Steph
@ste-c.bsky.social
she/her
producer of ‘meet the writers’ + ‘konfekt korner' | studio director at monocle radio | book hoarder | creative | magician’s assistant
email: sc@monocle.com
ste_c__ on the 🐦 app
producer of ‘meet the writers’ + ‘konfekt korner' | studio director at monocle radio | book hoarder | creative | magician’s assistant
email: sc@monocle.com
ste_c__ on the 🐦 app
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
Christopher Bertram | ‘Core Protection’
Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Me at the LRB blog on the atrocious refugee policy of Mahmood and Starmer
And this ends the most chaotic (kidding!) time of the year…
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
November 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And this ends the most chaotic (kidding!) time of the year…
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
Thanks to @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @readingjuniper.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk for the invites to preview some of the new titles for 2026 🙇🏾♀️📚
New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Kiran Desai on loneliness, legacy and the curse of rewriting - Monocle
Georgina Godwin is joined by Kiran Desai, whose novel ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ was shortlisted for the 2025...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Kiran Desai returns with "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" (via Hamish Hamilton/ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) - She discusses with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on the themes and publishing a novel after two decades monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Yesterday's midday programme "The Briefing" on monocle.com had @franceskalbs.bsky.social, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (unhcr.org)
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The UN’s Francesca Albanese on Palestinian self-determination and the winter issue of ‘Konfekt’ hits newsstands - Monocle
United Nations special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, outlines her report on the systemic violation of Palestinian...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Yesterday's midday programme "The Briefing" on monocle.com had @franceskalbs.bsky.social, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (unhcr.org)
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
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The Puerto Rican superstar had never won any of the major prizes — album, song or record of the year — until last night. Other winners included Karol G and Alejandro Sanz. n.pr/3JYWhTo
Bad Bunny wins album of the year at 2025 Latin Grammys
The Puerto Rican superstar had never won any of the major prizes — album, song or record of the year — until last night. Other winners included Karol G and Alejandro Sanz.
n.pr
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The Puerto Rican superstar had never won any of the major prizes — album, song or record of the year — until last night. Other winners included Karol G and Alejandro Sanz. n.pr/3JYWhTo
I’m still very much on the “Emerald Fennell needs to diversify her friendship groups and stop having yes men in her life telling her another Wuthering Heights adaptation is the greatest thing ever” camp.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’m still very much on the “Emerald Fennell needs to diversify her friendship groups and stop having yes men in her life telling her another Wuthering Heights adaptation is the greatest thing ever” camp.
This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is the winner of this year's @bailliegifford.bsky.social Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Garner. She speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on "How to End a Story" - the first diary to win the prize (via @wnbooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This week's guest on #MeetTheWriters is the winner of this year's @bailliegifford.bsky.social Prize for Non-Fiction: Helen Garner. She speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social on "How to End a Story" - the first diary to win the prize (via @wnbooks.bsky.social) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The name is Mamdani. M A M D A N I. 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The name is Mamdani. M A M D A N I. 🎉
Friend of Monocle Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on monocle.com
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October 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Friend of Monocle Richard Lloyd Parry (@dicklp.bsky.social) is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters with @georginagodwin.bsky.social on monocle.com
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the most insane thing I've read today, and I write podcast scripts (albeit not well.)
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the most insane thing I've read today, and I write podcast scripts (albeit not well.)
wop wop wop wop wop!
Drake’s federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court, TMZ reports
Drake's Federal Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG Over 'Not Like Us' Dismissed
Drake just took a big legal loss against his own record label ... because his federal defamation suit against Universal Music Group has been thrown out of court.
www.tmz.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
wop wop wop wop wop!
Latest episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Juhea Kim speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social of her bridge between ballet and writing when in the process of "City of Night Birds" - A recent #ReesesBookClub pick (published via @oneworldbooks.bsky.social) 🩰
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Juhea Kim speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social of her bridge between ballet and writing when in the process of "City of Night Birds" - A recent #ReesesBookClub pick (published via @oneworldbooks.bsky.social) 🩰
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Juhea Kim on stories woven from silence - Monocle
Georgina Godwin speaks to Juhea Kim about her path from ballet to bestsellers, the inspirations behind her work, her passion...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Latest episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
Juhea Kim speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social of her bridge between ballet and writing when in the process of "City of Night Birds" - A recent #ReesesBookClub pick (published via @oneworldbooks.bsky.social) 🩰
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Juhea Kim speaks to @georginagodwin.bsky.social of her bridge between ballet and writing when in the process of "City of Night Birds" - A recent #ReesesBookClub pick (published via @oneworldbooks.bsky.social) 🩰
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The multifacted force that is #PriyankaMattoo is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters, discussing her latest release “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones” (via @aaknopf.bsky.social) on monocle.com 🙂 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
September 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The multifacted force that is #PriyankaMattoo is this week’s guest on #MeetTheWriters, discussing her latest release “Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones” (via @aaknopf.bsky.social) on monocle.com 🙂 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
ICYMI: The journalist and biographer Michael Wolff (@michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social) is the latest guest on #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com
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Trump biographer Michael Wolff on the ‘moron’ president’s ‘incredible incompetence’ - Monocle
Donald Trump’s second act is less a comeback than a test of the US system itself. This, at least, is...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ICYMI: The journalist and biographer Michael Wolff (@michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social) is the latest guest on #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com
monocle.com/affairs/poli...
monocle.com/affairs/poli...
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on Monocle.com
The journalist, @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social, author of the 'Fire and Fury' series, joined @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to discuss #Trump and his resurgence to The White House - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
The journalist, @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social, author of the 'Fire and Fury' series, joined @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to discuss #Trump and his resurgence to The White House - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New episode of #MeetTheWriters on Monocle.com
The journalist, @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social, author of the 'Fire and Fury' series, joined @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to discuss #Trump and his resurgence to The White House - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
The journalist, @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social, author of the 'Fire and Fury' series, joined @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to discuss #Trump and his resurgence to The White House - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
ICYMI on this week's #MonocleOnCulture on monocle.com -
Rob Bound is joined by British installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien the studio to discuss his career, influences and his new show at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social :))
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Rob Bound is joined by British installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien the studio to discuss his career, influences and his new show at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social :))
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Monocle meets British installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien - Monocle
We sit down with legendary installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien. He discusses his career, early influences and his current...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
ICYMI on this week's #MonocleOnCulture on monocle.com -
Rob Bound is joined by British installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien the studio to discuss his career, influences and his new show at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social :))
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Rob Bound is joined by British installation artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien the studio to discuss his career, influences and his new show at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social :))
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
New EP of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
The former First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid has written her debut fiction novel - it's a whodunnit!! 😲
She joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to share all about it and the unexpected journey to First Lady! monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The former First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid has written her debut fiction novel - it's a whodunnit!! 😲
She joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to share all about it and the unexpected journey to First Lady! monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Eliza Reid on crafting her first mystery - Monocle
Eliza Reid speaks to Georgina Godwin about growing up in Ottawa, her time as Iceland’s first lady and her debut...
monocle.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New EP of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com -
The former First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid has written her debut fiction novel - it's a whodunnit!! 😲
She joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to share all about it and the unexpected journey to First Lady! monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The former First Lady of Iceland, Eliza Reid has written her debut fiction novel - it's a whodunnit!! 😲
She joins @georginagodwin.bsky.social in the studio to share all about it and the unexpected journey to First Lady! monocle.com/radio/shows/...
ECL to be buried in SA in a private ceremony… HH apparently is to address the nation AGAIN.
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Following the broadcast of FDX, last night HH has officially declared the mourning period in Zambia over to allow the country back to normalcy.
(ask me if this is over, I don't think it is 😭)
(ask me if this is over, I don't think it is 😭)
And here's the latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio, delving into the reasons that what should be a straightforward state funeral has become a whole thing. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
June 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
ECL to be buried in SA in a private ceremony… HH apparently is to address the nation AGAIN.
🥹
🥹
Following the broadcast of FDX, last night HH has officially declared the mourning period in Zambia over to allow the country back to normalcy.
(ask me if this is over, I don't think it is 😭)
(ask me if this is over, I don't think it is 😭)
And here's the latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio, delving into the reasons that what should be a straightforward state funeral has become a whole thing. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 472: The furious funeral row over Zambia’s former president - Monocle
Andrew Mueller explains how the rivalry between the late and former president, Edgar Lungu, and the current president, Hakainde Hichilema,...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Following the broadcast of FDX, last night HH has officially declared the mourning period in Zambia over to allow the country back to normalcy.
(ask me if this is over, I don't think it is 😭)
(ask me if this is over, I don't think it is 😭)
New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - it's a @womensprize.bsky.social special, as @georginagodwin.bsky.social speaks to the 2025 Fiction and Non-Fiction winners: Yael van Der Wouden and Rachel Clarke - monocle.com/radio/shows/...
The Winners of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction and Non-Fiction - Monocle
Georgina Godwin meets Yael Van Der Wouden and Rachel Clarke, the winners of the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction and...
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June 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New Episode of #MeetTheWriters on monocle.com - it's a @womensprize.bsky.social special, as @georginagodwin.bsky.social speaks to the 2025 Fiction and Non-Fiction winners: Yael van Der Wouden and Rachel Clarke - monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Not the gworls fighting in real time????
June 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Not the gworls fighting in real time????