The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

Highlights from the past week on Monocle 24 including: Irish photographer Richard Mosse; sound engineer and record producer Susan Rogers; and Swiss Guard-turned-chef David Geisser.

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

British architect Norman Foster on why he has hope for the future of our cities, UK Labour MP Jess Phillips talks about telling truth to power and Brazilian musician Marcos Valle discusses his new album.

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

This week: the president of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, explains the challenges facing the world’s leading nations. Plus: we review the new Netflix film, ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’, and meet the author Paul Mendez

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

The best bits from the past seven days on Monocle 24, including record-label boss and producer Richard Russell, author Amish Tripathi and journalist Alexandra Shulman.

The Monocle Weekly - Pete Paphides, Carl Craig, Kelly Kivland and Will Harris: 

We meet music journalist Pete Paphides to talk about his new book, ‘Broken Greek’, and the impact that music has had on his life. Plus: techno legend Carl Craig and curator Kelly Kivland on Craig’s new installation at New York’s Dia:Beacon, and UK poet Will Harris talks us through his new book, ‘Rendang’.

Monocle on Culture - The Power of Sound: Grant Kirkhope: 

Composer Grant Kirkhope has written the soundtracks for some very successful video games, including ‘GoldenEye 007’, ‘Civilization’, and ‘Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle’. He tells us about his career highlights and the importance of music to the game-playing experience: from transporting people to new worlds to knowing that you are responsible for writing music that will be part of a fan’s childhood. Music ‘Oven-Fresh Day’ and ‘Slow-Baked’ are copyright Rare Ltd

Monocle on Culture - The Power of Sound: Johnnie Burn: 

Throughout his career as a sound designer, editor and mixer, Johnnie Burn has worked on iconic TV commercials for clients such as Guinness; created the sounds you hear every time you log onto Skype; and developed the sound world for films including Yorgos Lanthimos’s ‘The Lobster’ and ‘The Favourite’ and Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Under the Skin’. In this episode, he discusses how he makes sound choices to enhance a film’s narrative – and why less is sometimes more; how his obsession with audio extends to the musicality of everyday objects; and the childhood trauma that temporarily deafened him and sparked his interest in sound.

The Monocle Weekly - Annie: 

In this special interview, Monocle 24’s culture correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Norwegian singer Annie about her album ‘Dark Hearts’, which is out on 16 October and is packed with excellent synth pop.

The Monocle Weekly - The Thinkers Edition: Equal Citizens: 

In the second instalment of our special new series, Andrew Mueller hosts a panel of experts and philosophers to reflect on the changing nature of citizenship and equality around the world.

Joining us this week is Elizabeth Anderson, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan, Ayona Datta, Professor in Urban Geography at University College London and Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Social Science at New York University.