Tomos Lewis

Toronto

Toronto Bureau Chief at Monocle

Contributor at Monocle

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Journalist 🎙📝 Toronto Correspondent, Monocle. Formerly: BBC News; Columbia Journalism; Fulbright. Cymro dramor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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The Agenda: Affairs

1 month ago | monocle.com | Andrew Mueller |Tomos Lewis

LDiplomats head back to Damascus and the US and China compete over technological progress. DIPLOMACY ––– CUBA & THE VATICANPennies from heavenAmong the flurry of announcements made by Joe Biden at the end of his presidency was something that caught many by surprise: the decision to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. In return, Havana agreed to release 550 prisoners, many of whom were jailed for taking part in anti-government demonstrations in 2021.
The Agenda: Affairs

Oct 23, 2024 | monocle.com | Tomos Lewis

LCountering Nicolas Maduro’s malign influence in Venezuela, Libby Liu of Whistleblower Aid and the Japanese military’s Boeing binge. The FOREIGN DESK andrew mueller on... Reverse psychologyPresident Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela has won. Not Venezuela’s most recent presidential election, as such – various credible analyses have concluded that he could scarcely have stolen it more brazenly had he declared victory wearing a mask, a hooped shirt and shouldering a bulging sack labelled “swag”.
The Agenda: Business - Issue 169 - Magazine

Nov 30, 2023 | monocle.com | Tom Edwards |Tomos Lewis |Jonna Dagliden Hunt |Katie Fielding

LThe economics of happiness, Canada’s sparkling success and dressing to impress. When sisters Andrea Grand and Katie Fielding surveyed Canada’s fizzy-drinks sector in early 2020, they spotted a gap in the market for a higher-quality alternative to the same old household names. “The drinks sector in this country was very different back then,” says Grand.
The Agenda: Affairs - Issue 169 - Magazine

Nov 29, 2023 | monocle.com | Josh Fehnert |Christopher Lord |Naomi Elegant |Tomos Lewis

LThe stories you should be paying attention to – and the ones you might have missed. Josh Fehnert on why, despite not quite making the cut in Monocle’s Soft Power Survey, Ireland’s moderation, spirit and diaspora are quietly influential the world over. If there’s such thing as a softly spoken superpower – able to quietly project goodwill and often get its way – Ireland is surely a contender.