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Monocle on Saturday — 106 episodes

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Live from the Hay Festival 2026

2

Stephen Colbert’s final show and Moomins on the road

3

Trump-Xi summit, UK political turmoil and Eurovision Asia

4

State of a nation: Reform UK’s success and disaster prepping

5

King Charles III’s speech, the Affordable Art Fair and the International Sea Urchin Festival

6

Trump’s Falklands threat, World Cup updates and Stockholm Music Week debuts

7

The party spat dominating British politics, French writers revolt and the importance of small museums

8

Iran talks and Hungary’s election. Plus: the ultimate guide to hosting

9

How Trump uses verbs to evade responsibility. Plus: Pope Leo XIV’s first Easter

10

Kash Patel’s leaked photos, London Craft Week and Monocle’s Hanami Market

11

Iran latest and Alexander Stubb’s gloomy outlook on Ukraine

12

The latest on Iran and Uganda’s housing crisis at Mipim

13

Iran latest: intelligence sharing, travel disruption and the influencer economy

14

Literary revelations in Ukraine and why culture still matters under fire

15

Trump’s tariffs, royal scandal and technology vs human nature

16

The day of love and the end of the world?

17

The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 kicks off with a rousing opening ceremony

18

Space security, Italian disco and the Bayeux Tapestry

19

Trump’s Board of Peace, football diplomacy and a must-see exhibition

20

How is 2026 only 17 days old? Plus: London Art Fair and Jaipur Literature Festival

21

Protests in Iran, Adelaide Writers’ Week and the luxury market in 2026

22

Saturday 3 January

23

Saturday 27 December

24

The UK Christmas charts and pirate radio returns to the sea

25

French spies, British olive oil and Monocle’s London Christmas Market

26

Live in Paris: Frank Gehry, Nicolas Sarkozy’s book and our Christmas Market

27

Monocle’s Zürich Christmas Market and Charleston Literary Festival

28

Ukraine peace plan latest and China’s mega embassy. Plus: Scotland comes to London

29

Stories from the worlds of geopolitics and acting

30

How much work is love? Plus: The Goldsmiths Prize 2025

31

Can the rise of populism be stopped? Plus: Autumn art market trends

32

Trump’s White House demolition, the Louvre heist and Helsinki Book Fair

33

Zelensky’s meeting in Washington, the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair and Cheltenham Literature Festival

34

Gaza latest, Macron’s PM reshuffle, Bollywood in Britain and autumn with Olivia Potts

35

Politics in the US, UK, Japan and the animals behind the scenes

36

Art as resistance

37

Jimmy Kimmel and the US crackdown on free speech

38

How Mandelson’s exit affects Trump’s state visit to the UK

39

The London Literature Festival and the importance of print

40

The week in news and culture. Plus: the heritage of craft in Hastings

41

The week in news and culture. Plus: Washington’s bipartisan bistro Butterworth’s

42

Trump meets Putin and UK festival season

43

How to curate the perfect library

44

Trump’s tariffs, the dishes that define Paris and a controversial new Taiwanese TV show

45

Trump’s media woes and Expo 2025 Osaka

46

The state of media and a new independent publisher

47

How radio changed the home

48

Persephone Books, Edinburgh Book Festival highlights and this week’s global headlines

49

Why Paris leads the rankings and what airports say about us

50

Global news, poetry bench and Swedish midsummer

51

AI in media and Independent Bookshop Week

52

Trump vs Musk, UK defence and the power of the essay

53

Live at Hay Festival 2025

54

Monocle’s Badi Market with Visit Portugal

55

Eurovision countdown begins

56

Monocle’s spring market with Visit Portugal and the Good Company bookshop

57

Global election roundup and The Folio Society

58

The Pope’s funeral begins

59

Life on the UK’s nuclear submarines and the strategic genius of Taylor Swift

60

China’s tariffs and design in Milan

61

Trump’s tariffs, Watches and Wonders and ‘Donna Summer Reimagined’

62

#TeslaTakedown, Flying Books at Neverland and Voices of Faith

63

Hay Festival 2025 and Monocle’s Hanami Market

64

US government averts shutdown, Belgrade protests and One World Flag

65

Trump and the EU, Arco Madrid and Adelaide Writers’ Week

66

Trump-Zelensky talks collapse, Ubud Writers Festival and Oscar buzz

67

German election and a literary tour of Asia

68

Weekly news-and-culture update

69

News-and-culture brief

70

Weekly news-and-culture brief

71

News-and-culture round-up

72

News and culture round-up

73

News and culture roundup

74

Monocle on Saturday

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Monocle on Saturday

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News and culture round-up

77

Monocle on Saturday: Christmas market special

78

The week in news and culture

79

News and culture roundup

80

Trump’s diet overhaul, the power of craftsmanship and the $6.2m banana

81

Trump’s cabinet picks, the most beautiful book and Japanese reads

82

Donald Trump wins the US presidential election

83

US election countdown

84

Alexei Navalny’s memoir, Minoa bookshop and Sicilian food

85

Frankfurt Book Fair, Cheerio Publishing and British food

86

Quality of life at sea and Kate Mosse’s new book ‘The Map of Bones’

87

The week in news and the future of digital art

88

The United Nations General Assembly, climate innovation in Norway and The Book Hive

89

Global news, Amsterdam design and business books

90

The Weatherglass Novella Prize, the Ig Nobel Prize and the London Jazz Festival

91

Georgia coverage, British history vs culture, and Radio Free Europe

92

Brazil bans X, Germany’s local elections and the Depop for books

93

The DNC, graffiti in politics and music in cinema

94

Live from St Moritz

95

What will be the legacy of the Paris Olympics?

96

What to wear at the Olympics with New Balance and Paris soft power

97

The Paris Olympics begins

98

Scorpios, ‘Encounters’ and a flick through the global papers

99

Biden’s turbulent week and the best books of the 21st century

100

‘Change begins immediately’: the UK elects a new prime minister

101

The fallout from the US debate

102

Monocle’s Swiss Summer Market and Nordic midsummer celebrations

103

Festival boycotts and translated fiction

104

Asia news, the Women’s Prize Live and Bookbanks

105

Trump’s conviction, Iceland’s election and London Gallery Weekend

106

Cozy publishing and ‘How to Make a Bomb: A Novel’