Monocle on Saturday

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• Independent Bookshop Week, the new Booker Prize Quick Read and other stories  13.06.2026 30分

  Tira Shubart joins Georgina Godwin for a culture and news roundup. We also speak about Independent Bookshop Week in the UK and Gaby Wood on the new Booker Prize Quick Read.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Wiener Festwochen controversy and forgotten textiles   06.06.2026 39分

  Tessa Szyszkowitz joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the Wiener Festwochen controversy, Ukraine’s growing drone industry and the week’s news. Plus: designer Walid Damirji on giving forgotten textiles a second life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Live from the Hay Festival 2026 30.05.2026 31分

  Live from the 2026 Hay Festival, Georgina Godwin is joined by international director Cristina Fuentes La Roche and the winner of the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize. Plus: a preview of the Badi Market.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Stephen Colbert’s final show and Moomins on the road  23.05.2026 34分

  Emma Nelson and Charles Hecker unpack Stephen Colbert’s final show, Hungary’s proposed constitutional amendment and New York bagel drama. Plus: the Moomin exhibitions at Seattle’s National Nordic Museum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Trump-Xi summit, UK political turmoil and Eurovision Asia 16.05.2026 39分

  Isabel Hilton joins Fionnuala Sweeney to discuss the fallout from the Trump-Xi summit, ongoing turmoil in British politics and more. Plus: the debut of Eurovision Asia and a look ahead to Hay Festival 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• State of a nation: Reform UK’s success and disaster prepping 09.05.2026 32分

  Vincent McAviney and Georgina Godwin on Russia’s Victory Day parade and Britain’s growing anxiety. Plus: Amanda Craig on the state of the nation and Christopher Lamb on Pope Leo XIV’s first year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• King Charles III’s speech, the Affordable Art Fair and the International Sea Urchin Festival  02.05.2026 31分

  Latika Bourke and Georgina Godwin unpack King Charles III’s Washington speech, Trump’s troop withdrawal from Germany and more. Plus: ceramics at Affordable Art Fair Hampstead and Portugal’s International Sea Urchin Festival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Trump’s Falklands threat, World Cup updates and Stockholm Music Week debuts  25.04.2026 34分

  Georgina Godwin and Isabel Hilton on the UK’s sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, Trump’s World Cup proposal and more of the week’s news. Plus: Stockholm Music Week’s debut and why creative industry gatherings matter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• The party spat dominating British politics, French writers revolt and the importance of small museums 18.04.2026 31分

  Tira Shubart and Georgina Godwin examine why the Mandelson scandal is dominating UK politics despite global crises. Plus: updates on Iran, a French publishing exodus and the best small museums around the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Iran talks and Hungary’s election. Plus: the ultimate guide to hosting 11.04.2026 32分

  Vincent McAviney and Georgina Godwin discuss the week’s news. JD Vance heads to Pakistan for peace talks and Hungary holds pivotal elections. Plus: chef Jago Rackham on how to host a dinner party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• How Trump uses verbs to evade responsibility. Plus: Pope Leo XIV’s first Easter 04.04.2026 38分

  Simon Brooke and Emma Nelson unpack how US president Donald Trump uses language to his advantage. Plus: the founder of chocolatier Plaq, Kitkat’s creative response to a PR disaster and Pope Leo XIV’s first Easter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Kash Patel’s leaked photos, London Craft Week and Monocle’s Hanami Market 28.03.2026 37分

  Isabel Hilton and Emma Nelson discuss FBI director Kash Patel’s hacked emails and more of the week’s news. Plus: London Craft Week 2026 and Tyler Brûlé kicks off Monocle’s Hanami Market in Zürich.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Iran latest and Alexander Stubb’s gloomy outlook on Ukraine 21.03.2026 29分

  Latika Bourke joins Georgina Godwin with the latest from Iran and her interaction with the Finnish president at Chatham House. Then: The Folio Society celebrates the 40th anniversary of ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• The latest on Iran and Uganda’s housing crisis at Mipim  14.03.2026 30分

  As the Iran war enters its third week, Vincent McAviney and Georgina Godwin unpack the latest. Then: at Mipim we hear how Uganda is tackling rapid urbanisation. Plus: Jill Dawson on her novel ‘Pixie’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Iran latest: intelligence sharing, travel disruption and the influencer economy 07.03.2026 30分

  Ash Bhardwaj joins Georgina Godwin to discuss the latest out of the Middle East, including military intelligence sharing, continued travel disruption and influencers in Dubai. Plus: Turkish luxury retailer Beymen’s new shop in Istanbul.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Literary revelations in Ukraine and why culture still matters under fire 28.02.2026 31分

  Nina dos Santos joins Georgina Godwin to look through the week’s news and culture. Plus: writer and translator Kate Tsurkan on how Ukrainian literature is thriving despite the ongoing war.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Trump’s tariffs, royal scandal and technology vs human nature  21.02.2026 31分

  Niklaus Nuspliger and Georgina Godwin on Trump’s 10 per cent global tariffs, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s fate and the Chinese New Year show with robots. Plus: DJ Haai on how technology and human nature interact.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• The day of love and the end of the world?  14.02.2026 35分

  Charles Hecker joins Georgina Godwin to discuss “a new era in geopolitics” at the Munich Security Conference. Plus: Andrew Mueller answers our romantic dilemmas and a review of Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 kicks off with a rousing opening ceremony 07.02.2026 30分

  Georgina Godwin and Vincent McAviney discuss the latest Epstein files releases and mass layoffs at ‘The Washington Post’. Then: the Trieste Film Festival and the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
• Space security, Italian disco and the Bayeux Tapestry 31.01.2026 33分

  Tira Shubart and Emma Nelson on the latest deep-space mission, Iran’s regime and the potential derailing of the Bayeux Tapestry move. Plus: Disco Bambino on the enduring appeal of Italian disco.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.