The Stack
Summary: Essential listening for anyone who cares about the printed word and developments in publishing. From independent publications, new forms of print media and graphic novels to little-known niche magazines, ‘The Stack’ is Monocle’s take on the world of print, focusing on everything from the glossiest fashion title to the grittiest local newspaper.
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Podcasts:
We speak with Mark Hunter, known as The Cobrasnake, who was an influential party photographer in the 2000s. Plus Naomi Xu Elegant gives us an overview of the print media scene in Hong Kong. And former BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant tells us about his new book, ‘When America Stopped Being Great: A History Of The Present’.
‘The Cobrasnake’, print media in Hong Kong and Nick Bryant
We celebrate 100 years of ‘Good Housekeeping’ by speaking with their editor-in-chief, Gaby Huddart. Plus: ‘Outsider’, a Slovenian title on architecture and urbanism that has its own kiosk in Ljubljana.
‘Good Housekeeping’ and ‘Outsider’
We speak with Ted Kessler, former editor of ‘Q’, about his new memoir ‘Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed the British Music Press and Other Misadventures’. We also speak with Haiane Avakian, editor in chief of ‘Svoi’, which covers the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas.
Ted Kessler and the British music press
We feature a new sports quarterly ‘Pitch’ and Canadian arts title ‘smART’ magazine. Plus we meet 24.02 Fund from Ukraine, which finances independent journalism and provides equipment and training too.
‘Pitch’, ‘smART’ magazine and the 24.02 Fund
This week we look at Monocle’s very first paperback – ‘The Monocle Companion’ – featuring 50 essays to improve your life. Plus a new Portuguese foodie title, ‘Farta’.
‘The Monocle Companion’ and ‘Farta’
This week it’s all about summer in Europe, from a bookshop on the Greek island of Hydra to a title celebrating the best of Palma de Mallorca. Plus, ‘Lodestars Anthology’ looks at Spain in its latest issue and we launch ‘Monocle Mediterraneo’.
Summer reading: the Hydra Book Club, ‘Lodestars Anthology’, ‘In Palma’ and ‘Monocle Mediterraneo’
A special edition featuring only new publications: ‘Manera’, a Spanish interiors title helmed by Enric Pastor; a glossy electronic-music magazine called ‘Disco Pogo’; and ‘Decisive Agents’, a beautifully designed volume about the world of AI.
New on the newsstand: ‘Manera’, ‘Disco Pogo’ and ‘Decisive Agents’
This week on ‘The Stack’ we speak to Mafalda Anjos, editor in chief of celebrated Portuguese weekly ‘Visão’. Plus: Russ Slater from Latin American cultural title and record label ‘Sounds and Colours’ on its compilation featuring the new sounds of Rio.
