2024-10-19
38 分钟Monocle’s Amy Van Den Berg meets the creative director of the Frankfurt Book Fair to get a read on the mood ahead of the industry’s largest event. Then: the editorial director of Cheerio Publishing, Darren Biabowe Barnes, discusses independent publishing in 2024. Plus: Charles Hecker joins to go through the latest news and culture, including Russian troops in North Korea, the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and a new book on British food. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hello there.
I'm Emma Nelson coming to you live from Midori House in London.
This is Monocle on Saturday.
And coming up on today's program, we have a look at the week's news and culture with Charles Hecker, political analyst.
Up upcoming author.
Chuck, good morning.
What have you spotted?
Good morning.
The world's two most sanctioned countries are now cooperating militarily.
Russia and North Korea are fighting together in Ukraine.
And then also see if we can get the French to really love British food.
Thank you, Chuck.
Then.
So actually it's a festival with a lot of people with probably 150,000 people over two days coming here to see the horses, to talk to the horses, to be visible as part of a huge community.
We'll be hearing from the director of the world's biggest book trade fair in Frankfurt.
And finally, the editorial director of Cheerio Publishing joins us in the studio to talk about being an independent publisher in 2024.
That's all ahead on Monocle on Saturday.
With me, Emma Nelson, and the warmest of welcomes to you and also to Chuck Hecker, political analyst, upcoming author of Zero Sum, about the international business in Russia.
Good morning, Charles.
We have the thing.