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Latest Episodes
Television forecast
Robert Bound is joined by ‘Broadcast’ magazine’s news editor Peter White to look at the latest trends and discuss the regions that are doing interesting things in the realm of television.
How do you design a front cover?
Robert Bound is joined in the studio by Monocle’s creative director Richard Spencer Powell and Adrian Shaughnessy, co-founder of independent publishing house Unit Editions, to discuss the art of making an eye-catching front cover.
How do you run a music festival?
This weekend the Culture team took their tents and waterproofs and set up camp in the Welsh valleys for this year’s Green Man. Robert Bound meets the team behind one of the best independent UK festivals to find out what exactly goes into running the show.
Is no news good news?
It’s August and we’re officially in silly season, the name given to the quiet summer period during which the people who usually make the news are off on holiday. We find out how you keep the news cycle rolling when there’s no one to provide you with a juicy headline.
How do you write a review?
We discuss the art of being a critic – whether of art, food, technology or music – with Nancy Durrant, commissioning arts editor for ‘The Times’, Alexi Duggins, editor at large of ‘Time Out’ and our technology correspondent David Phelan. Plus: music journalist Jude Rogers discusses the relevance of the…
Why do we love talking animals?
We take a look at what’s been popular on the silver screen so far this year. While talking-animal films made up half of the top 12 grossing movies in the first half of 2016, sequels aren’t enjoying much success. We analyse the trend with film critics Karen Krizanovich and Tim…
Who wants a piece of the Four Seasons?
The iconic Four Seasons restaurant has served its final meal in its current guise, as it leaves the Seagram Building on Park Avenue in New York. As the contents of the restaurant come up for sale we take a look around to see what we might like to place our…
What on earth has happened to the news?
When journalists, columnists and commentators have news flying at them from all angles, and it feels a little bit like the world is going mad, how do they begin to make sense of it all and mould it into thoughtful prose? Robert Bound sits down with Richard Godwin, columnist for…
Beach versus seaside: part two
In our quest to investigate the difference between the seaside and the beach, we take to the latter for a spot of surfing in Australia and California. Plus: we head to Belgrade and Madrid to find out how they are bringing beach culture to the city to make themselves summer…
Beach versus seaside: part one
In the first of a two-part episode we investigate the difference between the beach and the seaside, two coastal cultures that are quite different despite both involving sand and sea. This week it’s the seaside’s turn. We speak to writer and cultural historian Travis Elborough and visit Margate on the…
