We take a trip down memory lane and relive some of our favourite performances from the past year, including tracks by Cults, Yazmin Lacey, Cub Sport and Tiny Ruins.

Robert Bound rounds up the best (and worst) Christmas tunes of 2018 with Will Hodgkinson, chief rock and pop critic for ‘The Times’, and broadcaster and DJ Georgie Rogers.

Live music from Kiwi brother-and-sister pop duo Broods, who will release their album ‘Don't Feed The Pop Monster’ next February.

With the annual battle for the best Christmas advert well underway we take a look at this year’s offerings and work out where festive TV commercials can go next. Robert Bound is joined by Toby Earle and Scott Bryan. Plus: what are Christmas ads like elsewhere in the world? We put the question to the Monocle team.…

Making her return to the Sessions, Australian musician Julia Jacklin plays from her upcoming album and chats to Andrew Mueller about the making of it and dealing with writer’s block.

Up for discussion this week is the latest film by The Coen brothers, a series of beautiful Western vignettes. Robert Bound is joined by film critics Tim Robey and Terri White.

LA jazz and soul singer Joey Dosik plays from his debut album ‘Inside Voice’ and talks about writing love songs about basketball.

Film critics Simran Hans and Jason Solomons review Luca Guadagnino's remake of the 1977 supernatural dance-school horror ‘Suspiria’ to see if it lives up to the original.

Bill Ryder-Jones is back in the Monocle 24 studios to perform songs from his new record 'Yawn', which he discusses with host Andrew Mueller.

As Mickey hits a significant birthday, we take a look at his career as a film star, logo, toy and all-round international brand superstar.

The Austrian-born, Los Angeles-based artist joins us to play tracks old and new – and a Velvet Underground cover.

As Martin McDonagh’s latest play takes to the stage at the Bridge Theatre, Georgina Godwin sits down with Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the ‘International New York Times’, and Monocle 24’s Augustin Macellari to review it.

Irish R&B singer Cosha performs from her album ‘RIP Bonzai’.

Andrew Mueller is joined by the journalist and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson and Laura Snapes, deputy music editor of ‘The Guardian’, to give the new record by Robyn a spin.

We relive some of our favourite performances by Nerina Pallot, Devendra Banhart, Laurel and JFDR.

Robert Bound hits the Croisette in Cannes for this year’s Mipcom – the world’s TV-format marketplace – to find out what we might be watching in the future.

Brisbane band The Goon Sax hit Midori House to play from their latest album, ‘We’re Not Talking’, and to have a chat with Andrew Mueller.

We head to The Store in London and immerse ourselves in its enormous new video art exhibition – a collaboration between The Vinyl Factory and The New Museum in New York. Robert Bound is joined by guests Francesca Gavin and Gareth Harris.

Texan musician Jess Williamson plays songs from her latest album, ‘Cosmic Wink’, and talks about the changing events that sparked it.

Many versions of the 1937 film ‘A Star Is Born’ have been made over the years and the latest person to tackle one of Hollywood’s favourite love stories is Bradley Cooper. He also stars in his directorial debut alongside Lady Gaga, but has it won the hearts of our critics, Simran Hans and Karen Krizanovich?…

Irish musician Conor O’Brien has been playing under the moniker Villagers for the past decade. His fifth album, ‘The Art of Pretending To Swim’, brings his usual folk songs to the dance floor for an electro-fuelled meditation on faith.

Ben Rylan, film critic Anna Smith and writer Candice Carty-Williams attempt to dissect the strange imagined worlds by Cary Fukunaga in his new sci-fi Netflix series, ‘Maniac’.

We relive some excellent live performances by indie band The Charlatans, Israeli producer Noga Erez, Slow Club’s Charles Watson and American hitmakers Portugal. The Man.

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ has been hailed as the film that’s put Asian cinema on the western map but how does it hold up as a rom-com in its own right? Andrew Mueller puts this question to the film critics, Simran Hans and Tim Robey.

Utrecht’s Amber Arcades plays from her new album ‘European Heartbreak’. She also muses on what being European means and how her former work with refugees seeking asylum in the Netherlands has impacted her views on relationships.

The 1989 teen cult classic 'Heathers' has had a musical makeover on the West End. Monocle senior editor Robert Bound, Alice Vincent (arts and entertainment writer for 'The Telegraph’) and Matt Wolf (theatre critic for ‘The International New York Times’) discuss how easy it is to turn a dark comedy about cliques and killers into an all-singing, ...…

Foy performs from her brand new album ‘Bigger Brighter’, telling us about the collaborations that formed it and why it is the most honest record she has made so far.

From James Bond to Sherlock Holmes, plenty of our favourite investigators have had their legacy continued by authors other than their creators. Another such sleuth is the proto noir detective Philip Marlowe, originally the star of novels by Raymond Chandler. ‘Only To Sleep’ is the latest Philip Marlowe novel and it’s by Lawrence Osborne. On thi ...…

Armed with just her electric guitar, Calvi wows Midori House with a trio of tracks from her brilliant new album ‘Hunter’.

Anna Calvi’s new album ‘Hunter’ deals with the ideas and limitations of gender stereotypes, all told through her brand of cinematic indie rock. Robert Bound and journalists Sophie Brown and Kate Hutchinson discuss the new LP and the rise of the female rockstar.

New Zealand band Tiny Ruins first played for us in 2014 when they released their LP ‘Brightly Painted One’. Now they’re back with a more expansive sound and a new album on the way, from which they play a couple of tracks for us.

Robert Bound and his team of cultural clairvoyants tell us what we will be watching, listening to and reading this autumn. Our guests are film critic Simran Hans, broadcaster and DJ Georgie Rogers and Ted Hodgkinson, head of literature and spoken word at London’s Southbank Centre.

British musician Oscar Jerome takes to the studio to play us some of his south London soul.

‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Futurama’ creator Matt Groening has released his new animated series ‘Disenchantment’ on Netflix. But when you have a couple of hits under your belt, how easy is it to impress fans again? Tom Edwards and the TV critics Lucy Jones and Toby Earle ask whether ‘Disenchantment’ can match the success of its predecessors.…

Sydney’s Sons of the East drop by to play us a few indie-folk tracks in the midst of their European tour.

Robert Bound, Fernando Augusto Pacheco and film critic for ‘The Telegraph’ Tim Robey talk shark movies and see if this summer’s offering, ‘The Meg’, has any bite.

British singer and songwriter Lucie Silvas tells Andrew Mueller how a move to Nashville has affected her musical career and performs a few tracks from her new album ‘EGO’.

This year ‘Less’ by Andrew Sean Greer picked up the Pulitzer prize for fiction, which was a surprise to critics as this accolade is rarely given to funny books. Robert Bound and writers Lucy Scholes and Andy Miller ask why this novel has been such a hit and whether we take comedy seriously enough.

Listen back to some of our favourite performances by Australian artists who have made the trip all the way around the world to play in our London studios, including tracks by Julia Jacklin, Cub Sport, Sarah Blasko and Middle Kids.

Tom Edwards is joined in the studio by the film critic Anna Smith, deputy music editor of ‘The Guardian’ Laura Snapes and Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco to discuss why the sequel to ‘Mamma Mia’ is the shot of unabashed musical escapism that everyone needs right now.

Texan singer Charley Crockett sings the blues for us and explains how he went from street performer to recording artist.

As the king of compilations ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ celebrates its 100th edition, Henry Rees Sheridan sits down with Peter Robinson, journalist and founder of Popjustice, and Rob Copsey, editor of The Official Charts, to discuss the legacy of this musical brand.

Irish musician Eoin French, AKA Talos, joins us in the studio to play acoustic versions of his electro-pop.

As the Hayward Gallery celebrates half a century, Robert Bound takes a look at why it was built, the art it has housed and its importance in London. He is joined in the studio by Jane Morris, editor at large of 'The Art Newspaper', and architecture and culture writer Owen Hatherley.

London trio Our Girl are set to release their debut album ‘Stranger Today’. Lead singer Sophie Nathan comes to Midori House to play an acoustic set.

Robert Bound is with the film critics Anna Smith and Tim Robey to discuss the legacy of celebrated fashion designer Alexander McQueen as depicted in a new film ‘McQueen’, and to work out what makes a great fashion documentary.

Listen back to some great live sessions in the Monocle studios by Tennis, Chip Taylor, Songhoy Blues, and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear.

Music journalists Liv Siddall and Sarah Carson join Robert Bound in the studio to discuss Florence + The Machine’s fourth album ‘High as Hope’.

We relive some past performances by the likes of Cults, Holly Williams, Pins and The Barr Brothers.

We examine the link between two exhibitions being held concurrently at the National Gallery: Thomas Cole’s ‘Eden to Empire’ and Ed Ruscha’s ‘Course of Empire’. Robert Bound is joined in the studio by Ossian Ward, head of content for the Lisson Gallery, and Eddy Frankel, visual art editor at ‘Time Out London’.…