Robert Bound, John Mitchinson and Ted Hodgkinson review the final – and rather hefty – instalment of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy.

Monocle 24: The Monocle Culture Show

'The Mirror & the Light' by Hilary Mantel

Robert Bound, Francesca Gavin and Ossian Ward get to the root of the Hayward Gallery’s new exhibition.

‘Among the Trees’

We 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.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

We discuss the new show of the artist and filmmaker, Steve McQueen, and revisit an interview with the man himself.

Steve McQueen at Tate Modern

Lucy 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.

‘Adults’ by Emma Jane Unsworth

We 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.

Parasite

Curator 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.

Mushrooms: the art, design and future of fungi

Theatre 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.

Uncle Vanya

Robert 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

New year, new music

As 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.

‘1917’

Scott 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.

2020 lookahead

Robert Bound is joined by Tim Robey, Kate Hutchinson and John Mitchinson to round up the best films, albums and books of 2019.

The best of 2019

Simran Hans and Caspar Salmon join Robert Bound to discuss one of the cinema events of 2019: the release of ‘Cats’.

Cats

Lauren Greenfield interviews Imelda Marcos in this fascinating new documentary, which takes a look at the life of the former first lady of the Philippines and the controversies surrounding her husband’s dictatorship. Ben Rylan, Karen Krizanovich and Jason Solomons review.

The Kingmaker

Will 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.

Christmas crooners

Our Culture editor 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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