The best of Monocle Radio this week, including an interview with culinary legend and actress Madhur Jaffrey, the top songs in France and the launch of Monocle’s Small Cities Index 2024.

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Our round up of this week’s news stories includes a US congressman forgetting key facts about his country, a spat between Greece and the UK over the Parthenon marbles and Kyrgyzstan making tweaks to its national flag.

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The best of Monocle Radio this week. We interview artist Antony Gormley, discuss the result of the Dutch elections and pay a visit to the newly reopened HMV in London’s Oxford Street.

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An alternative look at this week’s news stories includes a previous Eurovision winner wanted by police, a new tactic for defending against whale attacks and a Ghana MP’s apology to a prominent football player.

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The best of Monocle Radio this week. We speak with the author of a book about the history of the notebook, look at David Cameron’s return to politics and pay a visit to Expo City Dubai.

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An alternative look at this week’s political stories, including the return of a former UK prime minister, the ‘QAnon Shaman’ entering the race for Congress and Bernie Sanders breaking up a potential bust-up.

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One month of Israel’s war with Hamas, the AfD party in Saxony-Anhalt is declared an extremist group and poetry is weaponised in Ukraine. Plus: we meet composer Marina Herlop and visit a micro-gym in Singapore.

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An alternative look at the past seven days of news, including the discovery of a figure in a famous album cover and the rescue of Britain’s loneliest sheep.

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The latest on the Israel-Hamas war, the UK hosts the first global summit on AI and we speak with US Senator Lisa Murkowski. Plus: interviews with photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto and president of Emirates, Tim Clark.

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An alternative look at the past seven days of news, including revelations from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and Massachusetts clearing the names of those accused of witchcraft.

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