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The Monocle Weekly - Erling Kagge, Tamara Rojo, Pauline Ballet and Andy McGrath
7 April 2019
Norwegian writer and explorer Erling Kagge joins us to discuss his book ‘Walking: One Step at a Time’. We also hear from Tamara Rojo, artistic director of the English National Ballet, and speak to the talents behind ‘Rou…
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Setting the stage
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The Big Interview - Tamara Rojo
5 May 2019
As the principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London, Tamara Rojo has played all the main parts in the ballet canon. Yet it is as artistic director of the English National Ballet that she has made the most impact on the…
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Do cultural boycotts work?
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The Late Edition, episode 611
19 March 2014
Ben Judah and Samira Shackle discuss the top stories of the day. We also find out how a sibling rivalry gave the US its first subway system and review London's ballet.
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The Late Edition, episode 326
30 January 2013
The inside track from Jerusalem about reports of Israeli bombings along the Syrian border, we take a twirl through the history of the Bolshoi Ballet, and get an early look at the new BlackBerry 10.
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The Monocle Arts Review - Theatre: Donald Hutera
9 September 2015
Theatre critic Donald Hutera reviews a ballet version of George Orwell’s ‘1984’, a play based on the life of Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie and the latest adaptation of Greek tragedy ‘The Oresteia’.
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The Curator, episode 148
16 August 2014
A distillation of the best content from the past week on Monocle 24, including a report from Kurdistan, a holiday tour of Crimea, the life and career of Robin Williams and a review of the Mariinsky Ballet.
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The Briefing, episode 537
22 November 2013
As Afghanistan and the US negotiate the terms of a security deal, we consider the view from neighbouring Pakistan, we also head to Switzerland as the country prepares to vote on the 1:12 initiative, and examine the changing…
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The Monocle Weekly - The modern dance
19 July 2015
Robert Bound and Tom Edwards meet Sven Hansen-Løve, one of the minds behind a new film about the French dance-music scene, ‘Eden’. They also chat economics with a Nobel Prize-winner Alvin Roth and discuss Ballet Folklórico…
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Monocle on Culture - Do music awards really matter?
15 September 2014
As the Mercury Prize shortlist is announced, we ponder the importance of national music awards, plus Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård talks about new film In Order of Disappearance, we head to Brazil for ArtRio and there’s…
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The Monocle Weekly - Kelly Reichardt, Steven Cantor, Gabrielle Tana and Hugo Chapman
5 March 2017
Director Kelly Reichardt on her new film ‘Certain Women’, the British Museum’s Hugo Chapman on how the US reacts to social change via art and print and film-makers Steven Cantor and Gabrielle Tana on the appeal of ballet…
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The Monocle Arts Review - Art: Kathlene Fox-Davies
30 May 2016
We discover work by ballet dancer-turned-photographer Colin Jones at the Michael Hoppen Gallery and take a look at the first major London show of photography by Ori Gersht at Ben Brown Fine Art. Plus: we visit some of the…
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The Monocle Arts Review - Film: Karen Krizanovich
8 January 2016
In this week’s film review we go to the ballet in ‘Bolshoi Babylon’, a scandalous behind-the-scenes documentary about Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. We also discuss Tarantino’s latest blood-fuelled adventure ‘The Hateful Eight’…