The Big Interview
In-depth conversations with global leaders in art, design, literature, politics, business, and food. Learn from the best about their craft and successes.
Latest Episodes
Charles Saumarez Smith
The secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in London sits down with Robert Bound to discuss getting up early, overseeing blockbuster exhibitions and how to survive in a world of high-profile art fairs and state-funded institutions.
Antony Sher
Monocle’s executive editor Steve Bloomfield sits down with actor, writer and artist Antony Sher to discuss the guilt of growing up during Apartheid, bringing Shakespeare to the masses and how he overcame his own conflicts in order to get where he is today.
Jon Ronson
Monocle’s culture editor Robert Bound sits down with journalist and documentary maker Jon Ronson to discuss getting non-fiction stories to the big screen, representing the fringes of society and how amateur psychology almost took over his life.
Jean-Claude Biver
Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé sits down with Tag Heuer CEO Jean-Claude Biver to discuss adapting to an ever-changing market, collaborating (and competing) and how the “connected watch” will foster the next generation of luxury-watch buyers.
Paula Scher
Monocle’s editor in chief Tyler Brûlé sits down this week with designer, painter and art teacher Paula Scher. Together they talk about standing out in a crowd, adapting with the times and how the little things in life make a big difference in branding.
Mariane Pearl
Georgina Godwin sits down this week with award-winning journalist, author and activist Mariane Pearl to discuss the ethics of reporting on terror and how even some of the greatest tragedies imaginable shaped her life for the better.
Daniel Libeskind
Steve Bloomfield sits down with one of the world’s greatest and most interesting architects, Daniel Libeskind. Perhaps best known for the Jewish Museum in Berlin and for being master planner for New York’s Ground Zero, Libeskind discusses the state of the world, optimism and the place he calls home.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
The Big Interview continues this week with Danish politician Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The former prime minister of Denmark and ex-secretary-general of Nato sits down with Steve Bloomfield to discuss his political career and, in the wake of the Paris attacks, the challenges the West is facing in its fight against…
Mirko Borsche
Tom Edwards sits down in Munich with leading graphic designer Mirko Borsche. With clients ranging from ‘Zeit Magazin’ to the Bavarian State Opera, Borsche is one of the most exciting creative voices working in editorial design today. Hear about his early career in London, how he keeps his clients happy…
Ian McKellen
British actor Ian McKellen welcomes Monocle’s culture editor Robert Bound to his home for this week’s edition of ‘The Big Interview’. In this candid discussion of a life lived fully onscreen, onstage and off, the film icon reflects on unexpected Hollywood superstardom and why coming out as openly gay has…
