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
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…
Dana Thomas, Wuon-Gean Ho and John Darlington
Fashion-writer Dana Thomas reflects on Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and London’s style identity. Meanwhile, artist and printmaker Wuon-Gean Ho delivers a print masterclass. And finally John Darlington of The World Monuments Fund Britain talks archaeology.
Dean Burnett, Will Hawkes and Nancy Campbell
Neuroscientist and comedian Dean Burnett explains the brain and beer-writer Will Hawkes stops by for some brews. Plus: poet and artist Nancy Campbell takes us on a verbal tour of Greenland.
The bigger picture
Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound discuss this week’s sale of a Francis Bacon masterpiece with its seller, art writer Michael Peppiatt. Meanwhile, Italian film-director Luca Guadagnino talks through his new release ‘A Bigger Splash’, starring Tilda Swinton. Plus: Tim Ellison of London’s Postal Museum explains the historic quirk of sending…
