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
Classic cuts
Tom Edwards and Markus Hippi discuss diary-making with Simon Garfield, who has published (with permission) 60 years of diaries from bookseller Jean Lucey Pratt. We also hear from reporter Tim Judah about stories from war-torn Ukraine. Plus: we learn the simple dos and don’ts of how to correctly chop, store…
Off the map
Andrew Tuck and Tom Edwards look at map-making with rare-book collector Daniel Crouch, take a surreal trip into the thoughts of John Lennon with author Kevin Barry and meet Roger W Smith, the master watchmaker whose timepieces take years to make and sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Culture clash
Historian W David Marx joins us from Japan to discuss that country’s contribution to classic American style, a topic covered in his new book, ‘Ametora’. We find out why the year 1966 was such an explosive one for pop from Jon Savage who has dedicated a whole tome to it.…
Other lives
Andrew Tuck and Tom Edwards talk to Darren Wall about the evolution of video games and his design-led publishing venture Read-Only Memory. We also chat about Iran and what attracted film-makers Tom Allen and Leon McCarron to follow its longest river, the Karun. Plus: we learn why creative Paula Zuccotti…
Paris attacks
Tune in to the Monocle Weekly with Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck on Sunday 14 November at 12.00 UK time for a special coverage of the aftermath of Friday night’s deadly terror attacks in the heart of the French capital.
New builds
Andrew Tuck and Steve Bloomfield hear from architecture expert and television documentarian Dan Cruickshank about his new book, which looks at the 100 most important buildings ever made. Gustav Temple of ‘The Chap’ magazine also tells us how to consume our favourite tipples in the proper manner and writer Robert…
Different times
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound are joined by literary man of the moment Garth Risk Hallberg to discuss his new book ‘City on Fire’. Diccon Bewes also stops by to talk about why the maps of Switzerland reveal more than just cheese or watches. Plus: Erasure’s Andy Bell joins the…
Changing tunes
Steve Bloomfield and Daniel Giacopelli meet writer and filmmaker Sacha Jenkins to discuss fashion’s influence on hip-hop. We also talk to author Alex Marshall about the roots of national anthems. Plus: we hear from Efe Cakarel, the Turkish founder of film-streaming service Mubi, about how to curate the internet’s endless…
Open minds
Tom Edwards and Daniel Giacopelli are joined by war-reporter Matthew Green. They also meet Ruth Ball, the trained chemist who turned her scientific expertise to that essential brain tonic – booze. Plus: the team talks to Christopher Green, the performer, writer and artist who’s turning his mesmerising gaze to hypnotism.
World leaders
Robert Bound and Tom Edwards are joined by Tate Modern’s international art curator Flavia Frigeri to discuss ‘The World Goes Pop’. Plus, we hear from Mohamed Fahmy, the formerly imprisoned journalist who has now left Egypt, about the state of press freedom; and solo sailor Alex Thomson joins us to…
