Monocle on Culture
Robert Bound and guests explore what’s new in art, film, books, and media. Expect lively discussions, in-depth interviews, and expert insights.
Latest Episodes
Transforming SXSW
We hear from Austin’s SXSW festival about the bands and shows, but also looking at the event’s transformation into a place for launching tech businesses.
Creating the perfect menu
Chefs Fergus Henderson and Simon Hopkinson join us in the studio to discuss the art of creating a perfect menu.
The Journal of Popular Noise
We visit Marrakech Biennale, meet the publishers behind New York’s Journal of Popular Noise and look at the Palestinian film industry.
The process of curating
Curators: we’re joined by curatorial directors from Frieze foundation, All Tomorrows Parties and Museet Moziet in Sweden, to talk about the process.
When creativity and business collide
Illuminating the present and crystal-balling the future, the Culture Show is an international digest of music, art, film and media.
News stands in Chicago
Illuminating the present and crystal-balling the future, the Culture Show is an international digest of music, art, film and media.
A discussion of Israel’s newspapers
David Shrigley talks art, Danish group Giana Factory play live, we take a musical tour of Copenhagen with Fake Diamond records and discuss Israeli newspapers.
What makes comedy funny?
What makes comedy funny? Comedian Andi Osho joins in the studio, we visit Just For Laughs festival in Montréal and meet a lecturer in comedy.
Cambodia’s golden age
We visit the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, peruse a favourite record shop in Zurich and hear about Cambodia’s golden age of film.
Criticising the critics
This week, we critique the critics themselves, with music writer Andrew Mueller, theatre buff Matt Wolf and film expert Alex Godfrey.
