Monocle 24: The Monocle Weekly: Recent Episodes
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We speak with Italian duo Mind Enterprises. The former post-punk musicians, Andrea Tirone and Roberto Conigliaro, create feel-good Italo disco – a genre full of Mediterranean escapism.
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We speak with Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz about his latest satire, ‘Rosebush Pruning’, which follows a wealthy if perverse American family as they take up residence in a villa under the Catalonian sun.
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We speak with Brazilian musical sensation Pedro Sampaio about his summer smash hit, ‘Jetski’, his international career and why the world needs some fun and chaos.
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Monocle speaks with Belgian singer-songwriter Angèle about her unconventional upbringing, what inspires her songwriting and her summer playlist.
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We speak with Roland Hamberger, managing director of Rosewood Vienna, about the wonders of Vienna and hospitality.
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We speak with Mexican chef Santiago Lastra from Michelin-starred Kol. We discuss his cookbook, Mexican Soul: A New Style of Cooking and the menu inspired by Tate Modern’s exhibition ‘Frida: The Making of an Icon’.
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We speak with Keith Jopling about his two books on the music industry, ‘Body of Work’ (about the importance of the album) and ‘Riding the Rollercoaster’ (about surviving the music business).
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We speak with singer and classically trained cellist Kelsey Lu about new album 'So Help Me God'.
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We speak with chef Meedu Saad, known for his work at Kiln, about his debut restaurant, Impala, also in London’s Soho.
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We speak with Parisian restaurateurs Laetitia and Arthur Cohen, owners of Bar Omi and Ojii, among others. We hear about their expansion plans and great Japanese food.
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We speak with Reiko Sakata, general manager of the Imperial Hotel Kyoto, which opened its doors this spring. We hear about the hotel’s opening, its new spa and what the location means to the hospitality group.
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We speak with Franco-Brazilian duo PPJ (Páula and Povoa), who just released EP ‘Joker’, an eclectic mix of baile funk, techno and electro.
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We are in Paris to speak with chef Jean Costantini from A Casaluna, a restaurant serving authentic Corsican food. He also discusses his latest book, ‘Corsica’.
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We head to Paris to speak with Frédéric Antelme, managing director of one of France’s most distinguished radio stations, Radio Nova. We discuss its increasing success and music curation.
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We speak with Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo about her new album ‘Hope!!’. The influential artist discusses her music and collaborations with Pharrell Williams, Iza and more.
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We speak with Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro on his role in ‘The Blue Trail’, a dystopian production about ageing by Gabriel Mascaro. Plus: his upcoming role in Netflix series ‘Brazil ’70: The Third Star’.
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We speak with musician Thundercat about his first album in six years, ‘Distracted’. Plus: his love for Brazilian music and Japan, and why boxing has been a revelation for him.
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We speak with writer and consultant Richard Lapper about his new book, ‘Lula! The Man, The Myth and a Dream of Latin America’.
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We speak with Alexis Taylor about his new solo album and most revealing work yet, ‘Paris In The Spring’. We discuss the record’s musical influences and 25 years of Hot Chip.
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We speak with British singer Jessie Ware about her upcoming album, ‘Superbloom’, and how it connects with her very first release, ‘Devotion’, and her successful food podcast, ‘Table Manners’.
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We speak with Brazilian cultural entrepreneur Filipe Assis, founder of Aberto, an exhibition platform that brings architecture to life with plenty of art and design. The fifth edition features Eduardo Longo’s Casa Bola.
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We speak with Argentinean duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso about their new album, ‘Free Spirits’, which features a collaboration with British musician Sting as their ‘spiritual mentor’.
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We speak with Xavier Padovani, partner and director of Experimental, on the reopening of the company’s ECC cocktail bar in London’s Chinatown and its upcoming property in Rome.
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We speak with Brazilian musician Lucas Santtana about his new album, ‘Brasiliano’, an ode to the unique language spoken in Brazil, featuring collaborations with the likes of Gilberto Gil and Rachel Reis.
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After five decades shaping London’s most iconic dining rooms, Jeremy King and his longtime collaborator, Shayne Brady, tell Monocle how they’re rethinking restaurant interiors and embracing evolving tastes.
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We speak with Australian singer Sam Quealy about her latest album, ‘Jawbreaker’. It’s a delicious mix of synthy electro and nostalgic disco, and a fun dose of Quealy’s high-kicking stage presence.
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We speak with Swedish singer Cobrah about her new album, ‘Torn’. The pop provocateur stopped by our studio to talk about her unapologetically bold record.
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We speak with Tom Marchant, co-founder of luxury travel company Black Tomato. We discuss how the industry is changing and the destinations to keep an eye on.
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We speak with director Oliver Laxe about his sensorial and ecstatic Sirāt, nominated for two Oscars, including Best International Feature and Best Sound.
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We speak with Brazilian cinematographer Adolpho Veloso, nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta for his work on Clint Bentley’s contemplative Train Dreams. Veloso shot mainly using natural light, giving the film a naturalistic tone.
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We meet Prince Louis Albert de Broglie, the owner of Parisian taxidermy shop and educational institution Deyrolle. He tells us about the iconic boutique and how it has served as an inspiration for artists.
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We speak with the team behind Oscar- and Bafta-nominated film ‘Zootropolis 2’, Hollywood’s biggest-ever animation. We hear from producer Yvett Merino and Jared Bush, director and chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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We speak with the team behind Brazilian political-crime thriller ‘The Secret Agent’ – director Kleber Mendonça Filho and leading star Wagner Moura. The film is nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Moura.
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We speak to acclaimed director Kaouther Ben Hania about her powerful 2025 docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab – a film that tells the story of the Israeli killing of a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car under fire in Gaza.
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We speak with producer and scholar Beppe Savoni, the founder of Disco Bambino, a project celebrating Italian disco. The genre is back in full force thanks to the likes of Savoni – we look at why 2026 will continue that trend.
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We speak with film director Joachim Trier about his new film, ‘Sentimental Value’, a poignant story about reconciliation featuring Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and it’s set to be the star of this awards season.
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Brazilian telenovelas will keep a new cohort of viewers gripped in 2026 thanks to an unexpected twist: international expansion to the US. We speak with Miura Kite, president of global content at MFF & Co, and Maria Farinha Films co-founder Estela Renner about adapting the telenovela to a North American audience.
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We speak with Brazilian hotelier Juliana Ghiotto, CEO and co-founder of the Barracuda hotel group. The hotels in the beautiful, northeastern seaside town of Itacaré mix Bahian hospitality and Scandinavian elegance.
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We speak with Italian designer Fabrizio Casiraghi in Paris for the opening of Sant Ambroeus. We discuss the design of the iconic Milanese-inspired restaurant and also Casiraghi’s work in a Vatican hotel.
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We speak with Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli about his new restaurant Locatelli at London's National Gallery.
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We speak with Brazilian director Gabriel Mascaro about 'The Blue Trail', his life-affirming film telling the story of 77-year-old Teresa. It was a hit in his home country and a prizewinner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
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We speak with director Shih-Ching Tsou about her latest film, ‘Left-Handed Girl’, with Netflix – Taiwan's official entry for the Oscars. The film was produced, edited and co-written by 'Anora' director Sean Baker.
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We speak with Brazilian art advisor João Paulo Siqueira Lopes, who founded Panorama Art Advisory earlier this year.
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We celebrate the sounds of electroclash with Jonny Slut and Mark Wood, compilers of a new compilation, ‘When The 2000s Clashed: Machine Music For A New Millennium’, celebrating the genre and its influence on music today.
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We speak with Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, the chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, which is currently taking place. The Bienal’s main theme is “Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice”.
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We speak with Portuguese singer Carolina Deslandes about the music scene in Lisbon and her latest album, ‘Chorar No Club’.
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We speak with author and ‘Financial Times’ journalist Simon Kuper about his new book, ‘World Cup Fever: A Footballing Journey in Nine Tournaments’, on how football has transformed the world.
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We speak with Allie X who returns with “Is Anybody Out There”, her first single of 2025, which features on her self-produced and written fourth record, ‘Happiness Is Going to Get You’ – a meditation on existential isolation and societal malaise.
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We speak with Paul Cabannes, a French comedian that charmed Brazil with his funny and witty sketches about Brazilian daily life. He visits Midori House before a sold-out gig at Leicester Square Theatre.
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We speak with Karen Pittman, who plays top television producer Mia Jordan on Apple TV+ series ‘The Morning Show’. Her character plays a big role in season 4.
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We speak with German music duo Zimmer90 about their debut album, ‘Interior’, which is full of gentle songs made beautiful by synthy melancholic touches.
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We speak with Oliver Dixon, the man who looks after Emirates’ incredible wine collection. Since 2006, the airline has invested more than a billion dollars into its wine programme.
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We speak with hotelier Pierre Bident-Moldeva, owner of Chez Georges in Rio and La Ferme de Georges in Atins, close to the beautiful Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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We speak with Laura Horta, co-founder of London’s Osteria Angelina. The new space in Spitalfields is a celebration of Itameshi, a cuisine that combines the flavours and ingredients of Italian and Japanese food.
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We speak with Rio-born Alessandra Montagne, the star Brazilian chef behind Paris restaurants Nosso and Tempero.
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We speak with French singer Odetto abut the summer sounds of his latest album, ‘Sunset Radio’.
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We speak to Antoine Kenobi Ressaussière about Kitsuné Musique, the music arm of Maison Kitsuné, which is back with plenty of new releases.
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Her podcast, ‘The Weirdo’, has attracted millions of particularly younger Chinese listeners. She speaks with Monocle’s Chris Cermak about differing perceptions of politics in China, Europe and the West.
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We speak with Petra Costa about her new Netflix documentary, ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’, a look at the rising evangelical influence in Brazilian politics.
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We speak with Canadian singer Charlotte Cardin from our studio in Paris. She discusses her future music plans and how the song ‘Feel Good’ came to capture the airwaves this summer.
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We speak with Doug Conklyn, Speedo’s senior vice-president of global design, on the return of the brief and the power of the Speedo brand.
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We speak with Italian singer-songwriter Giorgio Poi, who’s back with his fourth album, ‘Schegge’, a fitting soundtrack to hot summer days.
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We speak with Brazil’s ambassador to the UK, Antonio Patriota. Besides discussing diplomacy, Patriota talks about music and his new album, ‘Meio do Céu’, a great mix of samba, blues and even fado.
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We speak with Billy Skelli-Cohen, CEO of Beaumier. The rapidly growing group has just added another property to its portfolio, Grand Hotel Belvedere, which is set in the Bernese Alps.
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We speak with Brazilian superstar Liniker about her latest album, ‘Caju’, her European tour and how her name was indeed inspired by British former footballer Gary Lineker.
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We speak with Japanese duo Yoasobi about their recent gigs in Europe, how they became the biggest international music act from Japan and the literary origin of their music.
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This week we feature the inaugural edition of the De Beauvoir Jazz Festival, taking place in London on 11 and 12 July. We hear from its founder, Payal Wadhwa, and artistic director, Peter Horsfall.
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This week on The Monocle Weekly we speak with French singer Louane, who is representing France in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with a powerful ballad about her late mother.
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We speak with Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan about his new film, ‘The Surfer’, a sweaty psychological thriller featuring Nicolas Cage.
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We speak with Turkish-Italian DJ and producer Carlita about fashion, music and her latest mix compilation for London club Fabric.
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We speak with the owner of a New York institution, The Mark Hotel. The hotel on the Upper East Side is preparing to host the stars of the Met Gala.
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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Scott Kennedy’s 2023 film about vaccine hesitancy in the US, ‘Shot in the Arm’, is back in the news. Monocle’s Christopher Cermak spoke with the filmmaker about the documentary's renewed relevance amid Robert F Kennedy Jr’s tenure as health secretary, as well as the other conspiracy-fuelled documentaries that he is working on.
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We speak with British singer-songwriter Shura about her upcoming album, ‘I Got Too Sad For My Friends’, which is full of ethereal vocals and synths, and packs an emotional punch.
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This week we’re dancing to disco and boogie from Brazil as we feature the latest compilation by Horse Meat Disco, ‘Horse Meat Disco Presents Disco & Boogie From Brazil Vol. 1’. Fernando Augusto Pacheco caught up with Horse Meat Disco member Luke Howard to discuss deep-cuts and Luke’s passion for Brazil.
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We talk about ‘High Tide’, a touching film that looks at the life of a heartbroken Brazilian immigrant in the queer mecca of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The film is a directorial debut for Italian writer and director Marco Calvani and features Marco Pigossi in the lead role. Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with both of them about the film, which is part of London’s BFI Flare festival.
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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Jean-Yves Leloup, the curator of ‘Disco, I’m Coming Out’. Visitors to the exhibition at Philharmonie de Paris will find out more about the music that in the 1970s dominated airwaves around the world, including, of course, in France.
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To celebrate the 97th Academy Awards, Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Bill Kramer. Plus, we invite film critic Karen Krizanovich to discuss this year’s nominees.
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Laura Kramer meets Carlos Diehz, the Mexican actor and architect making his big-screen debut in ‘Conclave’. He talks about his breakout role, stepping onto a film set for the first time and how his background in architecture unexpectedly prepared him for acting.
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To celebrate the 18th anniversary of Catarina Portas’ homeware brand, A Vida Portuguesa, New York’s Museum of Modern Art invited her to create a pop-up shop in its Design Store. We spoke with Catarina about her collaboration with the museum and the importance of keeping craft traditions in Portugal alive.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres and Brazilian director Walter Salles about their film, ‘I’m Still Here’. The film is already one of Brazil’s most successful-ever features and has been nominated for three Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Torres. The film tells the story of Eunice Paiva, who became an activist after her husband disappeared during the country’s military dictatorship.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Pierre-Olivier Persin, the lead special make-up effects designer for ‘The Substance’. The gory body-horror satire was nominated for five Baftas and five Oscars, including best picture, best director for Coralie Fargeat, best actress for Demi Moore, and best makeup and hairstyling.
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Monocle’s Mae-Li Evans talks to DJ Norsicaa, curator of ‘Ayo Ke Disco: Boogie, Pop and Funk from the South China Sea’, the newest album by independent label Soundway Records.
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Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Austrian singer Sofie Royer about her new album, ‘Young-Girl Forever’. The electro-pop record paints the contradictions of being a female artist today.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to rising star Babymorocco. The singer’s debut album, ‘Amour’, is a poppy mix of crunchy synths and sexy vibrations, and will be released on 6 December.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Brazilian musician Rogê about his new album, ‘Curyman II’, a celebration of samba.
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We explore the intersection of country music and politics in the US with a report from the birthplace of American singer-songwriter, Hank Williams.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, directors of A24’s psychological thriller ‘Heretic’, featuring Hugh Grant.
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Anglo-Italian musician Jack Savoretti speaks to Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco about his latest album, ‘Miss Italia’, on which he embraces his roots and sings in Italian. Savoretti discusses his partnership with Birra Moretti Sale di Mare and Secret Escapes, celebrating the essence of Italian culture.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Montpellier-born musician Kazy Lambist on his latest album, ‘Moda’, and how Turkey influenced the release.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with veteran Italian DJ, producer, chef and label owner Manfredi Romano, professionally known as DJ Tennis.
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Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Charles de Montalivet, UK managing director for Shiseido, about the current landscape of the beauty and wellness market and the company’s plan for growth.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with the founder of Ostinato Records Vik Sohonie, who just released a new compilation entitled ‘Synthesizing the Silk Roads: Uzbek Disco, Tajik Folktronica, Uyghur Rock & Crimean Tatar Jazz from 1980s Soviet Central Asia’
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with leading Brazilian fashion voice Lilian Pacce, UNWTO sustainability specialist Camila Villas and Brazilian designer Marilia Biasi, curators of ‘Brazil: Creating Fashion for Tomorrow’. The exhibition is being held at the Embassy of Brazil in London until Tuesday 17 of September. This year’s theme is ‘A Chain of Women’.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Danish award-winning director Susanne Bier to discuss her latest series, ‘The Perfect Couple’, on Netflix. It’s a new must-watch murder-mystery with an incredible cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber and Isabelle Adjani.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with head bartenders and mixologists Bastien Rémillieux and Julien Lecharpentier from The Maybourne Riviera Hotel’s prestigious Ceto Bar and Le 300.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with legendary Japanese city-pop singer Penny Tohyama.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, directors of ‘Unicorns’, a cross-cultural romance about an Essex mechanic and a British-Indian drag queen.
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Monocle’s Laura Kramer speaks to executive chef Elliott Grover about his culinary journey, from a teenager inspired by a documentary about the Queen to winning the UK’s Best Steak Restaurant at Cut at 45 Park Lane. He discusses his bold career moves, cooking at the Oscars two years in a row and his passion for premium hospitality. Plus: why champagne and hot dogs are made for each other.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with designer and entrepreneur Brendan Murdock, founder of London apothecary Anatomē. They speak about the company’s new products and Murdock’s new book, ‘The Modern Apothecary’.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with two pop music legends – Jenny Berggren and Ulf Ekberg – from Swedish group Ace of Base. They meet in Copenhagen to discuss their legacy as one of the best-selling bands in the 1990s, as well as their recent documentary for Viaplay.
Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Marta Pallarès, head of press for Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival. They discuss its forthcoming 22nd edition, stellar line-up and international expansion.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco celebrates the centenary of the iconic Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio. He speaks with Belmond brand and marketing director Roberta Almeida and Gabriel Oliveira, Farm Rio’s brand director, who recently launched a special selection of products to celebrate the hotel.
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Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Lauro Andrade, founder of DW! São Paulo Design Week, one of the most important urban-design festivals in the world. They meet at the modernist Edifício Renata Sampaio building to discuss the 13th iteration of the event.
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We hear from the journalists, investigators and aviation analysts whose lives were turned upside down by the aviation world’s greatest mystery: the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which happened 10 years ago today.
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For this special episode of ‘The Monocle Weekly’, we look back at interviews with some of this year’s Oscar nominees, including Christopher Nolan of ‘Oppenheimer’, Jeffrey Wright and ‘American Fiction’ to Celine Song of ‘Past Lives’.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Belgian-Chinese musician Bolis Pupul about his forthcoming album, ‘Letter To Yu’, a homage to his late mother.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Toronto-born singer Allie X about her new self-produced album, which is heavily influenced by the sounds of the 1980s.
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Monocle Radio’s Laura Kramer speaks with Grammy-winning composer Lorne Balfe about his latest project, the spy comedy Argylle. Balfe reflects on his impressive career and working with the likes of Michael Bay, Matthew Vaughn and Hans Zimmer. Plus: how The Beatles’ last song, ‘Now and Then’, ended up on his new film.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Jeffrey Wright of ‘American Fiction’, a satirical film nominated for five Oscars, including Best Actor for Wright.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Alexander Payne, director of ‘The Holdovers’, a dramatic comedy that’s getting Oscar buzz. Set in the 1970s, it follows three lonely people at a New England boarding school over a winter break.
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Monocle’s Steph Chungu speaks to American musician Jon Batiste about the documentary ‘American Symphony’. He shares the journey that leads up to the symphonic performance, while his partner, Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks to Bob van den Oord, CEO of the Hong Kong-based Langham Hospitality Group. He tells us about a record year for the group and its plans for expansion next year.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with the founder and designer of Brazilian brand Handred. For the latest collection of the brand, he teamed up with the Sergio Rodrigues Institute to create a beautiful collection inspired by the Brazilian furniture designer.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with the owner of HMV, Doug Putman, about the reopening of its iconic flagship shop on London’s Oxford Street.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with David Monson, general manager of the recently opened Broadwick Soho in London.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Jannis Stürtz, founder of Habibi Funk, a Berlin-based label specialising in reissues of eclectic sounds from the Arab world, from Libyan reggae to Sudanese jazz.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Anthony Penta, director of the documentary ‘We Kill For Love’, on the lost world of the erotic thriller. The film explores the genre’s heyday in the 1980s and 1990s and asks what’s next for the future of the erotic thriller.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with the artistic advisor of the Fipili Horror Festival in Livorno, Michele Innocenti.
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Monocle Radio senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with two directors at the BFI London Film Festival: Tarsem Singh for ‘Dear Jassi’ and Lillah Halla for ‘Power Alley’.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Mark Wood, compiler of ‘Box of Sin’ – a definitive history of gay nightlife from 1980 to 1989 by the Disco Discharge label.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Kristy Matheson, BFI festivals director, about her debut at the London Film Festival.
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Monocle’s Laura Kramer speaks to ‘I, Tonya’ and ‘Cruella’ director Craig Gillespie about his latest film, the dark-comedy ‘Dumb Money’.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Angus Dowling from Australian psychedelic band Babe Rainbow about its upcoming EP ‘Juice of the Sun’.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with French director and actor Louis Garrel about his new film ‘The Innocent’.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Alan Palomo (former Neon Indian) about his upcoming album ‘World of Hassle’.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with fashion icon and singer Daphne Guinness about her new single and upcoming album.
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Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks with Canadian singer and DJ, Jessy Lanza, about her new album ‘‘Love Hallucination’.
The Monocle Weekly: Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Laura McGann, the director of freediving documentary ‘The Deepest Breath’ on Netflix, and freediver and actor Kristof Coenen.
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Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Argentina’s first female wine-maker, Susana Balbo. She discusses wine and hospitality in the country.
Monocle Radio’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to South African musician Bongeziwe Mabandla, who cleverly mixes electro with African folk and soul. They discuss Mabandla’s latest album, ‘amaXesha’, and South Africa’s music scene.
Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, Fernando Augusto Pacheco, speaks to musician Sophie Ellis-Bextor about her forthcoming album ‘Hana’, inspired by east Asia. Plus: Ellis-Bextor discusses Eurovision, her ‘Kitchen Disco’ show and synth pop.
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The Monocle Weekly’s Eurovision special. Fernando Augusto Pacheco, Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent, speaks to some of this year’s top contestants: Loreen from Sweden, Käärijä from Finland, Noa Kirel from Israel and Tvorchi from Ukraine. And we feature more Ukrainian talent with former Ukrainian Eurovision contender Tina Karol and the band Zetetics.
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Monocle Radio’s studio director Christy O’Grady speaks with guitarist Dave Gregory from XTC about the upcoming spatial audio remix of the rock band’s 1984 album, ‘The Big Express’.
A music special on The Monocle Weekly. Monocle Radio’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Yosuke Kitazawa, behind Japanese city-pop compilation ‘Pacific Breeze 3’, and to French singer Neil Baselo and Brazilian popstar Marina Sena.
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Monocle 24’s entertainment correspondent Laura Kramer reports from the premiere of ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ to hear about the craft and artistry that went into the production, and how practical effects are back in style.
Monocle 24’s entertainment correspondent Laura Kramer speaks to Dominik Moll, director of crime thriller ‘The Night of the 12th’, which won six César Awards, France’s top film honours, including the best picture trophy.
Monocle 24’s Laura Kramer speaks to Andrew Selby, UKBGF board member and backgammon tournament director.
Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Jimmy Warden, screenwriter of ‘Cocaine Bear’
Monocle’s Lilian Fawcett sits down with Lucy Jones, the Berlin-based translator of Brigitte Reimann’s ‘Siblings’, to talk about the author’s life in communist East Germany. They spoke about Reimann’s short but tumultuous life, translating her distinctive writing style and what a 60-year-old novel can offer contemporary readers.
Fernando Augusto Pacheco, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent, speaks to Sara Dosa, director of ‘Fire of Love’.
Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Florian Zeller, director of ‘The Son’.
Fernando Augusto Pacheco, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent, speaks to Santiago Mitre, director of ‘Argentina, 1985’.
Monocle 24's Senior Correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with 'The Whale' writer Samuel D. Hunter.
Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Argentinian DJ Ariel Harari about his compilation ‘Síntesis Moderna: An Alternative Vision of Argentinian Music 1980-1990’.
Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks with Cerrone, the godfather of disco, about his new album ‘Cerrone by Cerrone’, which features 16 cult and classic hits reworked and mixed by him.
Israeli musician Tomer Baruch is known for his Instagram account Animals and Synthesizers, which combines nature videos with synth music. His new project, an album called ‘Synthesized Sounds of the Sea’, is dedicated to marine life, from octopuses to hairy frogfish.
‘Abba Voyage’ recently opened to the public in London.The concert sees Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid perform digitally with a 10-piece band during a residency that is due to run until May 2023, in a purpose-built arena based in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. On this special edition of ‘The Monocle Weekly’, Georgina Godwin meets the world-class creative team: lead producer Svana Gisla, known for her work with David Bowie and Beyoncé, and producer Ludvig Andersson, who worked on ‘Mamma Mia!’. The pair tell us the background to the show, give us more information on the custom-designed venue, reveal a little of the technological wizardry behind the performance and explain how the magic of Abba is celebrated every night.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to French director François Ozon about his new film ‘Everything Went Fine’.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Brazilian singer Marisa Monte about her forthcoming European tour.
In this episode, Alexis Self speaks to critic and novelist Gary Indiana about his new essay collection Fire Season, New York City and whether or not there's hope for humanity.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Belgian actress Virginie Efira on her role in Paul Verhoeven’s latest film, ‘Benedetta’.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to US pop duo Sofi Tukker about their forthcoming album ‘Wet Tennis’.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to French DJ Kungs about his new album, ‘Club Azur’.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to elusive Swedish duo Sally Shapiro about their new album, ‘Sad Cities’.
In this special interview, Monocle 24 senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Italian director Paolo Sorrentino and Filippo Scotti, lead actor in new film ‘The Hand of God’.
To celebrate 10 years of Monocle 24, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the decade’s biggest news stories. In this eighth edition, we chat with Pharrell Williams as part of Chanel’s Mademoiselle Privé exhibition in Tokyo; sit down with film-maker Steve McQueen; and Tyler Brûlé conducts what would turn out to be Karl Lagerfeld’s final interview.
To celebrate 10 years of Monocle 24, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the decade’s biggest news stories. In this seventh edition, we sit down with Formula One star Lewis Hamilton; speak to legendary Australian food stylist Donna Hay; and Andrew Mueller meets Charlie Duke, the lunar-module pilot on Apollo 16.
To celebrate 10 years of Monocle 24, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the decade’s biggest news stories. In this sixth edition, Georgina Godwin meets Oscar-winning actress Sally Field; Gregory Porter performs at Midori House; and Daniel Bach meets Luis Von Ohn, the man behind the hugely popular language-learning platform Duolingo.
To celebrate 10 years of Monocle 24, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the decade’s biggest news stories. In this fifth edition, Lord Norman Foster joins Tyler Brûlé to talk about big thinking and urban planning; Andrew Mueller speaks to the former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd about his life in politics; and we sit down with Ruth Rogers from London’s River Café.
To celebrate 10 years of Monocle 24, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the decade’s biggest news stories. In this fourth edition, David Tang tells Tyler Brûlé about his favourite Asian cities; Georgina Godwin speaks to the master of noir crime fiction, James Ellroy; and Fernando Augusto Pacheco sits down with Carla Bruni.
This month we’re celebrating 10 years of Monocle 24. To mark the anniversary, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the biggest news stories of the decade. In this third edition, we’re in the kitchen with Massimo Bottura, in the studio with Boy George and we explore the jungles of Papua New Guinea.
This month we’re celebrating 10 years of Monocle 24. To mark the anniversary, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the biggest news stories of the decade. In this second edition, Robert Bound takes a piano lesson from Chilly Gonzales, Markus Hippi gets cosy with legendary TV chef Nigella Lawson and much more.
This month we’re celebrating 10 years of Monocle 24. To mark the anniversary, we’re counting down some of our favourite moments on air, from live broadcasts out on the road to coverage of the biggest news stories of the decade. In this first edition, we look back at the premier of Monocle 24’s flagship news program, tell a few ghost stories and much more.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to South African musician Muzi about his new album ‘Interblaktic’.
We take a trip down memory lane to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Monocle 24. Our producers, hosts and correspondents reflect on a decade of broadcasting, the places they have been and the stories they reported.
Alexis Self speaks to medical historian Paul Craddock about his new book, ‘Spare Parts: A Surprising History of Transplants’, which chronicles the history of transplant surgery from Ancient Egypt to the modern day.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Prano Bailey-Bond, director of ‘Censor’.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Lyor Cohen, global head of music at YouTube.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Marcus Liesenfeld, aka DJ Supermarkt, founder of the ‘Too Slow to Disco’ compilations, with plenty of yacht rock sounds.
Alexis Self speaks to LA whistler Molly Lewis about her debut EP ‘The Forgotten Edge’ – a paean to her hometown which takes its name from the little-known neighbourhood in which she resides – and the art and history of whistling.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Marty Bell, founder of Poolsuite radio and Vacation sun cream.
In a special interview, Monocle 24’s senior correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to Polo (Paul Armand-Delille) from Parisian duo Polo & Pan on their sunny new album ‘Cyclorama’.
Monocle’s Markus Hippi speaks to Swedish historian and entrepreneur Carl Douglas about his work searching for lost shipwrecks and his new photo book, ‘Ghost Ships of the Baltic Sea’.
Alexis Self speaks to writer Francisco Garcia about his debut book, ‘If You Were There’, which deals with the missing persons crisis in the UK. Garcia spoke to private investigators, charity workers and the family and friends of missing people in order to find out the root causes of the problem, and to try to better understand why his own father has been absent for so long.
Monocle’s Alexis Self speaks to writer Geoff Dyer, whose latest book, ‘See-Saw’, features his photography criticism published between 2010 and 2020, and essays on photographers and critics.
Monocle’s Culture editor, Chiara Rimella, is joined by the CEO and founder of the World Photography Organisation, Scott Gray. They discuss the recently held 2021 Sony World Photography awards and the impact of the pandemic on photography and the events industry at large.
‘The Monocle Weekly’ catches up with writer and critic Lauren Oyler, to learn more about her remarkable debut novel ‘Fake Accounts’, which explores the mendacity and compulsion woven into social media.
In this exclusive interview, Monocle’s Augustin Macellari meets Richard Mosse, whose unique view on documentary photography has shone a fresh light on some of the world’s forgotten conflicts and offered audiences insight into the struggle of refugees seeking safety in Europe. From his studio in New York, he discusses his practice and tells us more about his new project in the Amazon.
Legendary underground cartoonist Peter Bagge joins Monocle 24 to reflect on a career in comics as his seminal series ‘Hate’ is republished as a complete collection.
We meet Lisa Rovner, the director behind a new documentary ‘Sisters with Transistors’, which shines a light on the pioneering women who helped to shape early electronic music.
We meet Natalie Erika James, director of ‘Relic’, to learn more about ageing, loss and the very personal inspiration for her chilling debut.
Monocle’s Augustin Macellari talks to songwriter Richard Dawson to learn more about the way his prophetic ‘2020’ album changed in light of the year’s tumult.
We catch up with Rose Glass to learn about faith, art and film school as her stunning directorial debut ‘Saint Maud’ arrives in cinemas.
In this special interview, Monocle 24’s culture correspondent Fernando Augusto Pacheco speaks to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni about her eponymous new album, which was recorded during lockdown.
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.
In this special interview, Monocle’s Augustin Macellari talks to artist Trevor Paglen about his new London exhibition, ‘Bloom’, and reflects on how technology’s complicated systems are shaping our lives.
In this special interview, Fernando Augusto Pacheco catches up with Dieter Meier, one half of Swiss electro duo Yello. The band are back with a new album, ‘Point’, and Meier tells us about his latest food ventures: a winery, restaurant and chocolatiers.
In the third instalment of our special new series, Andrew Mueller hosts a panel of experts and philosophers to discuss politics, risk and how the political landscape will look beyond coronavirus. Joining us this week is political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer; philosopher and political theorist, Phillip Pettit, and Associate Professor of Political Theory at The University of Oxford, Teresa M Bejan.
Shirley Collins’ decade-spanning career has cemented her position as a cornerstone of English folk music. Monocle 24’s Augustin Macellari learns more about the relevance of ancient music on her new album, ‘Heart’s Ease’.
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.
In this special interview, Fernando Augusto Pacheco catches up with fellow Brazilian singer Céu on her new album ‘APKÁ’, which extends her engagement with tropical electronica beats.
While the ‘Monocle Weekly’ takes a break, we’re still keeping up with culture and the arts. In this special interview, experimental musical artist Kelly Lee Owens discusses her forthcoming album ‘Inner Song’ with Monocle’s Augustin Macellari.
In the first of a new series of The Monocle Weekly, Andrew Mueller hosts a panel discussion with leading academics and analysts in urbanism and sociology, taking a deeper look at the changing make-up of our cities and social structures.
Joining us this week is Christoph Lindner, Dean of the Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London, Richard Sennett, a Senior Advisor to the UN on its Program on Climate Change and Cities and Dr Brandi Thompson Summers, an Assistant Professor of Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies (GMS) at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Monocle Weekly is on a short break but we’re keeping up to speed with all things cultural. As Thomas Clay’s long-awaited period thriller, ‘Fanny Lye Deliver’d’, hits streaming services, Augustin Macellari caught up with him to reflect on a strange moment in English history.
In this special interview, Fernando Augusto Pacheco catches up with Australian singer Donny Benét to hear about his new album ‘Mr Experience’, described as a soundtrack to a dinner party in the late 1980s.
In a special interview, Andrew Mueller catches up with Adam Goodes, a legend of Australian Rules football and the subject of a new documentary, ‘The Australian Dream’, which tells the story of Goodes’s life and career, and examines racism in sport and society.
While the Monocle Weekly takes a temporary break, we’ve continued conversing with some of culture’s top movers and shakers around the world. In this special interview, Augustin Macellari catches up with Turner prize-winning artist, Wolfgang Tillmans, to hear his reflections on these unprecedented times.
While the Monocle Weekly takes a temporary break, we’ve continued conversing with some of culture’s top movers and shakers around the world. In this special interview, Augustin Macellari talks to Pantha du Prince to learn more about his new album and the opportunity that isolation has presented to reflect on the global networks that connect us to others.
While the Monocle Weekly takes a temporary break, we’ve continued conversing with some of culture’s top movers and shakers around the world. In this special interview, Augustin Macellari talks to Obaro Ejimiwe, AKA Ghostpoet, to learn more about his listening habits – and what self-production brought to his new album.
While the Monocle Weekly takes a temporary break, we’ve continued conversing with some of culture’s top movers and shakers around the world. In this special interview, Augustin Macellari catches up with Mark Blyth, to learn more about his new book, ‘Angrynomics’, co-authored with Erik Lonergan, and how progressive economics could help to stem the tide of the anger that’s reshaping our world.
We take a look at the roots of narrative as we meet master storyteller and mythologist Dr Martin Shaw. Plus, we reflect on a fertile time for experimental music with the man behind a new compilation, Matthias Orsett, and we peek into the dark corners of culture with novelist Ben Myers.
We flick through a book of iconic French New Wave film posters with cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling and Reel Art Press founder Tony Nourmand. Plus, a closer look at a cornerstone of the London art scene, the Chisenhale Gallery, with its new director Zoé Whitley, and we head to Norway for the groundbreaking Borealis Festival – and a chat with its director, Peter Meanwell.
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’.
We meet Secret Cinema CEO Max Alexander to learn about experiential cinema and artist Stanley Donwood to discuss creativity in the anthropocene and his new book of linocuts, ‘Bad Island’. Plus, as a new documentary on Toni Morrison hits cinemas, we talk about the author’s legacy with Oxford academic Dr Tessa Roynon.
French-Moroccan author Leïla Slimani on her book ‘Sex and Lies’ and Jason Blum on Blumhouse Productions’ latest film, ‘The Invisible Man’. Plus: Oakland-based musician Hannah Lew.
Artist Ian Cheng uses digital technology to create extraordinary, evolving worlds. We talk to him and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist about his new exhibition in Madrid. Plus: journalist turned author Alice Vincent on gardening and her memoir, ‘Rootbound’, and we talk to the curator of an exhibition exploring the way photographers explore masculinity.
We meet author Susannah Cahalan whose new book, ‘The Great Pretender’, unpacks the complicated history of the treatment of the mentally ill. Plus: photographer Martin Andersen on his photos that capture his love of Tottenham Hotspur football club and painter Ryan Mosley discusses his participation in a new group show at London’s Whitechapel Gallery.
We meet science-fiction author William Gibson to unpick his legendary prescience and discuss his new book, ‘Agency’. Plus: journalist and author Andrea Chalupa on the family ties that inspired her to write new drama, ‘Mr Jones’, and, as London’s Flowers Gallery turns 50, we discuss the art world with its MD, Matthew Flowers.
Broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch tells us about her new podcast series exploring the impact and legacy of the British empire. Plus: US-based painter Darren Waterston discusses his homage to James Whistler and graphic novelist Rikke Villadsen unpacks her subversive new take on the western, ‘Cowboy’.
We meet Ben Brody, whose debut book of images draws on his tours of duty as a US military combat photographer. Plus: An-My Lê discusses her work, which probes the impact of conflict on the landscape, and Giles Price on embracing emerging technologies to find new ways of visual storytelling.
Robert Eggers’ 2015 film, ‘The Witch’, depicted terror in an early New England settlement; he joins us to discuss his latest period horror, ‘The Lighthouse’. Plus, Kaya Wilkins, aka Okay Kaya, on her forthcoming album, and we meet author Francesca Wade, whose new book explores a key address of London’s literary ladies in the interwar years.
We meet Oscar-winning director Sir Sam Mendes to learn more about his First World War epic, ‘1917’. Plus: Nicolas Godin – one half of French electro-rocking legends, Air -– talks us through his latest album, and Radie Peat, a lynchpin of the contemporary Irish Folk scene, on how she uses ancient instruments to explore new sonic palettes.
As the new decade dawns, Monocle's Rob Bound and Augustin Macellari look ahead to 2020 with Jacques Testard, founder of London's influential publishing house, Fitzcarraldo Editions. Plus, Clare Gough, director of Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, unpacks the upcoming programme and Mode Exchange director Chris Vaughan explains the experimental music ties between the UK and Japan that his festival will be exploring in 2020.
Rob Bound and Augustin Macellari look back at 2019, revisiting the conversations and motifs that made the year. A conservateur and a mudlark explain how a tactile engagement with the past can facilitate time travel, while journalists, artists and documentarians reflect on surveillance capitalism. Plus: an author and a popstar on the psychic resonance of the US landscape.
Chris Maynard, author of cult Usborne children’s book, ‘All About Ghosts’, joins us to discuss his work on a publication that sent chills up the spines of a generation of kids. Plus, a Christmas cocktail-making workshop from one of Rosewood London’s Scarfes Bar’s crack bartenders, and a look at the psychedelic magic that underpins pre-Christian Christmas.
We meet musician Dan Bejar, better known as Destroyer, to find out about his forthcoming album, ‘Have We Met’. Plus: CEO-turned-filmmaker Philipp Humm and actor Martin Hancock discuss their adaptation of Goethe’s ‘Faust’, and priest Marie-Elsa Bragg on her intensely personal new book.
Musician and composer Yann Tiersen talks about collaboration, misinterpretation and going analogue as he releases his new album, ‘Portrait’. Plus: Humphrey Ocean, one of the UK’s great painters, discusses his 50-year career, and our culture editor, Chiara Rimella, reports from Art Basel in Miami Beach.
André Aciman, author of ‘Call Me By Your Name’ tells us why he wanted to revisit the characters in its recent sequel, ‘Find Me’. Plus: we speak to Francesca Cartier Brickell, a scion of the Cartier dynasty, about her family history and join Jockum Nordström’s on a tour of his latest exhibition at London’s David Zwirner gallery.
We meet Rana Foroohar, FT columnist and author of ‘Don’t be Evil,’ a new book that explores just how and when Big Tech lost its way. Plus: Greco-Australian duo Xylouris White talk turning the Myth of Sisyphus from a negative to a positive, and the curator of a major new Dora Maar exhibition at the Tate unpacks her legacy.
We meet painting conservator Simon Gillespie in his studio to learn more about the fine art of his profession – and get up close and personal with some truly amazing paintings. Plus: as they receive the Queen Elizabeth prize for engineering, we sit down with Bradford Parkinson and Hugo Fruehauf. It’s hard to imagine a world without the technology they invented: GPS. And we hear about this year’s London Jazz Festival from director Pelin Opcin.
Novelist and poet Ben Lerner discusses how his new book, ‘The Topeka School’ explores language, masculinity and violence in Trump’s America. Plus: Eleanor Pinfield, head of Art on the Underground, unpacks the project’s mission to bring colour to London’s transport network, and artist Larry Achiampong discusses his upcoming commission.
The enhanced interrogation techniques employed by US security services in the wake of 9/11 remain an international scandal. Director and screenwriter Scott Z Burns joins us to discuss ‘The Report’, his new political procedural that unpicks how the shocking truth came to light. Plus: legendary hip-hop beatmaker DJ Shadow unpacks his latest album, and we hear from designer Teresa Monachino whose interventions in text cast a fresh eye on the oddities of the English language.
‘Monos’ has been described as a cross between ‘Lord of the Flies’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’. The film’s director, Alejandro Landes, joins us to discuss how he brought his uncompromising and timely vision to the screen. We also hear from shoe historian Elizabeth Semmelhack, whose new book explores how trainers have been shaped by the spirit of collaboration. Plus: we meet Steve Goodman, an electronic musical artist and head of London’s iconic Hyperdub record label, to learn more about a new subsidiary devoted to the audio essay – and why some things are best listened to together.
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.
Chef, writer and raconteur Valentine Warner explains why he’s shifted his focus from traditional recipe books in his new work, ‘The Consolation of Food’. Plus: Political journalist Marie Le Conte takes us through the knotty web of he-said-she-said in Westminster as she unpacks her new study of government gossip, ‘Haven’t You Heard?’. And we meet the head of innovation at iconic recording studio Abbey Road to learn how tech will continue to shape the music industry.
Monocle’s Rob Bound and Augustin Macellari head to Frieze London for a special episode of the Monocle Weekly. Writer and journalist Hettie Judah comes into the studio to discuss her essential new guide to London’s arty past and present. Plus: we meet art critic and painter William Feaver to discuss his comprehensive new biography of Lucian Freud, built on a long friendship with the artist.
We pull back the curtain for a look at the complicated – and concerning – biases and preconceptions being programmed into artificial intelligences, with artist Trevor Paglen. Plus: Metronomy frontman Joe Mount takes us through the band’s latest album and we find out what it takes to put on a permanent exhibition as we meet London’s Wellcome Collection curator, Clare Barlow.
Musician Amanda Palmer joins us to talk about her recent album ‘There Will Be No Intermission’ and how to make music with a message. Plus: writer David Goldblatt discusses his book ‘The Age of Football’ and we meet former professional snooker player-turned-DJ and musician Steve Davis, along with his bandmates Kavus Torabi and Michael J York, who make up trio The Utopia Strong.
Journalist, broadcaster and food critic Jay Rayner joins us to discuss the epic feast that would constitute his last meal on Earth – and forms the basis of his latest book, ’My Last Supper’. Plus: artist Shana Moulton on the New Age ideas that have informed her latest exhibition and we hear from one of the UK’s best-loved broadcasters, Mark Radcliffe.
For over 20 years Lara Maiklem has strolled the foreshore of London’s River Thames in search of treasures from the past. She joins us to discuss what she’s learned, as outlined in her new bestseller, ‘Mudlarking’. Plus: we meet immersive artists Jonah Freeman and Justin Lowe for a tour of their bold new exhibition in London, and author and journalist James Meek unpacks his latest book ‘To Calais, in Ordinary Time’.
Director Peter Webber joins us to talk about ‘Inna De Yard,’ a cinematic portrait of some of the 20th century’s most important musicians. Plus: we hear from Tom Burke, co-star of auteur Joanna Hogg’s new film ‘The Souvenir’, and curator Kirsteen McNish and writer Luke Turner take us through their current project – a year-long programme of events set in and around London’s mysterious and ancient Epping Forest.
Matthew Yokobosky, fashion and material culture curator at the Brooklyn Museum, discusses a new exhibition on retro-futurist icon Pierre Cardin. Plus: we meet Ash Koosha, an electronic composer and futurist, to learn more about his latest creation – an artificial intelligence called Yona, and we take a trip to the seaside to learn more about the recently rebranded Hastings Contemporary from its director Liz Gilmore.
Natasha Khan, AKA Bat For Lashes, talks us through her dreamy, LA-inflected new album, ‘Lost Girls’. Plus: we meet Tiffany Francis-Baker, whose new book, ‘Dark Skies’, explores humanity’s complicated and mystical relationship with the night, and we get a special report on composer Mort Garson’s cult classic album for plants, ‘Plantasia’.
Author Shawn Levy reveals the secrets of Hollywood’s most hedonistic – and iconic – hotel: the Chateau Marmont. Plus Norwegian cult singer-songwriter Jenny Hval tells us about her eagerly anticipated new album ‘The Practice of Love’. We also hear from Lebanese-British journalist Zahra Hankir, editor of ‘Our Women on the Ground’, a new book detailing the experiences of female journalists in the Arab world.
We meet Dirk Maggs, who has spent his career at the vanguard of audio drama. Plus: a discussion with curator Eliza Spindel about ‘Artist: Unknown’, a new exhibition at Cambridge’s Kettle’s Yard, and we hear from choreographer Sharon Eyal of the L-E-V dance company to discuss her residency in London’s Bold Tendencies space.
Film-maker Nick Broomfield tells us about his new Leonard Cohen documentary, ‘Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love’. Plus: we discuss the nominations for this year’s Booker prize with author and critic Louise Doughty and speak to writer Richard King about music’s relationship with the UK countryside, the topic of his new book, ‘The Lark Ascending’.
Academy Award-nominated directors Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim discuss their new film, ‘The Great Hack’, which explains how big tech and data privacy have become everybody’s problem. Plus: author Laura Beatty on her beautiful new odyssey, ‘Lost Property’, and William McGregor talks industrialisation and mysticism in his debut film ‘Gwen’.
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit joins us to discuss his documentary about influential German designer Dieter Rams. Plus: former Maccabees guitarist Felix White tells us about new cricket documentary ‘The Edge’, for which he wrote the soundtrack, and we meet philosopher Maria Balaska.
Author Lynne Truss on her research into 1950s Brighton for her new book, ‘The Man That Got Away’, Frieze Sculpture curator Clare Lilley offers a tour and photographer Sophie Green discusses her striking new book.
US musician Jesca Hoop talks us through her new album ‘Stonechild’. Plus: we meet Canadian artist Brian Jungen and discuss time (and how people use it) with professors Oriel Sullivan and Jonathan Gershuny, authors of new book ‘What we Really do all Day’.
Writer, academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari discusses her book about clothing, ‘Dressed’. Plus: we meet the mind behind comics anthology ‘Kramers Ergot’, Sammy Harkham, and speak to artist and photographer Vladimir Antaki about his project ‘The Guardians’.
We hear from curators María Wills and Alexis Fabry about a new Latin American showcase at The Photographers’ Gallery called ‘Urban Impulses’. Plus: surfing legend Laird Hamilton discusses his book ‘Liferider: Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean’, and we meet art pioneer Bruce McLean and Anda Winter, the artistic director of London’s Coronet Theatre, to discuss the artist’s new show.
Author, journalist and broadcaster Johny Pitts joins us to discuss his book ‘Afropean: Notes from Black Europe’. Plus, we meet curator and historian Nathalie Herschdorfer whose new book collects standout photography of the human body, and Monocle’s Andrew Mueller drops in for a chat about one of his home country’s most popular sports: Australian rules football.
Art commentator and curator Kate Bryan discusses her new book ‘The Art of Love’, musician Erland Cooper talks us through his recent album ‘Sule Skerry’ and we meet pioneering artist Frank Stella to discuss his life and work.
Danish musician Oh Land joins us to discuss her new album ‘Family Tree’. We also meet photographer and artist Clare Strand, and visit the V&A Museum in London’s new food exhibition with co-curator May Rosenthal Sloan.
Musician Cate Le Bon talks us through her new album ‘Reward’. We also hear from filmmakers Ciro Guerra and Christina Gallego about their Colombia-set drama ‘Birds of Passage’, and Monocle’s Chiara Rimella checks out some of the best art on show at the Venice Biennale.
Experimental musician Holly Herndon discusses how she put cutting-edge technology to work on her groundbreaking new album ‘Proto’. Plus: legendary film-maker Claire Denis on deep space and busting taboos in her new film ‘High Life’, and the custodians of a collection of doodles by some of the world’s greatest minds explain how they compiled them into a book.
We meet journalist and author Will Storr to discuss his new book ‘The Science of Storytelling’. Plus: musician Káryyn talks us through her album ‘The Quanta Series’ and we meet Deyan Sudjic and Adrienne Groen, curators of The Design Museum in London’s new Stanley Kubrick exhibition.
Viken Berberian examines the pitfalls of development with his new graphic novel, The Structure is Rotten, Comrade. Plus: Dan Richards on his new book Outpost and Fayann Smith’s new project in Venice.
Music legend Dionne Warwick discusses her new record “She’s Back”, artist Oscar Murillo talks us through his new exhibition “Violent Amnesia”, and David Coles talks about his new book “Chromatopia”.
Composer Hannah Peel and poet Will Burns join us to discuss the collision of their disciplines in their new collaborative album “Chalk Hill Blue”. Plus, we hear about how figures can all too easily be put into the service of facts: statistician and writer Sir David Spiegelhalter and curators Sarah McCrory and Rosie Cooper tell us about the work of the Chicago Imagists.
Norwegian writer and explorer Erling Kagge joins us to discuss his book ‘Walking: One Step at a Time’. We also hear from Tamara Rojo, artistic director of the English National Ballet, and speak to the talents behind ‘Rouleur’ magazine about the upcoming Paris–Roubaix bike race.
Magician-turned-psychologist Matthew L Tompkins joins us to discuss his new book, ‘The Spectacle of Illusion,’ which explores the many ways tricksters have exploited the brain’s vulnerabilities over the ages. Plus: we learn about Doggerland, the sunken landmass that once connected the UK to mainland Europe, from author and poet Julia Blackburn, and hear from musician Daniel O’Sullivan.
Saxophonist YolanDa Brown discusses her career and a new award to help young musicians. We also hear from author and journalist Keith Gessen about living in and writing about Russia and speak with photographer Todd McLellan about his book, ‘Things Come Apart 2.0’.