outside the box
Monocle on Design 30 min listen
Tall Stories 172: Victoria Park, Hong Kong
The Urbanist 6 min listen
Tall Stories 171: The Gänsehäufel
The Urbanist 5 min listen
Eureka 194: Canlis
The Entrepreneurs 10 min listen
The pandemic and the developing world
The pandemic and the economy
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