The Monocle Weekly
Conversations with authors, artists, and business leaders shaping the world. Monocle’s longest-running show delivers insights and interviews weekly.
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Andrew Tuck and Tom Edwards talk to the former French diplomat professor Jean-Pierre Filiu, who has attempted to write the definitive history of Gaza. Plus, Christopher Simon Sykes describes the challenges of writing a…
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On this episode of the Weekly we look to the future with former CIA intelligence analyst Mathew Burrows, talk money with John Lanchester and sample the latest East London liquor with Alexander Wolpert.
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Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound speak to author Jamie Bartlett about his voyage to the dark corners of the internet, hear from medical curator Carla Valentine, and meet Henry Hemming, who looks back on…
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Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound learn how to write a modern ghost story with author Joanna Briscoe, hear how John Moore’s latest album came about (and sing along too), and discuss Girl Soldiers in…
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We meet journalist and author David Eimer who tells of the lesser known parts of China that are beyond Beijing’s influence and hear the story of an American furniture manufacturer who successfully fought offshoring…
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Julian Mash takes us on a tour of London’s famous Portobello Road, Zoe Cormier talks sex, drugs and rock and roll and Michael Schmidt discusses his new biography of the novel.
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Chris Ruen discusses how free content can harm creativity, writer and editor Jacques Testard chats about his new literary press Fitzcarraldo Editions, and historian Joanna Bourke explains the history of pain.
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We look at China’s expanding role in Africa with veteran foreign correspondent Howard W French, chat with Sasha Abramsky about The House of Twenty Thousands Books, and dive down a rabbit hole of big…
