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Latest Episodes
‘Middle England’ by Jonathan Coe
Robert Bound is joined by John Mitchinson, publisher at Unbound, and Susannah Butter, deputy features editor at ‘The Evening Standard’ to discuss ‘Middle England’, the new state-of-the-nation novel by Jonathan Coe.
The Sessions at Midori House: Best of 2018
We take a trip down memory lane and relive some of our favourite performances from the past year, including tracks by Cults, Yazmin Lacey, Cub Sport and Tiny Ruins.
Christmas crooners
Robert Bound rounds up the best (and worst) Christmas tunes of 2018 with Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, and broadcaster and DJ Georgie Rogers.
The Sessions at Midori House: Broods
Live music from Kiwi brother-and-sister pop duo Broods, who will release their album ‘Don’t Feed The Pop Monster’ next February.
Commercial Christmas
With the annual battle for the best Christmas advert well underway we take a look at this year’s offerings and work out where festive TV commercials can go next. Robert Bound is joined by Toby Earle and Scott Bryan. Plus: what are Christmas ads like elsewhere in the world? We…
The Sessions at Midori House: Julia Jacklin
Making her return to the Sessions, Australian musician Julia Jacklin plays from her upcoming album and chats to Andrew Mueller about the making of it and dealing with writer’s block.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Up for discussion this week is the latest film by The Coen brothers, a series of beautiful Western vignettes. Robert Bound is joined by film critics Tim Robey and Terri White.
The Sessions at Midori House: Joey Dosik
LA jazz and soul singer Joey Dosik plays from his debut album ‘Inside Voice’ and talks about writing love songs about basketball.
Suspiria
Film critics Simran Hans and Jason Solomons review Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the 1977 supernatural dance-school horror ‘Suspiria’ to see if it lives up to the original.
The Sessions at Midori House: Bill Ryder-Jones
Bill Ryder-Jones is back in the Monocle 24 studios to perform songs from his new record ‘Yawn’, which he discusses with host Andrew Mueller.
