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Monocle on Saturday

The perfect soundtrack to start your weekend comes courtesy of Monocle's editors, hosting out of our studios in London and Zürich. Each week you'll hear postcards from our correspondents, alongside contributions from special guests joining to discuss the week's big stories.

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Monocle on Saturday: 3 June 2023:

Updates on the weekend’s culture news and current affairs with Emma Nelson. British classical-music radio and television broadcaster Petroc Trelawny reviews the papers, French journalist Agnès Poirier discusses France’s debt and Monocle’s Monica Lillis speaks with author Beth Lewis about cults.

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1573 Jun 2023
33 min

Monocle on Saturday: 3 June 2023: 

Updates on the weekend’s culture news and current affairs with Emma Nelson. British classical-music radio and television broadcaster Petroc Trelawny reviews the papers, French journalist Agnès Poirier discusses France’s debt and Monocle’s Monica Lillis speaks with author Beth Lewis about cults.

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15627 May 2023
33 min

Monocle on Saturday: 27 May 2023: 

The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Emma Nelson. CNN’s Europe editor Nina Dos Santos reviews the papers, Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent Petri Burtsoff defends Finnish summers, and an interview with Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes, whose exhibition, “Maresias”, opens at the Turner Contemporary in Margate today. 

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15520 May 2023
40 min

Monocle on Saturday: 20 May 2023: 

The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Cultural historian Gavin Plumley reviews the papers, Monocle’s deputy head of radio, Tom Webb, brings us a taste of Portofino and we chat to the international director of the Hay Festival, Cristina Fuentes La Roche.

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15412 May 2023
38 min

Monocle on Saturday: 13 May 2023: 

The weekend’s biggest discussion topics, with Georgina Godwin. Siân Pattenden reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, brings us a taste of Finnish Eurovision mania. Plus: Taipei Dangdai art fair.

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1536 May 2023
37 min

Monocle on Saturday: 6 May 2023: 

We bring you the weekend’s biggest discussion points with Georgina Godwin. Vincent McAviney reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and Monocle’s Sophie Monaghan-Coombs examines the history of milk.

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15229 Apr 2023
35 min

Monocle on Saturday: 29 April 2023: 

The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Robin Lustig reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and Monocle’s Washington correspondent, Christopher Cermak, brings us stories from the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago. Plus: a look ahead at this year’s Hay Festival.

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15122 Apr 2023
36 min

Monocle on Saturday: 22 April 2023: 

The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Plus: Alice Sherwood reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and we discuss Vincent Doumeizel’s new book, ‘The Seaweed Revolution’.

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15015 Apr 2023
33 min

Monocle on Saturday: 15 April 2023: 

Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Yossi Mekelberg goes through the newspapers and Isabella Jewell marks the centenary of the gory Norwegian tradition of Påskekrim.

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1491 Apr 2023
31 min

Monocle on Saturday: 8 April 2023: 

Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Simon Brooke reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and we visit a hub for Japanese culture in Washington.

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14825 Mar 2023
35 min

Monocle on Saturday: 1 April 2023: 

Georgina Godwin brings us the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Latika Bourke reviews the newspapers and Andrew Mueller rounds up what we learned this week. 

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14718 Mar 2023

Monocle on Saturday: 18 March 2023 : 

The weekend’s biggest discussion topics. A round-up of the day’s papers, what we’ve learnt this week and a guide to Ibiza’s lesser-known, more peaceful corners.

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14611 Mar 2023

Monocle on Saturday: 11 March 2023 : 

Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Terry Stiastny goes through the newspapers and Monocle’s man in Vienna, Alexei Korolyov, investigates why Austria is still doing business with Russia.

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1454 Mar 2023

Monocle on Saturday: 4 March 2023: 

Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Simon Brooke reviews the newspapers and Andrew Mueller recaps what we learned this week.

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14425 Feb 2023

Monocle on Saturday: 25 February 2023: 

Georgina Godwin and the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. A look at Saturday’s newspapers plus all of the talking points from Nomad St Moritz, an art fair bringing together the world’s leading galleries.

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14318 Feb 2023

Monocle on Saturday: 18 February 2023: 

Georgina Godwin and guests set the tone for the weekend. Alice Sherwood reviews the day’s newspapers and we cover some of the biggest discussion topics at the Munich Security Conference.

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