Andrew Mueller

YouTube video by Vincent Meininger Tommy Cooper - Cleaning up the attic

The real joy of the performance is the way the audience start laughing as soon as he says "Unfortunately. . . " Something curiously especially enjoyable about a punchline everyone sees coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF-P...

Rembrandt's Vision of Zacharias in the Temple rediscovered after 65 years The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961.

Posted as it reminds of the Tommy Cooper joke about finding a painting and a violin in the attic and getting them valued, and being told they were a Rembrandt and a Stradivarius. "Unfortunately, Stradivarius was a terrible painter, and Rembrandt made rotten violins." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pretty much. Although, to persist with the analogy, possibly a daunting prospect at home.

Europe’s response to US and Israeli strikes on Iran - Monocle We assess Europe’s reaction to the Middle East conflict. Plus: how tensions between the US and Iran have been affecting...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social and Quentin Peel on latest developments in the Middle East and the view from Europe, plus Nimrod Gorem of Mitvim in Tel Aviv, and Kenneth Rosen on his new book "Polar War". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

"This is like that time one of my equally expert and richly salaried colleagues reported encountering Catholicism in the Vatican."

"As somebody handsomely paid for my rarefied ability to assess relative risk, I'm astonished."

"I mean it's the Middle East. Whoever heard of anything geopolitical happening here?"

"And by golly if there's one thing I simply will not stand for, it's violations of all the norms of human morality and international law."

Supremacy usurped: Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed dead in US-Israeli strikes - Monocle Iran’s Supreme Leader has been killed in a US-Israeli airstrike. While some celebrate the end to his iron rule of...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei obituary for Monocle. monocle.com/affairs/supr...

Munich Security Conference special: Is Europe awake yet? - Monocle US senator Lisa Murkowski, Kosovo’s prime minister Albin Kurti and French minister delegate for European affairs Benjamin Haddad discuss whether...

Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. Another @munsecconf.bsky.social special, with US senator Lisa Murkowski, Kosovo PM Albin Kurti, France's Europe minister Benjamin Haddad and former NATO spokesperson @oanalungescu.bsky.social. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

What We Learned: Trump’s State of the Union, Mumbai’s musical road and Bangkok’s undercover police  - Monocle Andrew Mueller unpacks what we learned from Trump’s State of the Union address, Mumbai’s first musical road and an unusual...

Your weekly wrap-up of what we learned for Monocle Radio (recorded pre-recent events). monocle.com/radio/shows/...

The US, Israel and Iran exchange violent strikes. But what’s the point of Operation Epic Fury?  - Monocle US-Israeli strikes targeting Iranian leadership and the latter’s retaliatory attacks have rocked the Middle East. But is there a method...

Some thoughts on today’s events for Monocle. monocle.com/affairs/us-a...

Not pictured: careening drunks on Lime bikes and phalanxes of marauding delivery riders on souped-up Mad Max-mobiles.

Home Office denies ‘absurd’ criticism over rule change that may leave dual nationals stranded MPs raise cases of honeymooners and other Britons caught out by new passport requirements as minister rejects calls for grace period

Also really good fun: holders of Indefinite Leave to Remain status having to walk bewildered airline staff through the Home Office website at check-in because said Home Office won't just put a goddamn stamp in our passports, as worked perfectly well for decades. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Explainer 506: How did Mexico’s drug cartels bring the country to a standstill? - Monocle How did the killing of “El Mencho”, head of CJNG drug cartel, lead to tourists being trapped in Puerto Vallarta?...

Latest Foreign Desk Explainer on Monocle Radio: a look at why Mexico has picked now to go after the CJNG. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Surely "Jacques & Diane".

How united is Europe on the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine? - Monocle After four years of war in Ukraine, we take a look at the state of European security and defence. Then:...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @lynneodonnell.bsky.social and @phmarliere.bsky.social on four years of Ukrainian resistance and the day’s other stories, plus Lily Austin on the San Remo festival. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

Receiving this volume an annual delight, obviously, but that new Gold Coast home kit is the ugliest bloody thing ever worn on an AFL field, and that includes Gold Coast’s previous home kit.

Violence erupts in Mexico after killing of cartel boss. Plus: is Hungary a thorn in Europe’s side? - Monocle Violence sweeps across Mexico after cartel leader El Mencho is killed in military custody. Then: we ask why Hungary is...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @terrystiastny.bsky.social and @jparakilas.bsky.social on events in Mexico and the day's other stuff, plus @jmacrodgers.bsky.social on his terrific new book "The Return Of Russia", which you should all read. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

"He showed me his badge. It said 'Chief Superintendent, Wallet-Inspection Squad."

Post images of Grandpa Simpson?

This must surely have led to people committing crimes just to get a ride in it.

Automobili Lamborghini e Polizia di Stato: da 20 anni insieme Una collaborazione nata nel 2004 che unisce tecnologia, sicurezza e impegno civile

And/but remiss not to note that the Polizia di Stato have at least one Lamborghini Huracàn in the garage: it is equipped with a small refrigerator, and has been deployed in organ transport operations. www.lamborghini.com/it-en/news/a...

That’s not how this works. The vehicles are driven at speed down the narrow streets and through the piazzas, garnering nary a scratch along the way, but the fruit stands fall victim to stallholders having at the last minute to fling themselves out of the way, invariably into their own wares.

Would be a crying shame if at least one of these vehicles has not at some point been driven through a fruit stand in pursuit of a rapscallion, or perhaps a ne’er-do-well.

Only in Italy. Police showcasing Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ducati.

Munich Security Conference special: Will the transatlantic alliance survive?  - Monocle After a bruising year following JD Vance’s speech at the last Munich Security Conference, we discuss the state of relations...

Latest Foreign Desk is a @munsecconf.bsky.social special, with @glandsbergis.bsky.social, @tomtugendhat.bsky.social, Kurt Volker, Finnish defence minister Antti Häkkänen and Benedetta Berti, Sec-Gen of NATO's parliamentary assembly. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

What We Learned: Kid Rock’s workouts, Mike Lindell’s campaign money and a drunk Winter Olympics reporter - Monocle Kid Rock works out with RFK Jr, a Trump ally blows campaign money on his own book and a reporter...

Your weekly accounting of What We Learned last week for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

What it takes to create the visual identity of Milano Cortina 2026 - Monocle We meet Raffaella Paniè, director of brand, identity and look of the Games. Plus: shopping with Gus Kenworthy and designing outfits for...

And Friday's. Back in London Monday. monocle.com/radio/shows/...