The Monocle Weekly
Conversations with authors, artists, and business leaders shaping the world. Monocle’s longest-running show delivers insights and interviews weekly.
Latest Episodes
Grace Dent, Ben Davis and Laurent Binet
Columnist and food critic Grace Dent joins the Weekly to discuss London’s culinary scene and the forthcoming London Food Month. Plus: Ben Davis, director of documentary ‘Northern Disco Lights’, tells the unlikely story of…
Booker T Jones, Judith Matloff and Nadim Karam
Music legend Booker T Jones joins us to discuss his long and varied career. We also speak to foreign correspondent Judith Matloff about her new book ‘The War is in the Mountains’, and talk…
Tom Dyckhoff, Christine Negroni and Matthew Raw
Architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff joins us to discuss his new book ‘The Age of Spectacle’, which asks why cities are filling up with increasingly sensationalist buildings. Plus, aviation expert Christine Negroni discusses why some…
David Baddiel, Kristen Visbal, Francesca Gavin, Matt Tyrnauer and Robert Hammond
We’re joined by writer, comedian and broadcaster David Baddiel to discuss his new stage show ‘My Family: Not the Sitcom’. Plus: the sculptor behind the Fearless Girl statue explains her work to art critic…
Kanishk Tharoor, Peter Godfrey-Smith and Tom Jeffreys
Writer and journalist Kanishk Tharoor explains his short-story collection ‘Swimmer Among the Stars’. Plus, we speak with scuba-diving philosopher Paul Godfrey-Smith about underwater life and his book ‘Other Minds’, and learn why writer Tom…
Richard Wentworth, Yasmeen Ismail and Jeffrey Young
Artist Richard Wentworth discusses new group show “Architecture as Metaphor” and explains how city life influences his work. Plus: we preview the London Coffee Festival with its founder Jeffrey Young and illustrator and author…
William Sitwell, Michael Rakowitz and Stacey Tenenbaum
We welcome back food writer and critic William Sitwell to discuss ‘The Really Quite Good British Cookbook’ – celebrating both the local and global influences on British dishes. Plus, conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz explains…
Matthew Herbert, Val McDermid and Andrew Martin
Musician Matthew Herbert explains his Brexit Big Band project that’s designed to celebrate European collaboration, we meet crime writer Val McDermid to discuss the Wellcome Book Prize and science’s role in literature, and novelist…
Rodney Graham, Paul Keedwell and Roberto Fonseca
Canadian visual artist Rodney Graham stops by the studio to discuss his new career retrospective “Rodney Graham: That’s not Me”, and new album “Gondoliers”. Plus: a psychiatry and mood expert explains his book “Headspace:…
Kelly Reichardt, Steven Cantor, Gabrielle Tana and Hugo Chapman
Director Kelly Reichardt on her new film ‘Certain Women’, the British Museum’s Hugo Chapman on how the US reacts to social change via art and print and film-makers Steven Cantor and Gabrielle Tana on…
