The best of the past week on Monocle 24, including: Helsinki’s outgoing mayor, Jan Vapaavuori; Frank Cooper III, senior managing director and global chief marketing officer at BlackRock; and South African-born designer Nkuli Mlangeni-Berg.

Highlights from the past seven days on Monocle 24 hosted by Carlota Rebelo. This week we look back on president Biden’s first 100 days in office, head to Venezuela for a favourite cocktail recipe and meet Peter Laurie, chief executive of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Highlights from the past seven days on Monocle 24. This week: the IOC’s Gavin McAlpine discusses the mammoth task of putting on the games; chef Alice Delcourt of Milan’s Erba Brusca restaurant shares a favourite recipe; and travel writer Julia Cooke discusses her new book ‘Come Fly The World: The Women of Pan Am at War and Peace’.

In this special episode, we mark the 60th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. Author Stephen Walker looks at the space race and the fantastic achievements of Yuri Gagarin, the very first cosmonaut.

All the best bits from the past seven days on Monocle 24, presented by Markus Hippi. Former UK prime minister Tony Blair tells us about the role that vaccine passports could play in international travel; Oscar-winning documentary directors TJ Martin and Dan Lindsay discuss their new film, ‘Tina’; and Penny Martin talks us through the latest issue of ‘The Gentlewoman’.

This week’s pick of the past seven days on Monocle 24 includes United Nations secretary-general António Guterres on his response to criticism over China and Russia’s presence on the Human Rights Council; Icelandic musician Daoi Freyr; and Foday Dumbuya, founder and creative director of Labrum London.

Highlights from the past week on Monocle 24 hosted by Markus Hippi. This week: Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky; legendary folk singer Peggy Seeger; and one of the most exciting new writers to emerge in the UK, Naomi Ishiguro.

Highlights from the past week curated into a one-hour show. This week: Philippe González, CEO of British shoe-maker John Lobb reveals how the industry is faring in 2021; we hit the dancefloor to explore why the nighttime economy is so important to a city’s branding and social satisfaction; and high-end private chef Saima Khan reveals one of her favourite recipes, which has a well-known fan.

We head to Hong Kong to meet the restaurateur and entrepreneur Lindsay Jang; stop off in Mexico City to meet a designer fashioning a material from colourful corn husks; and hear a favourite recipe from top US chef Andrew D’Ambrosi.

Michelin-starred chef George Mendes shares a favourite recipe; award-winning composer Emile Mosseri discusses the scores and sounds that inspire him; and we head to the Canadian Rocky Mountains for a Tall Story.