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Simon Bainbridge, Eliza Tamo, Michael Booth and Kevin Howlett

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11 September 2016

Episode 375

55 minutes


Photo: Mei Ying Chan

Simon Bainbridge, editorial director of the ‘British Journal of Photography’, and photographer Eliza Tamo discuss the new “Portrait of Britain” project. We also hear from Copenhagen-based journalist and author Michael Booth about why Japan has taken his story to its heart. Plus: we review Ron Howard’s new documentary ‘The Beatles: Eight Days a Week’ with Beatles expert Kevin Howlett.

11 September 2016

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Introduction

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Monocle’s Daniel Giacopelli joins Robert Bound and Tom Edwards to assess the week gone by and the one ahead.

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Simon Bainbridge and Eliza Tamo

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A new exhibition called “Portrait of Britain” is now on show across the nation. Two of the minds behind the project – Simon Bainbridge, editorial director of the ‘British Journal of Photography’, and photographer Eliza Tamo – stop by the studio to tell us how the nation is looking.

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Michael Booth

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Michael Booth is Monocle’s man in Copenhagen and a celebrated author whose book ‘Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know About Cooking’ is about to hit US shelves retitled as ‘Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family’s Journey Through the Belly of Japan’. Michael joins the Weekly team to explain how his family have been reincarnated as anime cartoons – and there’s talk of a live-action film adaptation too.

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Kevin Howlett

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A new Ron Howard-directed documentary called ‘The Beatles: Eight Days a Week’ is the first to look at the band as a live experience and how their relationships functioned both on and offstage. We hear from Beatles expert Kevin Howlett about how it’s never too late to take a fresh look at the biggest band the world has ever known – or thinks it knows.

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