12 November 2017
54 minutes
We explore the pleasures and challenges of urban living. Meanwhile, our Culture editor Robert Bound gives us the bare necessities of life, Ken Mogi discusses the Japanese philosophy of ‘ikigai’ and we meet fashion illustrator Megan Hess. Plus: roaming restaurant Mazí Mas and Rachel Cunliffe of ‘City AM’ with the weekend papers.
12 November 2017
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City living

The Museum of London is looking at the pleasures and challenges of urban living in an exhibition called ‘The City is Ours’. Lead curator Foteini Aravani tells us all about it.
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Midori House Mixtape: Robert Bound

Monocle’s Culture editor on why ‘The Jungle Book’ means so much to him.
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Megan Hess

Emma Nelson sits down with the fashion illustrator to talk about her book ‘Paris: Through a Fashion Eye’. It picks out the best places for a fashionista to eat, sleep, shop and play in the French capital.
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Weekend read: Ken Mogi

Ken Mogi tells us all about ‘ikigai’: the Japanese art of enjoying life.
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Paper review: Rachel Cunliffe

The comment and features editor from ‘City AM’ joins us in the studio to go through a hefty stack of the weekend’s papers.
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Mazí Mas

We meet Niki Kopcke, the founder of this social enterprise and roaming restaurant.
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