Monocle Weekends

Dec 06 2019 5 ep. 30 mins 169
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The perfect soundtrack to your weekend wherever in the world you are. Smart conversation, clever guests and plenty of inspiration for the week ahead.

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Winter Weekend

Dec 06 2019 30 mins  
Georgina Godwin is joined by Ben Rylan to discuss the extraordinary new film ‘1917’ by Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes. Plus: Monocle’s favourite retailers arrive for our annual Christmas market in London.

Winter Weekend

Nov 29 2019 30 mins  
Join our editor in chief Tyler Brûlé in this special festive programme from Monocle’s Christmas market in Zürich. Discover how the Swiss do Christmas with food and wine entrepreneur Katja Weber, browse the European newspapers with Jessica Bridger and unpack the week with Georgina Godwin.

Winter Weekend

Nov 22 2019 30 mins  
Conservation biologist Thor Hansen discusses the vital role bees play in nature. Plus: the campaign to save the modernist architecture of Argentina’s Ariston Club and Ben Rylan examines how corporate changes have reshaped the films we watch.

Winter Weekend

Nov 15 2019 30 mins  
Georgina Godwin shakes off the winter chill at the Sharjah International Book Fair in the United Arab Emirates as she takes a tour of the Louvre Abu Dhabi and meets the president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation.

Winter weekend

Nov 08 2019 30 mins  
On Monocle’s new weekend programme, Georgina Godwin discusses the value of a good bookshop with Bill Samuel, grandson of the founder of Foyles. Plus: Petri Burtsov tours Muji’s new Helsinki outpost, Bill Leuty takes a winter dip in Zürich and Ben Rylan meets film-maker Kelly Reichardt as her breakout success ‘Old Joy’ enters the Criterion Collection.