Podcast
Sunday Brunch
Hosted by Monocle · EN
Pour yourself a coffee with Monocle’s ideal weekend companion. Ease into the day with a look at the international newspapers and hear from an array of leading cultural figures, from the ablest architects and auteur film-makers to crafty coffee roasters and the wittiest writers.
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The art of remembering
Apr 28, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeWe visit Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial, where an impressive design belies a deeper meaning for both Germany and Russia. Plus: archaeologist Claire Smith explains why restoring Notre Dame won’t make it any less authentic.
Transcribe →Isabelle Huppert and the qualities of camp
Apr 21, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeAcademy award-winning director Neil Jordan discusses his campy new thriller “Greta”, which stars Isabelle Huppert as a deranged stalker. Plus: how an arts education is raising the standards in US prisons and economist Cornelia Meyer reviews the weekend newspapers.
Transcribe →Salone del Mobile
Apr 14, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeMonocle’s Georgina Godwin sits down for a cinnamon bun with leading designers and architects in this special edition broadcast live from the world’s largest furniture fair.
Transcribe →A nature series worth nurturing
Apr 7, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeSir David Attenborough’s new Netflix Original series ‘Our Planet’ is both a visual masterpiece and an urgent call to action. We meet its producers, Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey. Plus: artist Oliver Jeffers on how politics informs creativity, and a review of the weekend newspapers.
Transcribe →Tackling men’s mental health
Mar 31, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeWe look at a play that is bringing the issue of men’s mental health to the forefront. Plus: one of the world’s top 100 start-ups, weekend papers and we celebrate Burmese New Year.
Transcribe →Enter stage left (and right)
Mar 24, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeWe look at how political issues can be successfully transferred to the stage. Plus: finding your ‘fragrance wardrobe’, a new novel based around the Holocaust and London restaurant Mortimer House Kitchen.
Transcribe →London Burlesque Festival
Mar 17, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeWe profile the 2019 version of a festival that does a fine line in raunchy and risqué. Plus: how AI is changing the workplace, an Art Dubai round-up and Chiltern Firehouse’s knack for staying at the forefront of London’s dining scene.
Transcribe →Making the arts accessible
Mar 10, 201901:00:00Tap to summarizeWe profile two companies making the arts more accessible. Plus: Daunt Books Spring Festival, extraordinary women in history and former MasterChef winner Tim Anderson on Japanese cooking.
Transcribe →Changing British culture
Mar 3, 201900:57:35Tap to summarizeWe assess the impact of refugees from Nazi Europe on British culture. Plus: abstract artwork, how to retell Shakespeare and the weekend papers.
Transcribe →The art of luxury
Feb 24, 201900:58:24Tap to summarizeWe discuss how to create the feeling of luxury. Plus: specialist sound design, the tale of a household and food from northeast India.
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