The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Ivan Carvalho
Monocle’s Milan correspondent Ivan Carvalho walks us through some of this month’s best art exhibitions on offer in the Italian city. Up for discussion are ‘La Grande Madre’ at the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Damián…
Film: Karen Krizanovich
We recap some of the films showcased at this year’s London Film Festival. Up for discussion is ‘Trumbo’, the story of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1940s; ‘High-Rise’, Ben Wheatley’s adaptation of the notorious dystopian…
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
In this week’s book review we look at this year’s Man Booker prize-winner, ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ by the Jamaican author Marlon James. We also discuss Margaret Atwood’s latest novel, ‘The Heart…
TV: John Doyle
On this week’s TV review we review the second series of ‘Fargo’. We also assess how paranoia is dominating North American TV this season, with the introduction of new programmes such as ‘Quantico’ and…
Music: Rebecca Grierson
For this week’s music review we discuss two new records: ‘Grey Tickles, Black Pressure’ by John Grant and the new album from Editors called ‘In Dream’. We also discuss a new documentary called ‘They…
Art: Jane Morris
We head to Damien Hirst’s brand new Newport Street Gallery in London for its inaugural exhibition: a series of paintings by John Hoyland from Hirst’s collection. Over in New York we take a look…
Film: Tara Judah
In this week’s London Film Festival special, film critic Tara Judah and Monocle’s Gillian Dobias look at three films that have got people talking. They discuss ‘Taxi Tehran’, a portrait of the Iranian capital…
Books: Cathy Rentzenbrink
In this weeks book review we look at Laura Thompson’s portrayal of the scandalous lives of the Mitford sisters in ‘Take Six Girls’. We then discuss two novels: ‘Spill Simmer Falter Wither’ is a…
Theatre: Dominic Maxwell
We see how good the folks at the Apollo Theatre are at thinking on their feet in ‘Showstopper! The Improvised Musical’. We also take a look at Gregory Doran’s latest Shakespeare production ‘Henry V’…
Music: Nick Luscombe
Hot off the heels of his recent trip to Estonia, broadcaster and DJ Nick Luscombe drops by the studio to talk us through the country’s music scene. We hear about Trad.Attack!, the trio who…
