The Stack

This week on ‘The Stack’ we look at two of the biggest print markets in the world – the US and Japan – with our New York and Asia bureau chiefs. Plus: the booming regional magazines market in North America.

For most of the year Cannes is like any other sleepy city on the French Riviera – until the prestigious Cannes Film Festival ramps up that is. From ‘Variety’ to ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, we take a closer look at the daily print titles that the festival wakes up to during the annual jamboree. Plus: international print reviews from Hong Kong and Toronto.

Whether it’s evening attire or tips on how to redecorate for the season, fashioning the pages of a style magazine demands fearless originality – but a splash of fun always helps. From Istanbul to London, Ben Rylan joins Sagra Maceira de Rosen and Bryan Levandowski to review our newsstand picks.

Are we tired of the truth? Rob Orchard certainly hopes not. We sit down with the editor of the renowned longform journalism publication ‘Delayed Gratification’ after one of the more bizarre weeks in world politics. Plus: setting off for Belgrade, we meet the Serbian government minister with a peculiar fascination for a classic Italian comic book.

When you’re designing and building your architecture pages, deciding on your materials is a challenge. But whether it’s the abundance of design prowess inside the pages of ‘Lobby’ or the expertly crafted minimalism of ‘Disegno’ – architecture on the page is a constructive undertaking all of its own.

From Munich to Berlin, German readers are a voracious bunch. We pay a visit to the editorial team behind much-loved pre-war classic ‘Die Dame’, out of print since the 1940s but about to roar back to life. Plus: ‘Allegramag’ and its commitment to journalism on paper and a leaf through Germany’s best print titles.

From Byron Bay to London’s Paddington, we’ve assembled a healthy line-up of some of today’s – and yesterday’s – best magazines from across the globe as we delve into the nitty gritty of eye-popping imagery and the finest font-making. The Hyman Archive’s James Hyman joins Monocle’s Tom Edwards to discuss some of his favourites, Liam Aldous visits the team behind Australia’s ‘Lunch Lady’ magazine and we ponder print on display Paddington’s Kioskafe.

On this week’s Stack we speak with Alex Wisch from Bloomberg Intelligence about the latest numbers in the industry and get updates from the European press with Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé.

Strap on your running shoes for our spring-fitness special. Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé meets the editors of some of today’s most beautiful running titles, including ‘Meter’ magazine’s Andy Waterman and the man behind ‘Like The Wind’, Simon Freeman. Plus: we get muddy with Japanese football magazine ‘Shukyu’.

As the Belgian press reflects upon the horrific events that took place in Brussels this week, we talk to photojournalist Zed Nelson and browse the various ways the local press captured the situation on their front pages. Plus: we discuss what role photojournalism plays in shaping our view of major news stories and hear about the formerly online-only newspaper that’s taking a brave new step into the world of print.