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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A trip to Turkey reveals all about the sport of camel-wrestling, and we talk to the deputy director of the Guggenheim Foundation.
131
The show this week focuses on how a good conversation is great for your health and we meet the Swedish Ambassador to the UK.
130
We discuss the importance of good manners with writer Henry Alford and talk about Greenland’s claim for owning Santa clause.
129
We speak to Victor Balagadde about Russian satire, learn how soap operas influence Brazilian dress and we have brunch with the Nepalese ambassador.
128
For the Weekly we speak to artist Nick Waplington, have Brunch with the Mexican ambassador and talk with Salafism expert Laurent Bonnefoy.
127
We learn how Nordic countries are promoting their music and analyse the lure of war tourism before discussing the game of elephant polo.
126
Cliché and its uses gets discussed with Mark Cousins of the Architectural Association. Platinum-selling artist Mario Biondi performs live.
125
The director of the Victoria and Albert Museum explains how culture is used for soft power. We also talk to Richard Pare about Soviet architecture.
