Monocle on Culture
367 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsRobert Bound and his guests discuss what has piqued their interest in our one-stop shop for lively reports and in-depth interviews on the newest and finest in art, film, books and the media business.
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The music press: how it started and where it’s going
September 26, 2022 17:54 - 33 minutes - 31 MBWe look at the past, present and future of the music press. Robert Bound meets Paul Gorman, whose new book, “Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press” details the “glory days” of the industry. Plus: Laura Snapes and Natty Kasambala on where the digital press is heading and we hear the musings of Monocle’s Andrew Mueller on his former life as a music journalist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Autumn preview
September 19, 2022 13:35 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBWe look ahead to the autumn’s unmissable small-screen programming and highlights from galleries and museums. From new TV series to an exhibition by a celebrated photographer, we have you covered for the season’s cultural picks. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Queer Eye’
September 13, 2022 17:05 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBWe assess how ‘Queer Eye’ has transformed the makeover genre – and what it has done for queer TV in general. Ben Rylan is joined by critics Scott Bryan and Toby Earle, who also offer tips on the shows to stream now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Irishman
September 13, 2022 17:03 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBMartin Scorsese’s new film tells the story of Frank ‘The Irishman’ Sheeran, a 1950s truck driver turned hitman who became union boss Jimmy Hoffa’s right-hand man. But does it keep you gripped for its three-and-a-half hours? Robert Bound asks Tim Robey and Simran Hans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Sweet Sorrow’ by David Nicholls
September 13, 2022 17:01 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBThis summer’s ultimate poolside read, ‘Sweet Sorrow’ is the latest novel by award-winning author and screenwriter David Nicholls. Robert Bound, Georgina Godwin and John Mitchinson talk love stories and 1990s nostalgia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The RA’s Summer Exhibition
September 13, 2022 17:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBRobert Bound, Eddy Frankel and Ossian Ward discuss this year’s Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, Francis Bacon at the Gagosian and the responsibilities of an art critic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Into the Night’
September 13, 2022 16:59 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBWe twirl around the Barbican’s latest big exhibition, which explores the art that was created around cabaret culture from the late 1800s. But did it dazzle our critics? Robert Bound is joined by Eddy Frankel and Francesca Gavin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Christmas crooners
September 13, 2022 16:59 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBWill Hodgkinson and Georgie Rogers join Robert Bound to cock an ear to the year’s Christmas albums, which span country to heavy metal and include efforts by Kacey Musgraves, Bryan Adams, Chicago and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘The Souvenir’
September 13, 2022 16:55 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB‘The Souvenir’ is the fourth film by British director Joanna Hogg. It stars Honor Swinton-Byrne in her first acting role and is based on the film-maker’s time as a student. Robert Bound sits down with film critics Simran Hans and Anna Smith to discuss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Apollo 11’
September 13, 2022 16:53 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBAs we celebrate 50 years since Neil Armstrong took that notorious first step on the moon, we watch this thrilling and moving documentary of one of the greatest feats of humankind. Robert Bound is joined in the studio by Anna Smith and Andrew Mueller to review ‘Apollo 11’, which is made up entirely of original footage of the most famous space mission. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Brett Anderson
September 13, 2022 16:53 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBThe Suede frontman has just released his second memoir, ‘Afternoons with the Blinds Drawn’. He tells Robert Bound about his unconventional approach to a rock autobiography, how the 1990s music press shaped his career and what it was like for an indie band to exist during the Britpop wars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Summer lookahead 2019
September 13, 2022 16:52 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBRobert Bound is joined by Leonie Cooper, Susannah Butter and Scott Bryan to round up our cultural checklist for the summer. Find out what you'll be reading, watching and dancing to this season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cindy Sherman
September 13, 2022 16:52 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThe art world’s master of disguise has a retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery; we try to get to the bottom of the wit and wigs that have made her one of the greatest contemporary artists. Robert Bound is joined by Kathlene Fox-Davies and Francesca Gavin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eve Babitz
September 13, 2022 16:50 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBRobert Bound, Kate Hutchinson and Lucy Scholes discuss the writing of the LA legend, whose vivid stories and laser-focused observations capture the very essence of Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s. But as she releases a new anthology, how does her work sit in the #MeToo era and will there ever be another like her? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cats
September 13, 2022 16:50 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBSimran Hans and Caspar Salmon join Robert Bound to discuss one of the cinema events of 2019: the release of ‘Cats’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘By the Grace of God’
September 13, 2022 16:50 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWe discuss the new docudrama by French director François Ozon, which deals with a complex and ongoing case of child abuse in the French Catholic church. Ben Rylan’s guests are film critics Karen Krizanovich and Tim Robey. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Grayson Perry: ‘Super Rich Interior Decoration’
September 13, 2022 16:49 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBRobert Bound is joined by Louisa Buck and Ossian Ward to decipher the wit and politics in Grayson Perry’s new show at Victoria Miro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Edward Parnell
September 13, 2022 16:49 - 29 minutes - 27 MB‘Ghostland’, the new book by Edward Parnell, is a mix of memoir, travelogue, nature journal and literary journey set in spooky, rural locations around the UK. Parnell chats to Robert Bound about how these places and narratives became therapy for him after a family tragedy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Art Basel, 2019
September 13, 2022 16:49 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBMonocle’s Culture editor, Chiara Rimella, shows us around the biggest art event of the year – and speaks to the curators, collectors and critics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Diego Maradona’ and ‘Halston’
September 13, 2022 16:49 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBRobert Bound is joined by film critics Anna Smith and Jason Solomons to discuss two of this month’s documentary releases: ‘Halston’ and ‘Diego Maradona’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Rolling Thunder Revue’
September 13, 2022 16:49 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWe try to separate fact from fiction in Martin Scorsese’s pseudo-documentary about Bob Dylan’s 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Will we ever know the real Dylan? Robert Bound discusses with Liv Siddall, Tim Robey and Will Hodgkinson. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Old Town Road’
September 13, 2022 16:48 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBWe take a deep dive into Lil Nas X’s US record-breaking number-one single, “Old Town Road”. Baylen Leonard and Leonie Cooper join Robert Bound to discuss genre, sexuality, remixes and what it takes to make a hit song. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Olafur Eliasson at the Tate Modern
September 13, 2022 16:48 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWe review Olafur Eliasson’s show ‘In Real Life’ – an immersive retrospective of the artist’s career to date. Tom Edwards is joined by Francesca Gavin and Jane Morris to discuss what’s behind the smoke and mirrors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’
September 13, 2022 16:48 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBLast week saw the UK release of what is supposedly Quentin Tarantino’s penultimate film: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’. Robert Bound, Simran Hans and Tim Robey discuss the counter-culture, cowboys and controversies surrounding it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘The Offing’ by Benjamin Myers
September 13, 2022 16:48 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBRobert Bound, John Mitchinson and Susannah Butter crack the spine of ‘The Offing’, the new novel by Benjamin Myers, whose last book ‘The Gallows Pole’ was a big hit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Hustlers’
September 13, 2022 16:47 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBRobert Bound is joined by critics Anna Smith and Jason Solomons to talk friendship, fraudsters and the female gaze in ‘Hustlers’, the new stripper-heist movie, starring Jennifer Lopez, that is based on a true story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Autumn preview
September 13, 2022 16:47 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBNotebooks at the ready: we give you the TV shows, albums and exhibitions that should be on your radar this autumn. Georgie Rogers, Peter White and Francesca Gavin offer their expert tips. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Will Apple be the new Netflix?
September 13, 2022 16:46 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBAs Apple and Disney launch their own streaming services, Terri White and Toby Earle join Robert Bound to ask whether this rapidly expanding market is increasing not just the quantity of TV shows but their quality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Street
September 13, 2022 16:46 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBWe take a walk down Hoxton Street, the focus of Zed Nelson’s new documentary, 'The Street', which tells the story of a gentrifying London community over the course of four years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Crown
September 13, 2022 16:46 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBSarah Carson and Scott Bryan binge on the latest series of ‘The Crown’, which sees Olivia Colman take over the role of Queen Elizabeth II from Claire Foy. How does the hit Netflix show fare with a new cast in a new era? And how easy it is to watch alongside the ongoing Prince Andrew scandal? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Among the Trees’
September 13, 2022 16:45 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBRobert Bound, Francesca Gavin and Ossian Ward get to the root of the Hayward Gallery’s new exhibition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Steve McQueen at Tate Modern
September 13, 2022 16:45 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBWe discuss the new show of the artist and filmmaker, Steve McQueen, and revisit an interview with the man himself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Adults’ by Emma Jane Unsworth
September 13, 2022 16:45 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBLucy Scholes and Susannah Butter discuss Emma Jane Unsworth’s new novel about Jenny McLaine, a thirtysomething London journalist whose addiction to social media begins to take over her life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The best of 2019
September 13, 2022 16:43 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBRobert Bound is joined by Tim Robey, Kate Hutchinson and John Mitchinson to round up the best films, albums and books of 2019. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
September 13, 2022 16:42 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWe discuss female relationships, the queer gaze and the beauty of Céline Sciamma’s latest film. Ben Rylan is in conversation with Karen Krizanovich, Caspar Salmon and Chiara Rimella. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mushrooms: the art, design and future of fungi
September 13, 2022 16:41 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBCurator Francesca Gavin takes Monocle’s very own fun-guy, Robert Bound, on a tour of her new mushroom exhibition at Somerset House, which explores the ways fungi have been used in art. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Parasite
September 13, 2022 16:41 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWe review the newly released dark comedy by Bong Joon-ho, which picked up the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year. Film critics Simran Hans and Tim Robey join Robert Bound in the studio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2020 lookahead
September 13, 2022 16:41 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBScott Bryan, Francesca Gavin and Karen Krizanovich join Robert Bound to give their two cents on the TV, films and art exhibitions to see this season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘1917’
September 13, 2022 16:40 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBAs it’s nominated for 10 Academy Awards, we head into the trenches to join George MacKay on a mission in ‘1917’. Robert Bound, Simran Hans and Jason Solomons review the film and we hear from its director, Sam Mendes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Uncle Vanya
September 13, 2022 16:40 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBTheatre critics Matt Wolf and Lyn Gardner join Robert Bound to give their verdict on the new production of Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ at the Harold Pinter Theatre, starring Toby Jones and Ciarán Hinds. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New year, new music
September 13, 2022 16:40 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBRobert Bound is joined by the chief rock & pop critic for ‘The Times’, Will Hodgkinson, and the writer and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson to round up the best albums of 2020 so far – from forgotten 1970s folk music to the brightest new pop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The art of an online gallery
September 13, 2022 16:38 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBAs art institutions and commercial galleries shut their doors to the public, we speak to critics Ben Luke and Jane Morris about what effect closures will have on audiences and businesses. Plus: we speak to Art Basel director Marc Spiegler about its brave new online world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘The Mirror & the Light’ by Hilary Mantel
September 13, 2022 16:38 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBRobert Bound, John Mitchinson and Ted Hodgkinson review the final – and rather hefty – instalment of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full stream ahead
September 13, 2022 16:38 - 32 minutes - 30 MBSince people have been cooped up indoors thanks to the pandemic, streaming services have seen an uptick in viewership. We speak to two programme directors from MUBI and Curzon to find out about the opportunities that this presents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Technicolor world of David Bowie
September 13, 2022 09:13 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBFifty years after the release of ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, we look at David Bowie’s legacy and what the evolution of his visual world tells us. We speak to ‘Moonage Daydream’ director Brett Morgen and Mark Paytress, author of ‘Glam! When Superstars Rocked the World, 1970-74’. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
September 05, 2022 15:04 - 28 minutes - 26 MBElves and orcs return to our screens in Amazon’s ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’, purportedly the most expensive TV show ever made. We speak to the series’ showrunners, JD Payne and Patrick McKay, and our own ‘Lord of the Rings’ authority, John Mitchinson, to find out more about the show and where it places us in Tolkein’s infinitely complex world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Official Competition’
August 29, 2022 17:07 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBPenélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star in ‘Official Competition’, a new satirical film poking fun at the movie industry and the art of acting. Critics Caspar Salmon and Hannah Strong join Robert Bound in the studio to ask whether it is a winner and to dwell more widely upon the movies-about-movies genre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mohsin Hamid
August 22, 2022 15:16 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBInternational best-selling novelist Mohsin Hamid has been nominated for the Booker prize twice and is perhaps best known for his work ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’. He joins Robert Bound in the studio to discuss his new novel, ‘The Last White Man’. Modelled on Kafka’s ‘The Metamorphosis’, it asks powerful questions about race in the modern world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘Nope’
August 15, 2022 16:48 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBAcclaimed writer and director Jordan Peele is back with another ambitious and eerie cinematic extravaganza: ‘Nope’. Critics Leila Latif and Tim Robey join Robert Bound in the studio to discuss their thoughts on the film and examine its abundance of cinematic references. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
‘The Passengers’ by Will Ashon
August 08, 2022 17:38 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBWriter Will Ashon joins us in the studio to discuss his new book, ‘The Passengers’, which brings together 180 anonymous voices whose only link to each other is a connection to the British Isles. This unique work of nonfiction tells the story of what it feels like to be alive in a particular time and place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.