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Monocle on Saturday — 119 episodes

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Institutional accountability, climate alerts and London vs Helsinki festival culture

2

Zelensky in Serbia, astrotourists in Spain and a guide to the Paris flea markets

3

Shifting summer into high gear: France hits the road and magazines for the beach

4

The new era of global wildfires

5

Fashion in politics and activism

6

Nato Summit recap, Eurostar’s response to ‘Saudi summers’ and Ukraine’s best bartender

7

‘Exit: The Image of the Present’ – Episode 2

8

America’s 250th birthday

9

‘Exit: The Image of the Present’ – Episode 1

10

Iran, Europe’s borders and the evolving role of museums

11

BBC job cuts, China’s economy and the World Cup. Plus: Virginia Woolf on screen

12

Independent Bookshop Week, the new Booker Prize Quick Read and other stories

13

Wiener Festwochen controversy and forgotten textiles

14

Live from the Hay Festival 2026

15

Stephen Colbert’s final show and Moomins on the road

16

Trump-Xi summit, UK political turmoil and Eurovision Asia

17

State of a nation: Reform UK’s success and disaster prepping

18

King Charles III’s speech, the Affordable Art Fair and the International Sea Urchin Festival

19

Trump’s Falklands threat, World Cup updates and Stockholm Music Week debuts

20

The party spat dominating British politics, French writers revolt and the importance of small museums

21

Iran talks and Hungary’s election. Plus: the ultimate guide to hosting

22

How Trump uses verbs to evade responsibility. Plus: Pope Leo XIV’s first Easter

23

Kash Patel’s leaked photos, London Craft Week and Monocle’s Hanami Market

24

Iran latest and Alexander Stubb’s gloomy outlook on Ukraine

25

The latest on Iran and Uganda’s housing crisis at Mipim

26

Iran latest: intelligence sharing, travel disruption and the influencer economy

27

Literary revelations in Ukraine and why culture still matters under fire

28

Trump’s tariffs, royal scandal and technology vs human nature

29

The day of love and the end of the world?

30

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 kicks off with a rousing opening ceremony

31

Space security, Italian disco and the Bayeux Tapestry

32

Trump’s Board of Peace, football diplomacy and a must-see exhibition

33

How is 2026 only 17 days old? Plus: London Art Fair and Jaipur Literature Festival

34

Protests in Iran, Adelaide Writers’ Week and the luxury market in 2026

35

Saturday 3 January

36

Saturday 27 December

37

The UK Christmas charts and pirate radio returns to the sea

38

French spies, British olive oil and Monocle’s London Christmas Market

39

Live in Paris: Frank Gehry, Nicolas Sarkozy’s book and our Christmas Market

40

Monocle’s Zürich Christmas Market and Charleston Literary Festival

41

Ukraine peace plan latest and China’s mega embassy. Plus: Scotland comes to London

42

Stories from the worlds of geopolitics and acting

43

How much work is love? Plus: The Goldsmiths Prize 2025

44

Can the rise of populism be stopped? Plus: Autumn art market trends

45

Trump’s White House demolition, the Louvre heist and Helsinki Book Fair

46

Zelensky’s meeting in Washington, the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair and Cheltenham Literature Festival

47

Gaza latest, Macron’s PM reshuffle, Bollywood in Britain and autumn with Olivia Potts

48

Politics in the US, UK, Japan and the animals behind the scenes

49

Art as resistance

50

Jimmy Kimmel and the US crackdown on free speech

51

How Mandelson’s exit affects Trump’s state visit to the UK

52

The London Literature Festival and the importance of print

53

The week in news and culture. Plus: the heritage of craft in Hastings

54

The week in news and culture. Plus: Washington’s bipartisan bistro Butterworth’s

55

Trump meets Putin and UK festival season

56

How to curate the perfect library

57

Trump’s tariffs, the dishes that define Paris and a controversial new Taiwanese TV show

58

Trump’s media woes and Expo 2025 Osaka

59

The state of media and a new independent publisher

60

How radio changed the home

61

Persephone Books, Edinburgh Book Festival highlights and this week’s global headlines

62

Why Paris leads the rankings and what airports say about us

63

Global news, poetry bench and Swedish midsummer

64

AI in media and Independent Bookshop Week

65

Trump vs Musk, UK defence and the power of the essay

66

Live at Hay Festival 2025

67

Monocle’s Badi Market with Visit Portugal

68

Eurovision countdown begins

69

Monocle’s spring market with Visit Portugal and the Good Company bookshop

70

Global election roundup and The Folio Society

71

The Pope’s funeral begins

72

Life on the UK’s nuclear submarines and the strategic genius of Taylor Swift

73

China’s tariffs and design in Milan

74

Trump’s tariffs, Watches and Wonders and ‘Donna Summer Reimagined’

75

#TeslaTakedown, Flying Books at Neverland and Voices of Faith

76

Hay Festival 2025 and Monocle’s Hanami Market

77

US government averts shutdown, Belgrade protests and One World Flag

78

Trump and the EU, Arco Madrid and Adelaide Writers’ Week

79

Trump-Zelensky talks collapse, Ubud Writers Festival and Oscar buzz

80

German election and a literary tour of Asia

81

Weekly news-and-culture update

82

News-and-culture brief

83

Weekly news-and-culture brief

84

News-and-culture round-up

85

News and culture round-up

86

News and culture roundup

87

Monocle on Saturday

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Monocle on Saturday

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News and culture round-up

90

Monocle on Saturday: Christmas market special

91

The week in news and culture

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News and culture roundup

93

Trump’s diet overhaul, the power of craftsmanship and the $6.2m banana

94

Trump’s cabinet picks, the most beautiful book and Japanese reads

95

Donald Trump wins the US presidential election

96

US election countdown

97

Alexei Navalny’s memoir, Minoa bookshop and Sicilian food

98

Frankfurt Book Fair, Cheerio Publishing and British food

99

Quality of life at sea and Kate Mosse’s new book ‘The Map of Bones’

100

The week in news and the future of digital art

101

The United Nations General Assembly, climate innovation in Norway and The Book Hive

102

Global news, Amsterdam design and business books

103

The Weatherglass Novella Prize, the Ig Nobel Prize and the London Jazz Festival

104

Georgia coverage, British history vs culture, and Radio Free Europe

105

Brazil bans X, Germany’s local elections and the Depop for books

106

The DNC, graffiti in politics and music in cinema

107

Live from St Moritz

108

What will be the legacy of the Paris Olympics?

109

What to wear at the Olympics with New Balance and Paris soft power

110

The Paris Olympics begins

111

Scorpios, ‘Encounters’ and a flick through the global papers

112

Biden’s turbulent week and the best books of the 21st century

113

‘Change begins immediately’: the UK elects a new prime minister

114

The fallout from the US debate

115

Monocle’s Swiss Summer Market and Nordic midsummer celebrations

116

Festival boycotts and translated fiction

117

Asia news, the Women’s Prize Live and Bookbanks

118

Trump’s conviction, Iceland’s election and London Gallery Weekend

119

Cozy publishing and ‘How to Make a Bomb: A Novel’