The Monocle Summer Series
Latest Episodes

Cocktail hour
Summer drinks with cocktail expert Neil Ridley and Melanie Arnold, co-founder of Rochelle Canteen. Plus: we talk music festivals with Primavera Sound’s Pablo Soler and Daniel Fletcher, and UK duo Ider perform live.

Poolside reads and summer tunes
Libreria’s creative director Paddy Butler drops by to recommend some summer reading and we head to Paris to speak to supremo concierge Adrian Moore about how he gives guests the best tips in town.…

From El Hierro to Toucanopolis
Our guests tell us their ideal holiday spots. Joining Tyler Brûlé, Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck are Parisian pop masters Bleu Toucan; Chris Dercon, president of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux in France; Victoire…

Summer in Paris
Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound kick off the series in Paris with Fabien Naudan from auction house Artcurial and legendary journalist Christine Ockrent, while Marie-Pierre Lannelongue, editor of ‘M’ magazine, reveals some…