Sunday Brunch
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The art of remembering
28 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We visit Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial, where an impressive design belies a deeper meaning for both Germany and Russia. Plus: archaeologist Claire Sm...
Isabelle Huppert and the qualities of camp
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Academy award-winning director Neil Jordan discusses his campy new thriller “Greta”, which stars Isabelle Huppert as a deranged stalker. Plus: how...
Salone del Mobile
14 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Monocle’s Georgina Godwin sits down for a cinnamon bun with leading designers and architects in this special edition broadcast live from the world’...
A nature series worth nurturing
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sir David Attenborough’s new Netflix Original series ‘Our Planet’ is both a visual masterpiece and an urgent call to action. We meet its produce...
Tackling men’s mental health
31 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We look at a play that is bringing the issue of men’s mental health to the forefront. Plus: one of the world’s top 100 start-ups, weekend papers a...
Enter stage left (and right)
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We look at how political issues can be successfully transferred to the stage. Plus: finding your ‘fragrance wardrobe’, a new novel based around th...
London Burlesque Festival
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We profile the 2019 version of a festival that does a fine line in raunchy and risqué. Plus: how AI is changing the workplace, an Art Dubai round-up ...
Making the arts accessible
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We profile two companies making the arts more accessible. Plus: Daunt Books Spring Festival, extraordinary women in history and former MasterChef winn...
Changing British culture
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We assess the impact of refugees from Nazi Europe on British culture. Plus: abstract artwork, how to retell Shakespeare and the weekend papers.
The art of luxury
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how to create the feeling of luxury. Plus: specialist sound design, the tale of a household and food from northeast India.
Liberating Europe
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We walk the route that allied forces took when liberating Europe during the Second World War. Plus: long-forgotten writers, organ-donor recipients and...
Why theatres matter
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the Theatres At Risk Register is released, we discuss the importance of these venues. Plus: one of the UK’s most famous ships, political cartoons...
Clearing the oceans
03 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how superyacht owners can save the world. Plus: we celebrate black and brown cultural innovators and try food from Asturias.
Staying creative
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how artists keep from going stale and try to identify the secrets behind perfect choreography. Plus: the story of Madame Tussaud, the weeke...
Welcome to the UK?
20 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Brexit, in one form or other, edges ever closer, we examine the plight of refugees in the UK through a play. Plus: Middle Eastern art, the power of...
Culture from a global perspective
13 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We take a cultural tour of the world as we visit the London Borough of Culture and the Chinese Arts Now festival. Plus: the art of flight, weekend pap...
Sunday Brunch: Modern Day Mimes
06 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the London International Mime Festival 2019 and meet Adam Szabo the Managing Director of the Manchester Collective. Plus: we try Calvados a...
Sunday Brunch: Best of 2018
30 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We celebrate a year of ‘Sunday Brunch’ with highlights from 2018: how a song changed a brand, the vegan revolution and how art has changed in the ...
Sunday Brunch: preparing for Christmas
23 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the big day approaches, we’ve got some last-minute tips for the perfect feast, as well as the best drinks to match. Plus: festive weekend papers ...
Sunday Brunch: Diverse artistry
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We meet two artists who traverse genres. Plus: how to bring joy to your everyday, weekend papers and we try some British savoury buns.
Zürich Christmas Market 2018
09 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Get in the festive spirit for a special edition of the show, broadcast live from The Monocle Christmas Market in Zürich. Raclette at the ready.
London Christmas Market 2018
02 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of the show, we are live from our London Christmas Market 2018.
The impact of sound
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at how sound can be used in two different ways: to commemorate the outbreak of the Spanish flu and to help refugees. Plus: job satisfaction, t...
Contemporary circus
18 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The future of the circus, a love song to Europe, the Palace of Versailles, the weekend papers and Middle Eastern cooking at home.
Maori literature
11 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We meet some of New Zealand’s leading Maori authors. Plus: a report from Pitchfork Paris, the weekend papers, female tribes and the ethical tea bran...
Asian Art in London
04 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Asian Art in London hits full swing, we look at the art scene in the region. Plus: classical piano meets Pink Floyd, the lost houses of the estanci...
Kunst 18 Zürich
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As Kunst 18 Zürich hits full swing we take the cultural temperature of the city from our bureau there.
Delayed gratification
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss why some books find popularity long after publication and profile artist Yayoi Kusama. Plus: the reign of Nur Jahan, the craft cider moveme...
Undiscovered suffragettes
14 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discover some previously unseen photos of Britain’s suffragettes. Plus: a life through music, the story of horror and how to survive a decade in ...
‘Hooked’
07 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the psychology behind addiction with London’s Science Gallery, meet artist Zak Ové, leaf through the weekend papers, find out how to dea...
Women artists
30 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the underrepresentation of female artists in the commercial sector and look at the importance of theatres. Plus: dealing with global inequa...
Artistic couples
23 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We explore how couples work together as artists and how art is helping with prisoners’ rehabilitation. Plus: how to waste less, the weekend papers a...
Live from Zürich
16 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
For a special edition of the show we head to our new bureau in Zürich, where we’re joined by some of the people who make up the city’s thriving c...
Artistic licence
09 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how luxury brands are using art to reach new customers, meet a cellist-turned-artist and visit Cinnamon Kitchen as it celebrates its 10-yea...
The Festival of Ideas
02 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We meet some of the greatest minds from art, architecture and music. Plus: we analyse Chinese comedy, look at how a song changed advertising and head ...
Van Gogh and the asylum
26 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at how the asylum affected Vincent van Gogh with Martin Bailey, who has written a new book about the artist. Plus: indie publisher Charco Pres...
Pinter at the Pinter
19 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the life of one of Britain’s most prolific playwrights and seductive symphonies. Plus: Scandi dining, how to grill and weekend papers.
Art from the brink of war
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at art from Weimar Germany and discuss sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the US. Plus: Levantine food and the weekend papers.
Virtual-reality theatre
05 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We put on a headset and step into the digital world as we discuss virtual reality and theatre, and then homelessness in 1970s London. Plus: human erro...
Political opera
29 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to composer Keith Burstein on his politically charged work, and to one of the oldest art shippers in London. Plus: feline literature, weekend...
Sunday Brunch: Writing in isolation
22 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how writers deal with loneliness and meet some exciting first-time directors. Plus: the data behind literature and some Portuguese-Algarvia...
Sunday Brunch: The one-handed musical trust
15 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We meet the man helping physically disabled people play musical instruments. Plus: Renaissance insults, Nelson Mandela’s favourite food and the week...
Sunday Brunch: 133 Dambusters
08 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the 133 Dambusters and meet creative director Tom Hingston. Plus: the Curious Arts Festival, weekend papers and cocktails with a view.
Sunday Brunch: Pop art
01 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss pop art with an artist and a gallerist, and look at the life of Dorothea Lange. Plus: feminist saints, weekend papers and Korean food.
Sunday Brunch: Sculpture in the City
24 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Via London’s annual public-art programme, we look at how art affects your mental health. Plus: Hector Macdonald on truth, an exhibition on teeth and...
Sunday Brunch: Postwar art
17 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how conflict can change and affect artwork, and profile the life of Frida Kahlo. Plus: MP Jo Swinson, the weekend papers and chef Martha Or...
Sunday Brunch: The Future Starts Here
10 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how the world is changing and meet the owners of a new London gallery. Plus: the history of factories, Bengali cuisine and weekend papers.
Sunday Brunch: the Windrush generation
03 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the lives of the Windrush generation and talk bespoke album artwork. Plus: meet the minds behind Remote Contact, Poet in the City and the A...
Sunday Brunch: Big art
27 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the appeal and power of large-scale art. Plus: artist Tom Hammick, the differences between UK and US English and chef Mini Patel on the ret...
Sunday Brunch: ‘Effigies of Wickedness’
20 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at a play bringing back cabaret banned by the Nazis and discuss a visual opera coming to London. Plus: James MacManus on the affair between Ge...
Sunday Brunch: A worldwide cultural sample
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We take a trip around the world as we hear about a cultural festival in Palestine, recap last night’s Eurovision and head to Cannes. Plus: we previe...
Sunday Brunch: The art of diplomacy
06 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how artwork can impact and influence diplomacy. Plus: how cities are adapting to our changing workplaces, how reading helped one person tac...
Sunday Brunch: Online auctioneering
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the art market moves increasingly online we discuss whether traditional auction houses are a dying breed. Plus: we visit London’s most infamous r...
Sunday Brunch: Artistic anonymity
22 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We speak to Steve Lazarides – a colleague of Banksy for more than a decade – who tells us how artists can reinvent a genre and remain hidden in th...
Sunday Brunch: The art of change
15 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at whether art can encourage social change, explore why we immortalise musicians and speak with LA-based forward-thinking musician E Ruscha V ...
Sunday Brunch: Art of the heart and mind
08 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Get under the skin of art as we look at artists’ personalities, get a glimpse into Picasso’s personal life and reflect on the heart through art. P...
Sunday Brunch: Classic cinema, design and literature
01 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We bust out the classics as we rediscover some icons of British cinema, learn how album art is designed with Rick Froberg and John Reis of Hot Snakes,...
Sunday Brunch: ‘Another Kind of Life’
25 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We meet some of the subcultures of the world and explore what’s vital to human life with the Wellcome Collection. Plus: Sarah Corbett tells us about...
Sunday Brunch: Art in the digital age
18 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at how technology has affected art, visit exhibition ‘The Classical Now’ and go on a no-screen reading retreat. Plus: Jonathan Ray brings ...
Sunday Brunch: Trust in invisible agents
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We find out how hidden technology is influencing our lives, check out the Museum of London’s ‘Votes for Women’ exhibition and Jen Campbell explo...
Sunday Brunch: Invisible cities
04 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We explore concepts of the ideal city with former Tate curator Flavia Frigeri. We visit a royal art collection. Damien Rudd tells us about the saddest...
Sunday Brunch: What can you see from your window?
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We get tower-block residents’ visions for future London and head to the Tate Modern to see Modigliani. Meanwhile, Ian Williams gets lost in Beijing’...
Sunday Brunch: ‘Another Time Another Place’
18 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We head back to a London borough past and travel a mile in a migrant’s shoes. Also, Joobin Bekhrad offers an alternative view of Iran, we meet Rosab...
Sunday Brunch: ‘Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11’
11 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We look at how art has changed since events in New York back in 2001 with the Imperial War Museum. Plus: the Sapphic Suffragettes. Emmy Favilla on our...
Sunday Brunch: Digital playwriting
04 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We hear about a play that puts Whatsapp at its core, visit Peter Doig’s exhibition in London, hear from Daniel Hume on the art of fire-making – an...
Sunday Brunch: documenting a war
28 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We find out about Peter Jackson’s new film documenting the First World War, head to London’s Tate Gallery to celebrate the pioneers of installatio...
Sunday Brunch: Exploring a classic
21 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We delve into the history of Winnie-the-Pooh, check out Rose Wylie’s artwork at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery and Deborah Treisman talks about “t...
Sunday Brunch: ‘City Now City Future’
14 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at a new exhibition at the Museum of London. Plus we stay in the British capital with a focus on Lumiere London. We’ve also got Olive...
Sunday Brunch: How to eat your Christmas tree
07 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how you can enjoy your Christmas tree beyond the festive period. Rebecca Abrams tells the history of the Jewish people, we meet a songwriter to ...
The Best of Sunday Brunch
31 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We recap some of the best bits from ‘Sunday Brunch’ this year.
Sunday Brunch: creating Christmas
24 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this edition of ‘Sunday Brunch’, we get you ready for Christmas with a few culinary tips and tricks – and tell you how to prepare the perfect...
Sunday Brunch: Sounds of Peckham
17 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We hear the sounds of London’s Peckham with Peckham Soul and Ian Doescher talks Star Wars and Shakespeare. Meanwhile, we visit the Zabludowicz Colle...
Sunday Brunch 18: A gingerbread city
10 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We go to the city – a gingerbread one – as we explore the Museum of Architecture’s famous annual exhibition in London. Plus: Marc Hagan-Guirey t...
Sunday Brunch 17: Monocle’s Christmas Market
03 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We are joined by the stallholders and some of Monocle’s very own for coverage of our Christmas Market.
Sunday Brunch 16: Red Star Over Russia
26 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Discover photographer David King’s collection of more than 250,000 posters, prints and photographs from Soviet Russia with London’s Tate Modern. P...
Sunday Brunch 15: ‘Illuminating India’
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We head to London’s Science Museum to find out how India has influenced science and technology over the course of 5,000 years. Plus: Monocle 24’s ...
Sunday Brunch 14: City living: the pros and cons
12 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the pleasures and challenges of urban living. Meanwhile, our Culture editor Robert Bound gives us the bare necessities of life, Ken Mogi di...
Sunday Brunch 13: ‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’
05 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered about graphic design’s lifesaving properties? The Wellcome Collection has the answers. Plus: Fernando Augusto Pacheco’s favourite re...
Sunday Brunch 12: Frenchies
29 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We go through Ben Rylan’s favourite record, Killian Fox hits us with some gastronomic facts and we meet Frenchie. Plus: Terry Stiastny goes through ...
Sunday Brunch 11: How do you spend your Sunday?
22 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We find out how the UK’s Sunday traditions have changed. Roger K Burton goes through his very extensive wardrobe and we try some Australian brunch. ...
Sunday Brunch 10: Created Out of Mind
15 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We meet the man behind a project giving people with dementia a voice. Plus: Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood on mastering coffee, Christopher Lord on the Mido...
Sunday Brunch 9: Surrealist partnerships
08 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the surprising partnership between Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp and Clemency Burton-Hill tells us why we should all love classical mus...
Sunday Brunch 8: The oldest literary festival in the world
01 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We preview Cheltenham Literature Festival, the oldest literary festival in the world. Meanwhile, Henry Rees-Sheridan says the long goodbye on the Mido...
Sunday Brunch 7: ‘A Poem For Every Day of the Year’
24 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sprinkle some poetry throughout your life as former film and television star Allie Esiri talks us through her latest collection. Plus: Monocle 24’s ...
Sunday Brunch 6: From Russia with love
17 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We learn all about Russian Film Week and follow our noses to Pitti Fragranze; we also find out all about life in rural Transylvania with author Mike O...
Sunday Brunch 5: Capital entertainment
10 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We hear all about the new award-winning play ‘Oslo’ that’s coming to the National Theatre, Stanley Trollip tells us about his latest novel and G...
Sunday Brunch 4: What is Cascara?
03 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We look at the news that North Korea has successfully tested a a nuclear weapon. We learn about the drink that’s making coffee more sustainable, Tot...
Sunday Brunch 3: Tastes of Ghana
27 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We find out what makes a Ghanaian brunch, speak to the people behind the Migrate photography exhibition in London, and Tom Hall plays us ‘Automatic ...
Sunday Brunch 2: California Designing
20 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We head to the Design Museum to learn about its new exhibition California: Designing Freedom, explore Leonard Cohen’s life with Kieron Matthew Baner...
Sunday Brunch 1: The Other Paradise
13 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the otherworldly evening taking over the Royal Academy of Arts in London, hear some Pink Floyd courtesy of Carlota Rebelo and sample th...