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
Damian Barr, James Franklin, Gold Panda and Alistair Spalding
Andrew Tuck and Tom Edwards meet writer Damian Barr and wine expert James Franklin to discuss their new project A Book and a Bottle, which matches reds and good reads. We also talk music and travel with producer Gold Panda and learn why dance is on the move in 2016…
Nicolas Winding Refn, Flume and Nahlah Ayed
On this week’s The Monocle Weekly we welcome film director Nicolas Winding Refn, Australian musician Flume and Canadian journalist Nahlah Ayed who talks to us about her experience in North Korea.
Emmy the Great, Catie Marron and Mark Dunhill
Musician Emmy the Great explains how her dual English and Chinese heritage is informing her new music and we hear from author Catie Marron about some of the world’s most inviting city squares. Plus: we chat to Mark Dunhill of London’s Central Saint Martins school of art about its place…
Maja Hoffmann, Bobby Gillespie, Guy Masterson and Bob Paisley
Arts patron, collector and founder of the Luma Foundation Maja Hoffmann tells us how to keep creativity moving, Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream explains how the group stay future-focused, and theatre-director Guy Masterson and actor Bob Paisley discuss their new play ‘Bill Clinton Hercules’.
Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Arne & Carlos and Kristian Brodie
Sir Nicholas Kenyon of London’s Barbican drops by Midori House to discuss how to make our cities more open to the arts. Plus: Scandinavian crochet masters Arne & Carlos leave us in stitches and Kristian Brodie explains how a song can help to change a life.
Wolfgang Buttress, Charlotte McDonald-Gibson and Frank Trentmann
Artist Wolfgang Buttress discusses the role of honey bees and how they inspired his ‘The Hive’ installation at Kew Gardens and its accompanying Be musical project. Monocle’s Brussels correspondent Charlotte McDonald-Gibson sheds light on the plight of those fleeing violence in the Middle East and discusses her new book ‘Cast…
Wolfgang Tillmans, Alan Kitching and Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Turner Prize-winning artist Wolfgang Tillmans explains his new posters series and why he’s campaigning for the UK to stay in the EU, we celebrate print with letterpress master Alan Kitching and talk to writer, landscape designer and preservationist Elizabeth Barlow Rogers about her new book ‘Green Metropolis’ and the allure…
Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Walker and Jonathan Wakeham
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, directors of ‘Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures’, discuss the pioneering photographer’s work. Meanwhile, we discover collaborative classic novel ‘The Floating Admiral’ with the Folio Society’s Tom Walker and get film tips from Jonathan Wakeham of the Loco London Comedy Film Festival.
Juergen Boos, Kevin Flanagan and Guy Andrews
We meet Juergen Boos, director of the Frankfurt Book Fair, to discuss where publishing is heading. Plus: architect Kevin Flanagan unveils plans for London’s first ever wooden skyscraper and cycling journalist Guy Andrews talks about his new book ‘Magnum Cycling’, which celebrates pedal power and photography.
Mark Craig, Alexander Downer and Edwina Ehrman
Film-maker Mark Craig talks us through his documentary ‘The Last Man on the Moon’, we hear from Alexander Downer, the Australian high commissioner to the UK, and make some small talk with Edwina Ehrman, curator of ‘Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear’ at London’s V&A Museum.
