The Stack

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.