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
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 Francesca Gavin, and we discuss a new documentary about city-planning activist Jane Jacobs with film-makers and…
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 Jeffreys chose to walk one of the UK’s newest train routes as detailed in his book…
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 Yasmeen Ismail joins us to talk about her latest title, ‘Happy, Sad, Feeling Glad: Draw &…
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 his latest work that will soon sit on London’s prestigious fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, and…
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 Andrew Martin discusses his book ‘Night Trains’, which looks at how long-distance rail travel helped shape…
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: The Psychology of City Living”, and Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca on recent album “ABUC”.
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 the appeal of ballet and why they chose the prodigal talent of Sergei Polunin to be…
Survive, Tiffanie Darke, Chris Sidwells and Matt Barbet
We’re joined by Survive, the Texan electronic band whose members created the hit soundtrack for Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’. Plus: journalist Tiffanie Darke considers what it means to belong to Generation X and cycling specialists Chris Sidwells and Matt Barbet on the history of the humble cycling jersey.
Ling Lee, Nadine Chahine, Alicia Bastos and DJ Limao
We talk to Ling Lee, co-curator of ‘Robots’, the new exhibition at London’s Science Museum, which looks at the relationship between humans and our mechanical friends. Plus: typographer Nadine Chahine on how to make fonts more recognisable and a preview of this weekend’s Rio Carnival with culture and music specialists…
Bettany Hughes, Ander Monson and Philip Hook
We retrace Istanbul’s identities with Bettany Hughes, author of ‘Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities’. Essayist Ander Monson explains writing project ‘March Fadness’, which celebrates music’s one-hit wonders. And Philip Hook, senior director from Sotheby’s, discusses ‘Rogues’ Gallery: A History of Art and its Dealers’, showing how art dealers can…
