Monocle 24: Sunday Brunch: Recent Episodes
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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.
We 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.
Academy 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.
Monocle’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.
Sir 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.
We 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.
We 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.
We 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.
We 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.
We assess the impact of refugees from Nazi Europe on British culture. Plus: abstract artwork, how to retell Shakespeare and the weekend papers.
We discuss how to create the feeling of luxury. Plus: specialist sound design, the tale of a household and food from northeast India.
We walk the route that allied forces took when liberating Europe during the Second World War. Plus: long-forgotten writers, organ-donor recipients and the weekend papers.
As the Theatres At Risk Register is released, we discuss the importance of these venues. Plus: one of the UK’s most famous ships, political cartoons and where best to drink wine.
We discuss how superyacht owners can save the world. Plus: we celebrate black and brown cultural innovators and try food from Asturias.
We discuss how artists keep from going stale and try to identify the secrets behind perfect choreography. Plus: the story of Madame Tussaud, the weekend papers and how to kick the January blues.
As Brexit, in one form or other, edges ever closer, we examine the plight of refugees in the UK through a play. Plus: Middle Eastern art, the power of the termite and some alcohol-free gin and tonic.
We take a cultural tour of the world as we visit the London Borough of Culture and the Chinese Arts Now festival. Plus: the art of flight, weekend papers and how London’s most famous bar in the 1990s has had a revamp.
We discuss the London International Mime Festival 2019 and meet Adam Szabo the Managing Director of the Manchester Collective. Plus: we try Calvados and go through the weekend papers.
We celebrate a year of ‘Sunday Brunch’ with highlights from 2018: how a song changed a brand, the vegan revolution and how art has changed in the century since the First World War.
As the big day approaches, we’ve got some last-minute tips for the perfect feast, as well as the best drinks to match. Plus: festive weekend papers and the power of ice.
We meet two artists who traverse genres. Plus: how to bring joy to your everyday, weekend papers and we try some British savoury buns.
Get in the festive spirit for a special edition of the show, broadcast live from The Monocle Christmas Market in Zürich. Raclette at the ready.
In this special edition of the show, we are live from our London Christmas Market 2018.
We look at how sound can be used in two different ways: to commemorate the outbreak of the Spanish flu and to help refugees. Plus: job satisfaction, the weekend papers and Ecuadorian cacao.
The future of the circus, a love song to Europe, the Palace of Versailles, the weekend papers and Middle Eastern cooking at home.
We meet some of New Zealand’s leading Maori authors. Plus: a report from Pitchfork Paris, the weekend papers, female tribes and the ethical tea brand trying to change the industry.
As Asian Art in London hits full swing, we look at the art scene in the region. Plus: classical piano meets Pink Floyd, the lost houses of the estancia and vegan chef Shannon Martinez.
As Kunst 18 Zürich hits full swing we take the cultural temperature of the city from our bureau there.
We discuss why some books find popularity long after publication and profile artist Yayoi Kusama. Plus: the reign of Nur Jahan, the craft cider movement and the weekend papers.
We discover some previously unseen photos of Britain’s suffragettes. Plus: a life through music, the story of horror and how to survive a decade in London’s competitive restaurant scene.
We discuss the psychology behind addiction with London’s Science Gallery, meet artist Zak Ové, leaf through the weekend papers, find out how to deal with a natural disaster and visit Bluebird Café in London.
Bluebird Café As the 20 year-old café expands across London, we discuss how an old favourite keeps up.
We discuss the underrepresentation of female artists in the commercial sector and look at the importance of theatres. Plus: dealing with global inequality, weekend papers and Kricket’s newest restaurant.
We explore how couples work together as artists and how art is helping with prisoners’ rehabilitation. Plus: how to waste less, the weekend papers and Manifesto Pizza.
For a special edition of the show we head to our new bureau in Zürich, where we’re joined by some of the people who make up the city’s thriving cultural scene.
We discuss how luxury brands are using art to reach new customers, meet a cellist-turned-artist and visit Cinnamon Kitchen as it celebrates its 10-year anniversary.
We meet some of the greatest minds from art, architecture and music. Plus: we analyse Chinese comedy, look at how a song changed advertising and head to a new avocado bar in London.
We look at how the asylum affected Vincent van Gogh with Martin Bailey, who has written a new book about the artist. Plus: indie publisher Charco Press, the world's best national parks and how to make a great restaurant.
We discuss the life of one of Britain’s most prolific playwrights and seductive symphonies. Plus: Scandi dining, how to grill and weekend papers.
We look at art from Weimar Germany and discuss sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the US. Plus: Levantine food and the weekend papers.
We put on a headset and step into the digital world as we discuss virtual reality and theatre, and then homelessness in 1970s London. Plus: human errors, and guilt-free dining.
We speak to composer Keith Burstein on his politically charged work, and to one of the oldest art shippers in London. Plus: feline literature, weekend papers and chef Aurelie Altemaire.
We discuss how writers deal with loneliness and meet some exciting first-time directors. Plus: the data behind literature and some Portuguese-Algarvian food.
We meet the man helping physically disabled people play musical instruments. Plus: Renaissance insults, Nelson Mandela’s favourite food and the weekend papers.
We discuss the 133 Dambusters and meet creative director Tom Hingston. Plus: the Curious Arts Festival, weekend papers and cocktails with a view.
We discuss pop art with an artist and a gallerist, and look at the life of Dorothea Lange. Plus: feminist saints, weekend papers and Korean food.
Via London’s annual public-art programme, we look at how art affects your mental health. Plus: Hector Macdonald on truth, an exhibition on teeth and Michael Carr on Restaurant 92.
We discuss how conflict can change and affect artwork, and profile the life of Frida Kahlo. Plus: MP Jo Swinson, the weekend papers and chef Martha Ortiz.
We discuss how the world is changing and meet the owners of a new London gallery. Plus: the history of factories, Bengali cuisine and weekend papers.
We discuss the lives of the Windrush generation and talk bespoke album artwork. Plus: meet the minds behind Remote Contact, Poet in the City and the American Bar.
We discuss the appeal and power of large-scale art. Plus: artist Tom Hammick, the differences between UK and US English and chef Mini Patel on the return of the British café.
We look at a play bringing back cabaret banned by the Nazis and discuss a visual opera coming to London. Plus: James MacManus on the affair between General Eisenhower and his driver in the Second World War and we discuss the Palme d’Or.
We take a trip around the world as we hear about a cultural festival in Palestine, recap last night’s Eurovision and head to Cannes. Plus: we preview some upcoming Apsley Lates and learn how to train our brains.
We discuss how artwork can impact and influence diplomacy. Plus: how cities are adapting to our changing workplaces, how reading helped one person tackle anorexia and the evolution of the gastropub.
As the art market moves increasingly online we discuss whether traditional auction houses are a dying breed. Plus: we visit London’s most infamous recording studio, check the shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and try easy vegan cooking.
We speak to Steve Lazarides – a colleague of Banksy for more than a decade – who tells us how artists can reinvent a genre and remain hidden in the process. Plus: sound art with Tamar Harpaz, Claire Cock-Starkey’s library secrets and chef Prateek Sadhu.
We look at whether art can encourage social change, explore why we immortalise musicians and speak with LA-based forward-thinking musician E Ruscha V about his album ‘Who Are You’. Plus: Jane Robinson on the women’s march of 1913, some Japanese grilling and Kevin Craig with the weekend papers.
Get under the skin of art as we look at artists’ personalities, get a glimpse into Picasso’s personal life and reflect on the heart through art. Plus: we preview EstLitFest and try some Indian cuisine.
We bust out the classics as we rediscover some icons of British cinema, learn how album art is designed with Rick Froberg and John Reis of Hot Snakes, and leaf through a transcript of ‘The Great Gatsby’. Meanwhile, we discover some of the world’s emerging artists and try some herbal concoctions. Plus: Marie Billon goes through the weekend papers.
We meet some of the subcultures of the world and explore what’s vital to human life with the Wellcome Collection. Plus: Sarah Corbett tells us about craftivism, we chat about driverless cars and we discuss the resurgence of London’s late-night hospitality scene. Plus: Terry Stiastny on the papers.
We look at how technology has affected art, visit exhibition ‘The Classical Now’ and go on a no-screen reading retreat. Plus: Jonathan Ray brings the champagne, we have brunch with Salon’s owner and Juliette Foster reviews the weekend papers.
We find out how hidden technology is influencing our lives, check out the Museum of London’s ‘Votes for Women’ exhibition and Jen Campbell explores some modern fairy tales. Plus: we try Vicky’s Donuts and Rachel Cunliffe has the weekend papers.
We explore concepts of the ideal city with former Tate curator Flavia Frigeri. We visit a royal art collection. Damien Rudd tells us about the saddest place names in the world, and we try some Hong Kong brunch. Plus: Cornelia Meyer reads the weekend papers.
We get tower-block residents’ visions for future London and head to the Tate Modern to see Modigliani. Meanwhile, Ian Williams gets lost in Beijing’s smog. Plus: handmade kitchen gifts and a look at the weekend’s papers with Kevin Craig.
We head back to a London borough past and travel a mile in a migrant’s shoes. Also, Joobin Bekhrad offers an alternative view of Iran, we meet Rosabella Gregory and head to London’s first vegan pub. Plus: Imke Henkel on the weekend papers.
We look at how art has changed since events in New York back in 2001 with the Imperial War Museum. Plus: the Sapphic Suffragettes. Emmy Favilla on our changing language and how to be a natural baker.
We hear about a play that puts Whatsapp at its core, visit Peter Doig’s exhibition in London, hear from Daniel Hume on the art of fire-making – and go for “drunch”. Plus: Marie Billon with the weekend papers.
We find out about Peter Jackson’s new film documenting the First World War, head to London’s Tate Gallery to celebrate the pioneers of installation art and talk to John Wood about his decision to leave Microsoft to change the world. Plus we try vegan junk food and Rachel Cunliffe on the weekend papers.
We delve into the history of Winnie-the-Pooh, check out Rose Wylie’s artwork at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery and Deborah Treisman talks about “the most gifted museum man on the West Coast”. We also meet chef Francesco Mazzei and Juliette Foster goes through the weekend papers.
We take a look at a new exhibition at the Museum of London. Plus we stay in the British capital with a focus on Lumiere London. We’ve also got Oliver Jeffers talking about the journey of a father, a crash course in silent films with Monocle 24’s Christy Evans and Marie Billon on the weekend papers.
Learn how you can enjoy your Christmas tree beyond the festive period. Rebecca Abrams tells the history of the Jewish people, we meet a songwriter to the stars and find out how perceptions around seafood are changing. Plus: Juliette Foster goes through the weekend papers.
On this edition of ‘Sunday Brunch’, we get you ready for Christmas with a few culinary tips and tricks – and tell you how to prepare the perfect table.
We hear the sounds of London’s Peckham with Peckham Soul and Ian Doescher talks Star Wars and Shakespeare. Meanwhile, we visit the Zabludowicz Collection and enjoy some Christmas food with Theo Randall. Plus: Rachel Cunliffe goes through the weekend papers.
We go to the city – a gingerbread one – as we explore the Museum of Architecture’s famous annual exhibition in London. Plus: Marc Hagan-Guirey teaches us how to perform kirigami – ‘Star Wars’ style; Bea Vo, founder of Stax Diner, talks about Christmas cooking; and Juliette Foster goes through the weekend papers.
We are joined by the stallholders and some of Monocle’s very own for coverage of our Christmas Market.
Discover photographer David King’s collection of more than 250,000 posters, prints and photographs from Soviet Russia with London’s Tate Modern. Plus: David Bramwell on the weird and the wonderful, and the founder of 30-year-old restaurant Brindisa.
We head to London’s Science Museum to find out how India has influenced science and technology over the course of 5,000 years. Plus: Monocle 24’s Rhys James reveals his favourite record, Sophie Walker expresses her love for Japanese gardens and we try some Greek culinary delights with restaurant Meraki.
We explore the pleasures and challenges of urban living. Meanwhile, our Culture editor Robert Bound gives us the bare necessities of life, Ken Mogi discusses the Japanese philosophy of ‘ikigai’ and we meet fashion illustrator Megan Hess. Plus: roaming restaurant Mazí Mas and Rachel Cunliffe of ‘City AM’ with the weekend papers.
Ever wondered about graphic design’s lifesaving properties? The Wellcome Collection has the answers. Plus: Fernando Augusto Pacheco’s favourite record, Amrou Al-Kadhi on why we should stop panicking about Islam and we make some tasty pastries.
We go through Ben Rylan’s favourite record, Killian Fox hits us with some gastronomic facts and we meet Frenchie. Plus: Terry Stiastny goes through the weekend papers.
We find out how the UK’s Sunday traditions have changed. Roger K Burton goes through his very extensive wardrobe and we try some Australian brunch. Plus: Rachel Cunliffe on the weekend papers.
We meet the man behind a project giving people with dementia a voice. Plus: Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood on mastering coffee, Christopher Lord on the Midori House Mixtape and the famous Joe Allen’s new location.
We discuss the surprising partnership between Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp and Clemency Burton-Hill tells us why we should all love classical music. Plus: we discover kefir, part of the Russian health-food revolution, and Sebastian Borger reviews the weekend papers.
We preview Cheltenham Literature Festival, the oldest literary festival in the world. Meanwhile, Henry Rees-Sheridan says the long goodbye on the Midori House Mixtape. Plus: Maja Lunde wants to save the bees on our Weekend Read, we cook Japanese food the easy way and journalist Terry Stiastny on the weekend papers.
Sprinkle some poetry throughout your life as former film and television star Allie Esiri talks us through her latest collection. Plus: Monocle 24’s Holly Fisher on why the Yeah Yeah Yeahs play an important role in her life and Marie Billon with the French perspective on the German elections.
We learn all about Russian Film Week and follow our noses to Pitti Fragranze; we also find out all about life in rural Transylvania with author Mike Ormsby, while Bill Leuty plays us Richard Dawson on the Midori House Mixtape. Plus, Phil Clark with the weekend papers.
We hear all about the new award-winning play ‘Oslo’ that’s coming to the National Theatre, Stanley Trollip tells us about his latest novel and Georgina Godwin tells us about the time she met Abba on the Midori House Mixtape. Plus: Terry Stiastny with a stack of weekend broadsheets.
We look at the news that North Korea has successfully tested a a nuclear weapon. We learn about the drink that’s making coffee more sustainable, Tot Taylor tells us about his latest novel and Melkon Charchoglyan talks alternative jazz in the Midori House Mixtape. Plus: Marie Billon on this weekend’s papers.
We find out what makes a Ghanaian brunch, speak to the people behind the Migrate photography exhibition in London, and Tom Hall plays us ‘Automatic Midnight’ in the Midori House mixtape. Plus: the journalist and author Matthew Green goes through a stack of broadsheets from around the world.
We head to the Design Museum to learn about its new exhibition California: Designing Freedom, explore Leonard Cohen’s life with Kieron Matthew Banerji and sample ice-cream sundaes in north London. All that before we go through a huge helping of broadsheets from around the world with Jonathan Fenby.
Find out about the otherworldly evening taking over the Royal Academy of Arts in London, hear some Pink Floyd courtesy of Carlota Rebelo and sample the delights of Dishoom. All that before we go through a huge helping of broadsheets from around the world with Marie Billon.