Andrew Mueller
@andrewmueller.bsky.social
Contributing Editor at Monocle, host of Monocle Radio's The Foreign Desk and The Daily. Author of four scandalously under-rated books.
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. An examination of what Russians think of Putin and why, with Jana Bakunina and - making a very welcome return to our studios - @vkaramurza.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
What do Russians really think of Putin? - Monocle
How many Russians support President Putin’s worldview? Does real opposition exist? Leading dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza outlines how Russia and the...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. An examination of what Russians think of Putin and why, with Jana Bakunina and - making a very welcome return to our studios - @vkaramurza.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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“Are you wearing flip-flops on a plane?”
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Are you wearing flip-flops on a plane?”
Your weekly wrap-up of What We Learned, for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election - Monocle
Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s strangest stories, including a spat between US politicians, Candace Owens’ accusation against French president Macron...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Your weekly wrap-up of What We Learned, for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
They need to kick the habit, is this thing working, etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Austrian nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent - if they stay off social media
The three nuns say they were taken out of the convent against their will and placed in a care home.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
They need to kick the habit, is this thing working, etc. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spoke to Dame Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, for The Big Interview on Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Jacinda Ardern - Monocle
New Zealand’s former prime minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to Andrew Mueller about her new memoir and the role that empathy...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Spoke to Dame Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand, for The Big Interview on Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
In which I concede that US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has a point, at least about the deportment of aeroplane passengers (cc @radiofreetom.bsky.social). monocle.com/business/avi...
The US transport secretary is right: airport dress code matters - Monocle
Travel by aeroplane was once regarded as a special occasion and passengers dressed accordingly. Men wore suits and ties. Women...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In which I concede that US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has a point, at least about the deportment of aeroplane passengers (cc @radiofreetom.bsky.social). monocle.com/business/avi...
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and Nina Dos Santos on Macron's soft relaunch of national service, the Pope in Turkey and the day's other stuff, and @devries.fr sends a letter from Mordijk. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
France relaunches military service, Pope Leo’s first foreign trip and the housing crisis - Monocle
Our guests Elisabeth Braw and Nina dos Santos unpack Emmanuel Macron’s decision to relaunch a limited military service in France....
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November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and Nina Dos Santos on Macron's soft relaunch of national service, the Pope in Turkey and the day's other stuff, and @devries.fr sends a letter from Mordijk. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
And here's the latest Foreign Desk Explainer, looking at whether the Ukraine peace plan is much of a plan, or is likely to bring peace. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 495: What’s the deal with the Ukraine peace deal? - Monocle
Does Ukraine stand to gain anything from the US-brokered peace deal? And does Russia even want the war to end?
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November 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And here's the latest Foreign Desk Explainer, looking at whether the Ukraine peace plan is much of a plan, or is likely to bring peace. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alionahlivco.bsky.social and John Everard on whether the Ukraine peace plan is a starter and the day's other stuff, and our On This Day historical series recalls (well, arguably) the most famous door-opening of all time. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Why is Europe taking a back seat when it comes to Ukraine’s peace? - Monocle
Washington continues to take the lead on a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, where is Europe in all of...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @alionahlivco.bsky.social and John Everard on whether the Ukraine peace plan is a starter and the day's other stuff, and our On This Day historical series recalls (well, arguably) the most famous door-opening of all time. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
We will discover later this afternoon that the OBR's password is "OBR".
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We will discover later this afternoon that the OBR's password is "OBR".
Weekday replug for latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. A peer into the gap between the reality of diplomacy and politics, and fictions and satires of them. With @alexvont.bsky.social, @quantick.bsky.social and former UK ambassador to North Korea John Everard. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Stranger than fiction? - Monocle
Many politicians and diplomats serve during incidents that feel stranger than fiction. Veep writer David Quantick and former UK ambassador John...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Weekday replug for latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. A peer into the gap between the reality of diplomacy and politics, and fictions and satires of them. With @alexvont.bsky.social, @quantick.bsky.social and former UK ambassador to North Korea John Everard. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Everybody, behold. The spectacular debut print edition of Australian publication @thestoryau.bsky.social, edited - like the fabulous Smith Journal of yore - by @chrisharrigan.bsky.social. Come for the picture of me in Baghdad rubble in 2003, stay for everything else.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Everybody, behold. The spectacular debut print edition of Australian publication @thestoryau.bsky.social, edited - like the fabulous Smith Journal of yore - by @chrisharrigan.bsky.social. Come for the picture of me in Baghdad rubble in 2003, stay for everything else.
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the degree to which the Ukraine peace deal is the Kremlin's wish list and the day's other stuff, plus @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her excellent new book "Motherland". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The US claims progress on Ukraine talks, the G20 wraps up and Israel targets Hezbollah - Monocle
US and Ukrainian delegations meet in Geneva to talk peace; Israel targets Hezbollah’s chief of staff; the G20 wraps up;...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the degree to which the Ukraine peace deal is the Kremlin's wish list and the day's other stuff, plus @juliaioffe.bsky.social on her excellent new book "Motherland". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
A rigorous and sensible five-point plan which, if swiftly enacted, might make the rest of this series competitive, not that this is something I want.
Five ways for England to claw something back;
Deport Zac Crawley
Deport The Barmy Army
Play Test Cricket
Don't allow people called Olly near cricket bats. (The Ollying of English test cricket has had a lasting negative effect, not least on me).
Grow mustaches pronto.
Deport Zac Crawley
Deport The Barmy Army
Play Test Cricket
Don't allow people called Olly near cricket bats. (The Ollying of English test cricket has had a lasting negative effect, not least on me).
Grow mustaches pronto.
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A rigorous and sensible five-point plan which, if swiftly enacted, might make the rest of this series competitive, not that this is something I want.
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. This was a fun one to do: assessing the difference between the reality of politics and diplomacy, and the fictions and satires. With @alexvont.bsky.social, John Everard and @quantick.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Stranger than fiction? - Monocle
Many politicians and diplomats serve during incidents that feel stranger than fiction. Veep writer David Quantick and former UK ambassador John...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. This was a fun one to do: assessing the difference between the reality of politics and diplomacy, and the fictions and satires. With @alexvont.bsky.social, John Everard and @quantick.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
It would be even funnier if, one glorious day, their incessant, inane, witless, self-involved mooing was silenced by a grand piano falling out of an overflying cargo aircraft, but it's something.
The Barmy Army spending longer in a plane to watch the first test than they did actually watching the first test will never not be funny
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It would be even funnier if, one glorious day, their incessant, inane, witless, self-involved mooing was silenced by a grand piano falling out of an overflying cargo aircraft, but it's something.
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Posting this partially as service to fellow writers, partly to motivate myself to get it done today. November 30 is deadline to log your year's work at @alcs.co.uk, in return for which you *will* get free money, possibly quite startling quantities of it. If you haven't signed up, do. www.alcs.co.uk
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November 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Posting this partially as service to fellow writers, partly to motivate myself to get it done today. November 30 is deadline to log your year's work at @alcs.co.uk, in return for which you *will* get free money, possibly quite startling quantities of it. If you haven't signed up, do. www.alcs.co.uk
Your weekly wrap-up of what we learned, for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
What We Learned: JD Vance in prison, Maduro karaoke and a wild world record - Monocle
Andrew Mueller recaps the week’s oddest stories. This week, Michigan man JD Vance (not that one) goes to prison, Venezuelan...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Your weekly wrap-up of what we learned, for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @charleshecker.bsky.social and Carole Walker on the US-Russia "peace plan" for Ukraine, and the day's other stuff, plus @pburtsoff.bsky.social reports from Hanaholmen. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Zelensky’s meeting with top US army delegation in Kyiv - Monocle
Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to meet with a US army delegation in Kyiv after American and Russian officials draft a plan...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @charleshecker.bsky.social and Carole Walker on the US-Russia "peace plan" for Ukraine, and the day's other stuff, plus @pburtsoff.bsky.social reports from Hanaholmen. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio considers the Energoatom corruption scandal in Ukraine, and the possible ramifications and remedies. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 494: The bright side of Ukraine’s corruption scandal - Monocle
It has been a tough week for Zelensky’s government. But is there a bright side to the corruption scandal gripping...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio considers the Energoatom corruption scandal in Ukraine, and the possible ramifications and remedies. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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From the rise of AI to attacks on universities, are we all getting dumber? Or is society transforming and discovering new ways to be smart?
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November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
All of that and book reviews from
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@andrewmueller.bsky.social and @heliconiuscydno.bsky.social, plus poetry, a cryptic crossword and brainteaser!
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@ohhiralphjones.bsky.social, @jamesrobins.bsky.social,
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Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @philtinline.bsky.social and Tira Shubart on the alleged new Ukraine peace plan and the day's other stuff, plus @leaypi.bsky.social on her tremendous new book "Indignity". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Are the US and Russia secretly working on a peace plan without Ukraine? - Monocle
Reports emerge that the Trump administration has been secretly co-ordinating with Moscow on a new plan to end the war...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @philtinline.bsky.social and Tira Shubart on the alleged new Ukraine peace plan and the day's other stuff, plus @leaypi.bsky.social on her tremendous new book "Indignity". monocle.com/radio/shows/...