Monocle 24: The Stack

This week on ‘The Stack’ we speak with Maria Fernanda Delmas from Brazil’s financial daily ‘Valor Econômico’. Plus Ricardo Moreno celebrates 10 years of ‘The Summer Hunter’ and the new editor of ‘Bon Appétit’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to São Paulo to speak with Lili Carneiro from Editora Carbono, who publishes titles such as ‘Carbono Uomo’. Plus: the return of legendary climbing magazine ‘Summit Journal’ and the winners of Japan’s stationery awards.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We explore desire in print with the celebrated magazine ‘Erotic Review’, which is back as an art and literary platform. Plus: Frank Strachan from ‘Crotch Magazine’, a hedonistic title with plenty of sex appeal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we speak with Sarah Andelman, founder of Colette and Just an Idea Books, about her new concept shop, Mise en Page, at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche. We also discuss the future of ‘Paris Match’ and a new book that examines the Pet Shop Boys’ effect on culture and politics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We visit a new café-cum-currency-exchange in London’s Bayswater that also sells magazines. Plus: we speak with the team behind Turkish design studio Sanayi 313’s magazine, ‘Paper’, and explore Palm Beach with the founder of online fashion platform Class of Palm Beach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fashion giant Saint Laurent has opened a bookshop in Paris. We find out more. We also speak with the co-founder of ‘This is Badland’, a title about art and design from the Balkans, and head to Manchester to speak with the co-founder of ‘Proper’ magazine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Christian Nolle from ‘Direction of Travel’, a newspaper about the culture of flying. Plus: Monocle Radio’s Laura Kramer meets the editor of one of Switzerland’s oldest magazines, ‘L’Illustré’, and photographer William Rice heads to Rio de Janeiro for his latest photo project, ‘O Novo Rio’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on ‘The Stack’ we talk to the founder of a new travel publication, Simon Rasmussen from ‘Office’ and ‘Fotografiska Berlin MagazineSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Gautier Robial and James Laffar from News & Coffee, the newsstand kiosks started in Barcelona that are now expanding to the UK. Plus: Monocle’s fashion editor, Natalie Theodosi, looks at the future of fashion criticism.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We head to Copenhagen to look at Danish design company &Tradition’s foray into publishing with food book ‘Quarter Past Noon’. Plus: we look at the history of Island Records with Neil Storey, editor of ‘The Island Book of Records’. And our correspondent Tomos Lewis looks at the state of media in Iowa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on ‘The Stack’ we feature ‘Afrosport – The Book’, a new publication by South African surf brand Mami Wata. Plus: the story behind a generational Lebanese stationery brand and a new independent journal on fashion and farming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the first episode of ‘The Stack’ in 2024, we speak with the team behind ‘The Grub Street Journal’, a magazine for magazine people. We also talk to David Atkins from Newsstand, the family-owned company that is also the UK’s largest online magazine store. And, finally, a new design title helmed by Tiffany Jow: ‘Untapped’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks back at The Stack’s best interviews and reports of 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monocle's Fernando Augusto Pacheco looks back at the best interviews and reports from The Stack in 2023.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we pay a visit to IDEA Books in London’s Soho. We talk with co-founder David Owen about the iconic publishing house and its role as a bookseller at Dover Street Market. Also in the programme: we speak with Kieran Morris from current affairs and satirical quarterly ‘The Fence’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Luc Goidadin, creative director of Smythson, the celebrated British retailer of stationery, diaries and leather goods. Plus: Marco Velardi and Robbie Whitehead from ‘Apartamento’ magazine tell us about their new issue and pop-up store in Berlin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The Stack we speak with celebrated chef René Redzepi about his restaurant’s first magazine, ‘Noma in Kyoto’. Plus: we feature the beautiful BMW title, ‘Freude.Forever’, and ‘Roam’, a magazine celebrating modern folk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The Stack we speak with Suze Olbrich from the annual title ‘Somesuch Stories’. Plus: Ric Gindap and Bonnapart Galeng from new Philippines-based magazine shop Spruce Gallery and photographer Amurri Kinsey on her mobile newsstand Adresse News.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Jo Ellison, editor of the Financial Times’ ‘HTSI’ magazine. Plus: Hlib Velyhorskyi, the founder and director of ‘Biblioteka’, and Amy Astley on the first short movie from ‘AD’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Roland Allen, author of ‘The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper’. Plus: ‘Pier Journal’, an independent community journal celebrating the creative culture of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.