The Monocle Arts Review
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Art: Kimberly Bradley
Monocle’s Vienna correspondent reviews the most recent exhibitions in Vienna, including the latest offering from the Leopold Museum and the Ernesto Neto show at TBA21.

Film: Tim Robey
Tim Robey, film critic for the ‘Daily Telegraph’ and regular ‘Monocle’ contributor, gives us a preview of this week’s film releases, which include Andrew Haigh’s ‘45 Years’, romantic comedy ‘Gemma Bovery’ and documentary ‘The…

Books: Mark Mason
Up for discussion on this week’s books review we have Edward Lucas’s ‘Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet’ and Mark Mason’s upcoming factual adventure about Britain’s postcodes, ‘Mail Obsession’. Plus: we discuss the…

TV: Alice Vincent
August is a notoriously quiet month for television so Alice Vincent, writer for ‘The Daily Telegraph’, recommends a couple of classic documentaries available to watch online, for those cooler summer nights. Plus: we look…

Music: Rebecca Grierson
Music consultant Rebecca Grierson talks us through new releases from British R&B artist Dornik and LA synth-poppers De Lux. Plus: she analyses Daniel Pemberton’s soundtrack for Guy Ritchie’s new film, ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E’.

Art: Ossian Ward
Ossian Ward tells us about three group exhibitions that have caught his eye in London this week at the Zabludowicz Collection, the Lisson Gallery and Luxembourg & Dayan.

Film: Karen Krizanovich
On this week’s film review Karen Krizanovich and Gillian Dobias discuss Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s collaboration ‘Mistress America’, Amy Schumer’s booze-fuelled sexual misadventure ‘Trainwreck’ and car chases and devious damsels a-plenty in Guy…

Books: Arifa Akbar
Up for discussion on this week’s books review is ‘Beneath the Earth’, a series of short stories by the ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ author John Boyne, and a posthumous collection of work…

Theatre: Dominic Maxwell
Dominic Maxwell, chief theatre critic for ‘The Times’, is at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to talk us through a few highlights. Plus: he reviews ‘Bakkhai’, which is starring Ben Whishaw and showing in London…

Music: Luke Turner
Luke Turner, associate editor of The Quietus, drops by armed with a handful of tracks that have caught his attention this month. On the show we hear music by London-African outfit Owiny Sigoma Band,…