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Monocle on Design - Extra: Humour and architecture
30 July 2020
Comedian and design enthusiast Tim Ross ponders how easy it is to find cheer in architecture.
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Acting funny
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Monocle on Culture - Capturing LCD Soundsystem's last gig
10 September 2012
Comedian Rich Fulcher on US politics, we attend the opening of the Kunsthalle in Zürich and meet the filmmakers who captured LCD Soundsystem’s farewell gig.
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Monocle on Culture - What makes comedy funny?
30 January 2012
What makes comedy funny? Comedian Andi Osho joins in the studio, we visit Just For Laughs festival in Montréal and meet a lecturer in comedy.
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Monocle on Culture - How close are fact and fiction?
1 June 2015
We look at the blurred lines between fact and fiction with novelist and former travel writer Lawrence Osborne, comedian Mark Watson and journalist and author Adam LeBor.
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Monocle on Culture - At the Edinburgh Festival
13 August 2012
We chat to comedian James Mullinger at Edinburgh festival and we also meet the festival’s director. Plus a visit to LA’s Sonos Studio acoustic gallery.
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The Late Edition - Tuesday 17 July
17 July 2018
We discuss the fallout from president Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin, the UK’s Brexit circus and the British comedian causing a stir in the US.
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Beyond a joke
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Monocle on Culture - Nightmares with Delhi
29 October 2012
A look at the BFI’s rerelease of British ghost stories, we learn about Delhi’s spooky tales and comedian Rich Fulcher discusses the US elections.
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The Monocle Weekly, episode 147
29 April 2012
We’re joined by poet Sean Street, comedian and author Natalie Haynes, film director Cosima Spender and taste Asian cuisine with chef Alvin Leung.
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The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24
24 October 2015
This week we recap our live broadcast from the Frankfurt Book Fair, are hypnotised by comedian and performer Christopher Green and discuss the legacy of former Burmese leader General Aung San.
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The Curator - Highlights from Monocle 24
19 November 2016
The week’s highlights with Daniel Giacopelli and Tom Edwards, featuring writer and cartoonist Art Spiegelman, musicians Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, and comedian Magda Szubanski.
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The Monocle Weekly - Dean Burnett, Will Hawkes and Nancy Campbell
21 February 2016
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.
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Monocle on Culture - ‘Vic Reeves Art Book’
28 September 2020
Comedian and artist Jim Moir, better known as Vic Reeves, joins Robert Bound to talk about his new book, a collection of his paintings that range from the dark to the absurd.
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The Monocle Daily, episode 347
26 February 2013
After the rise of Beppe Grillo in Italy, we look at other comedians turned politicians. Plus, the latest from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and we check in with our man in Toronto.
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The Globalist - Monday 15 April
15 April 2019
As change sweeps Algeria and Sudan, we ask if the protest movement heralds a new iteration of the Arab Spring. Plus: is Ukraine on course to elect a comedian for president, and a look at the day’s headlines.
