MONOCLE February 2018, Issue 110

MONOCLE February 2018, Issue 110

Monocle preview: February issue, 2018 from Monocle Films on Vimeo.

Media special. Terrorists to TV stars, why game shows are big winners and East Berlin's Funkhaus.

Editor's letter
In a world that is moving so fast, is there really a need to make the distinction between old and new media? Surely it’s better to play by your own rules.

The opener
Award-winning noodles in Bangkok, flagging down a bookshop on wheels in Los Angeles and private moments in the workplace: our fresh news picks from around the world.

Catch the pigeon
The niche magazine that’s something of a coo for the Japanese publishing industry.

Screen saver
Lisbon cinema gets a new lease of life.

Delving deeper
Sigfrido Ranucci hosts Italy’s leading investigative news show. And with all that digging to be done, he needs a crack team.

Crime time
Screenwriter and novelist Hans Rosenfeldt has popularised Nordic noir with ‘The Bridge’. We follow him into the woods.

Faith and devotion
Despite the global trials facing print media and pressures from religious hardliners, one Indonesian paper is remaining faithful to its founding principles.

A televised revolution
With peace reached in Colombia after 53 years of conflict, demobilised guerilla insurgents are directing their attention to a less violent activity: agitating political debate in the nation.

...and many more!