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Monocle on Culture, 689
23 December 2024
We share highlights from this year's programme, including interviews with the likes of Hans Zimmer and Maggi Hambling, and a very special session with folk duo The Staves.
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Meet the Writers, 475
22 December 2024
Julie Taymor is a tour de force when it comes to penning scripts for theatre, film and opera. Her 1997 stage adaptation of Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ secured 11 Tony Award nominations, including a win for best direction. It…
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The Stack, 644
21 December 2024
We speak with photographer Ethan James Green about bringing sensuality back to the 2025 edition of the iconic Pirelli calendar. We also celebrate 80 years of France’s leading daily, ‘Le Monde’, speaking with its president…
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Monocle on Culture, 688
16 December 2024
Georgie Rogers and Will Hodgkinson join Robert Bound in the studio for our annual review of the season’s best festive music releases, including albums and singles from Orville Peck, Kelly Clarkson and Jimmy Fallon.
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Meet the Writers, 474
15 December 2024
As Channel 4’s international editor, Lindsey Hilsum has seen war in six continents across more than two decades. As a witness to the catastrophic effects of conflict, Lindsey would carry works of poetry with her to try and…
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The Stack, 643
14 December 2024
We speak with Simon Lovermann, founder and artistic director of ‘Der Greif’ magazine. Then: Megan Wray Schertler from ‘Weröld Archive’ on how to run magazines. Plus: Sam Cochran from ‘AD’ reveals the AD100 list of the best…
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Monocle on Culture, 687
9 December 2024
We visit two new London exhibitions. ‘Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami’ at Gagosian’s Grosvenor Hill outpost offers the contemporary artist’s interpretations of Edo-era artworks. We sit down with Murakami to…
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Meet the Writers, 473
8 December 2024
Namita Gokhale is the author of 25 works of fiction and non-fiction. Her oeuvre spans various genres including novels, short stories, Himalayan studies, mythology, anthologies, books for young readers and a play. She speaks…
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The Stack, 642
7 December 2024
This week we look at ‘The Metrograph’, a new print title from celebrated New York cinema Metrograph. Plus photographer Tyler Mitchell on his award-winning work and Jeremy Leslie from Magculture reviews the year in magazines…
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Monocle on Culture, 686
2 December 2024
We cover the release of two fascinating and revealing documentaries. Both take a sideways look at men we’re familiar with from their public – and vastly different – profiles: one as a world leader and the other as an icon…
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Meet the Writers, 472
1 December 2024
After winning the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, Richard Flanagan joins Georgina Godwin to discuss ‘Question 7’, his life and career, and his plans after winning the prize. Described by Peter Carey as maybe…
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The Stack, 641
30 November 2024
We speak with Spencer Bailey, in charge of the five-volume ‘The Leading Hotels Book Series’ celebrating luxury in global hospitality. Plus we discuss the success of Brazilian publishing house, Afluente, with Julius Wiede…
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Monocle on Culture, 685
25 November 2024
Hank Willis Thomas is a US artist who works across media to explore themes including identity, popular culture and mass media. We meet him at his exhibition of collages, ‘Kinship of the Soul’, at London’s Pace Gallery.
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Meet the Writers, 471
24 November 2024
Mike Batt is known for raising the popularity of one of the most well-known British novelty pop acts of the 1970s, The Wombles. Batt wrote and composed the theme song to the children’s TV series, which led to the rising…
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