Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Walker and Jonathan Wakeham

Chapter 1

Introduction

Monocle’s Henry Rees-Sheridan looks to the week ahead with the help of Tom Edwards and Steve Bloomfield.

Chapter 2

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey are the directorial duo known as World of Wonder, whose reality TV shows such as ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ are huge hits. Their latest project is a documentary on the controversial life of photographer and artist Robert Mapplethorpe, whose imagery upset the US mainstream in the 1970s and 1980s.

Chapter 3

Tom Walker

‘The Floating Admiral’, first published in 1931, is a mystery book with a difference. It was written collaboratively by members of the Detection Club, a society of writers that included many of the great crime authors of the day, such as Agatha Christie. The novel is now being lovingly re-released by London publishers the Folio Society. Editorial director Tom Walker joins the Weekly team to unpick the book’s enigmas.

Chapter 4

Jonathan Wakeham, Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley

The Loco London Comedy Film Festival kicks off this weekend and runs throughout next week at London’s BFI. The event’s co-founder and programmer Jonathan Wakeham discusses the direction of new comedy and brings film-makers Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley along to explain more.