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’.

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

Markus Hippi and Fernando Augusto Pacheco present all the best bits from the past seven days on Monocle 24, including: composer and musician Yann Tiersen, top US chef Mary Sue Milliken and the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulín Cruz.

The Monocle Weekly - Ariel Pink, Doug Aitken and Hyun Jin Cho: 

Since his album ‘The Doldrums’ was released in 2004 to critical acclaim, Ariel Pink has built up a cult following. Sitting on hundreds of unreleased tracks, he tells us that now’s the time to open his archives. Plus: Artist Doug Aitken reflects on how art can help us find our bearings in the world and the London Korean Film Festival director, Hyun Jin Cho, explains how Korean cinema has left its mark.

Monocle on Culture - Brett Anderson: 

The Suede frontman has just released his second memoir, ‘Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn’. He tells Robert Bound about his unconventional approach to a rock autobiography, how the 1990s music press shaped his career and what it was like for an indie band to exist during the Britpop wars.

The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24: 

All the best bits from the past seven days on Monocle 24 including: writer, food critic and jazz musician Jay Rayner; Alex O’Brien, art director for 'The Face'; and Ben Evans, co-founder and director of the London Design Festival.

Monocle on Culture - ‘Old Town Road’: 

We take a deep dive into Lil Nas X’s US record-breaking number-one single, “Old Town Road”. Baylen Leonard and Leonie Cooper join Robert Bound to discuss genre, sexuality, remixes and what it takes to make a hit song.

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.