Monday 25 November
We visit Rough Trade’s new store in New York, ask Celeste Headlee why she's campaigning for a radio show dedicated entirely to the middle states of the US, and discuss the merits of infographics with David McCandless.
Monday 25 November
Asterix and Obelix are back and have reminded Alexa Firmenich (or should that be Firmenix?) of the joy of tucking into childhood reading with fresh – albeit older – eyes.
Anyone who was searching for me around the age of eight knew they had two places to look: either in our garden in Geneva crouched under an oak tree or in the guest bedroom hidden under a fortress of pillows, grasping one…
Saturday 23 November
The latest film releases with Karen Krizanovich and Tim Robey, a taste of global TV with Stuart Clarke, editor of Television Business International, and Bernie Cho tells us what’s topping the charts in South Korea. Plus,…
Saturday 23 November
A cartoon and satire special with Private Eye cartoonist Nick Newman and media analyst Stephen Armstrong. Plus, we head to Cairo to find out about Egypt’s flourishing satirical journalism and meet one of The New Yorker’s…
Saturday 23 November
This weekend enjoy the alternative to the American dream in Milan, check out some subversive photography in Hong Kong, and enjoy the new album from Berlin composer Nils Frahm.
Tuesday 19 November
Mexico City’s magnificent new Museo Jumex gallery opens to the public this week. Designed by David Chipperfield and exhibiting works by Mexico’s finest, Monocle’s culture editor Robert Bound jetted out to the Mexican cap…
This week, the Museo Jumex opens to the public in Mexico City after it’s glitz-blitz VIP opening this weekend (more on that in a bit, I mean you don’t just want to know about the paintings do you?). The museum was built by…
Monday 18 November
Highlights from Paris Photo, an exclusive peek at the couldn’t-be-newer Jumex Museum in Mexico City and a chat with South African Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer as she approaches her 90th birthday.
Saturday 16 November
We assess the World Press Photo exhibition as it stops off in London on its global tour, discuss the sci-fi TV coming out of Vancouver and hear how Aurora is pushing classical music in new directions.
Saturday 16 November
We sail to Reykjavik with 'Boat' magazine editor Erin Spens and talk architecture in print with Will Hunter. Plus, we check out Taipei’s new magazine 'Not Today', hear from Turin with 'Un Sedicesimo' and Paris with photo…
Friday 15 November
This weekend enjoy the re-imagined sights of the suburbs in Melbourne, check out the works of a US-art icon and a Danish master in Denmark, and indulge in French pop musician Sébastien Tellier’s new album, Confection.
Thursday 14 November
With the recent death of UK composer John Tavener – a musician whose work both inspired the Beatles and challenged today’s contemporary pop acts – Monocle’s Aled John says we should all have been listening in more closely…
British composer Sir John Tavener died this week at the age of 69. He was a musician whose works are called otherworldly, while his presence itself was ethereal – helped by his long, flowing hair a tall, thin frame and a…
Monday 11 November
The latest Israeli TV series set to go international from the INTV conference in Jerusalem, we see what the art world is up to at Artissima in Turin and Art Taipei, and enjoy a session from country singer Slaid Cleaves.
Saturday 9 November
We review a new book on JFK to mark the forthcoming 50th anniversary of his death, hear the latest on Nordic music, find out what to do over the weekend in Taipei, and get the verdict on Gravity with our regular film critic…
Saturday 9 November
We welcome Ted Moncreiff, editor of Bloomberg Pursuits Magazine, and Marc Valli, editor of Elephant magazine and owner of Magma bookshops. We also hear about a magazine from Melbourne about cats.
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