We visit Berlin’s Soviet War Memorial, where an impressive design belies a deeper meaning for both Germany and Russia. Plus: archaeologist Claire Smith explains why restoring Notre Dame won’t make it any less authentic.

Monocle 24: Sunday Brunch

The art of remembering

Academy award-winning director Neil Jordan discusses his campy new thriller “Greta”, which stars Isabelle Huppert as a deranged stalker. Plus: how an arts education is raising the standards in US prisons and economist Cornelia Meyer reviews the weekend newspapers.

Isabelle Huppert and the qualities of camp

Monocle’s Georgina Godwin sits down for a cinnamon bun with leading designers and architects in this special edition broadcast live from the world’s largest furniture fair.

Salone del Mobile

Sir David Attenborough’s new Netflix Original series ‘Our Planet’ is both a visual masterpiece and an urgent call to action. We meet its producers, Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey. Plus: artist Oliver Jeffers on how politics informs creativity, and a review of the weekend newspapers.

A nature series worth nurturing

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 and we celebrate Burmese New Year.

Tackling men’s mental health

We look at how political issues can be successfully transferred to the stage. Plus: finding your ‘fragrance wardrobe’, a new novel based around the Holocaust and London restaurant Mortimer House Kitchen.

Enter stage left (and right)

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 and Chiltern Firehouse’s knack for staying at the forefront of London’s dining scene.

London Burlesque Festival

We profile two companies making the arts more accessible. Plus: Daunt Books Spring Festival, extraordinary women in history and former MasterChef winner Tim Anderson on Japanese cooking.

Making the arts accessible

We assess the impact of refugees from Nazi Europe on British culture. Plus: abstract artwork, how to retell Shakespeare and the weekend papers.

Changing British culture

We discuss how to create the feeling of luxury. Plus: specialist sound design, the tale of a household, and food from northeast India.

The art of luxury

We walk the route that allied forces took when liberating Europe during the Second World War. Plus: long-forgotten writers, organ-donor recipients and the weekend papers.

Liberating Europe

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 and where best to drink wine.

Why theatres matter

We discuss how superyacht owners can save the world. Plus: we celebrate black and brown cultural innovators and try food from Asturias.

Clearing the oceans

We discuss how artists keep from going stale and try to identify the secrets behind perfect choreography. Plus: the story of Madame Tussaud, the weekend papers and how to kick the January blues.

Staying creative

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 the termite and some alcohol-free gin and tonic.

Welcome to the UK?

Start your Sunday off right: visit cultural highlights from across London, get to know the weekend’s must-read and note down some culinary tips from those in the know. Plus: in-depth analysis of the weekend papers and discussions between the art world’s leading figures.

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Monocle 24: Sunday Brunch

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