The Monocle Arts Review
Latest Episodes
Art: Kathlene Fox-Davies
We round up the art shows to see in London this week at Victoria Miro, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert and Whitechapel gallery.
Film: Anna Smith
From period drama to a slasher comedy about pregnancy, we invite film critic Anna Smith to review the week’s film releases: ‘Loving’, ‘Toni Erdmann’ and ‘Prevenge’.
Books: Alice O’Keeffe
Books editor at ‘The Bookseller’, Alice O’Keeffe, brings in the novels that she’s looking forward to this month by the authors Kate Hamer, Sara Baume and Ayobami Adebayo.
Podcasts: Pete Naughton
This month’s podcast review features Gimlet’s ‘Reply All’ and CBC’s ‘Sleepover’. Plus we discuss the enduring appeal of ‘This American Life’ and ‘Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review’ and what younger podcasts can learn from…
Music: Rebecca Grierson
Rebecca Grierson, music supervisor at creative music agency Catalyst, brings in her tracks of the week by Max Richter, Gabriel Garzón-Montano and Ariel Pink and Weyes Blood.
Art: Jane Morris
We round up the best of London’s art this week, with visits to the Gagosian, the White Cube gallery and Condo, the art festival that is bringing international galleries to the UK capital.
Film: Jason Solomons
We discuss the 2017 Oscar nominees and review this week’s film releases: ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, ‘Denial’ and ‘T2: Trainspotting’.
Books: Sharmaine Lovegrove
For this week’s literary review we leaf through the latest books by Gwendoline Riley, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and Miranda Emmerson.
TV: John Doyle
What will happen to TV in the age of Trump? Tom Edwards discusses with ‘Globe and Mail’ television critic John Doyle. Plus: we review two new Netflix series, ‘Riverdale’ and ‘Frontier’.
Music: Luke Turner
Andrew Mueller and ‘The Quietus’ editor Luke Turner discuss the latest single by Ibibio Sound Machine, the new album by ex-Pipette Rose Elinor Dougall and a collaboration between Shackleton and spoken-word artist Vengeance Tenfold.
