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
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.
Ash Koosha, Rebecca Roke and Max Stafford-Clark
Iranian musician Ash Koosha discusses his forward-thinking electronica and the cultures that inform it, while Rebecca Roke tells us why her book ‘Nanotecture: Tiny Built Things’ is celebrating the small. Plus: theatre director Max Stafford-Clark explains the play ‘All that Fall’, in which the audience experience the show blindfolded.
Jonathan Yeo, Amber Fares, Maysoon Jayyusi and Patrick Perrin
Portrait artist Jonathan Yeo talks about his new retrospective in Denmark, while film-maker Amber Fares and street-racer Maysoon Jayyusi discuss burning rubber in the Middle East. Plus: Patrick Perrin previews the Pad art fair in Paris.
Ben Ratliff, Ming Veevers Carter and Nick McDonell
Ben Ratliff discusses music and his book ‘Every Song Ever’, floral designer Ming Veevers Carter delivers a masterclass in flower arranging and author and journalist Nick McDonell reflects on the nomadic lifestyle.
Mira Awad, Marion Deuchars, Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley
Singer and actress Mira Awad reflects on her Arab-Israeli heritage, illustrator and author Marion Deuchars discusses new book ‘Bob the Artist’ and whisky experts Joel Harrison and Neil Ridley raise the bar.
Greg Quinton, Dennis Morris and Arthur Jeffes
Advertising creative Greg Quinton talks the Weekly team through his revised edition of classic branding book ‘A Smile in the Mind’. Meanwhile, photographer and artist Dennis Morris discusses his design of Public Image Limited’s ‘Metal Box’ album and his teenage years spent on the road with Bob Marley. Plus: Penguin…
