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A one-hour Saturday show looking at the best in music, media and the arts.

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Monocle’s Joseph Dana discusses the Palestine Festival of Literature and the Franco Arab Film Festival, Alan Scholefeld of London record label and shop – Honest Jon’s – tells us about some new releases, and theatre critic Matt Wolf offers his view on the latest productions.

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87 15 Jun 2013
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Monocle’s Joseph Dana discusses the Palestine Festival of Literature and the Franco Arab Film Festival, Alan Scholefeld of London record label and shop – Honest Jon’s – tells us about some new releases, and theatre critic Matt Wolf offers his view on the latest productions.

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86 8 Jun 2013
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We discuss “Behind the Candelabra” with film critic Tim Robey, talk library music with Quinton Scott from Strut Records, and meet ATLAS Gallery director Kathlene Fox Davies who recommends some hidden gem art locations around the world.

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85 1 Jun 2013
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We speak to Times art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston about how the Venice Biennale is shaping up, get some good tracks from Dalston Superstore’s Dan Beaumont, and go through the latest plays in London’s West End with IHT theatre critic Matt Wolf.

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84 25 May 2013
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We get the highlights and lowlights of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, review the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show with author and historian Brent Elliott, and Chris Coco joins us for this week’s music review – where we transport ourselves onto a London night bus.

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83 18 May 2013
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We assess The Great Gatsby in both film and ballet with Tim Robey and Donald Hutera, preview Europe’s summer jazz festivals with Mike Flynn, and soak up the atmosphere as the clock counts down to the Eurovision Song Contest.

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82 11 May 2013
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Matt Wolf explores why Broadway is getting Darwinian for the Tony Awards, we meet Colleen Murphy – founder of Classic Album Sundays for our music review, and Lisa Campbell talks us through some audience-grabbing international TV.

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81 4 May 2013
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Mark Mason tells us why bees and snails make good reading topics, we explore how Kentucky Derby Day is reflected in music, and Monocle's culture editor Robert Bound talks us through some exhibitions in LA.

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80 27 Apr 2013
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The bigger picture on both the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and Sony World Photography Awards with Francis Hodgson, we welcome back Joe Muggs for some musical recommendations, and take in some of the films on offer at Sundance London with critic Tim Robey.

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79 20 Apr 2013
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A critique of London’s Argentine Film Festival plus some new releases with Karen Krizanovich, we also get advice on what to do in Paris this weekend, and visit a new Renaissance exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence with Jasper Rees.

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78 13 Apr 2013
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Simon Prosser looks ahead to the London Book Fair and tells us what’s on his reading list, we talk about the female hip-hop scene with DJ LaJedi, and Matt Wolf tells us what to watch on Broadway.

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77 6 Apr 2013
00:56:51

New film releases with critics Tim Robey and David Jenkins, restaurateur and label-owner Martin Morales tells us about his latest Peruvian musical releases and we talk new Turkish and Romanian literature with Susan Curtis-Kojakovic, director of Istros Books.

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76 30 Mar 2013
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New film releases with critics Tim Robey and David Jenkins, restaurateur and label owner Martin Morales tells us about the latest Peruvian musical releases, and we discuss new Turkish and Romanian literature with the director of Istros Books – Susan Curtis-Kojakovic.

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