The Monocle Summer Series

Cocktail hour

Summer drinks with cocktail expert Neil Ridley and Melanie Arnold, co-founder of Rochelle Canteen. Plus: we talk music festivals with Primavera Sound’s Pablo Soler and Daniel Fletcher, and UK duo Ider perform live.

Poolside reads and summer tunes

Libreria’s creative director Paddy Butler drops by to recommend some summer reading and we head to Paris to speak to supremo concierge Adrian Moore about how he gives guests the best tips in town. Plus: UK singer Arlo Parks takes to the microphone to play us some live tracks.

From El Hierro to Toucanopolis

Our guests tell us their ideal holiday spots. Joining Tyler Brûlé, Robert Bound and Andrew Tuck are Parisian pop masters Bleu Toucan; Chris Dercon, president of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux in France; Victoire de Taillac, co-founder of Buly 1803; and Marc Beaugé, editor in chief of 'L’Étiquette' and 'Holiday' magazines.

Summer in Paris

Tyler Brûlé, Andrew Tuck and Robert Bound kick off the series in Paris with Fabien Naudan from auction house Artcurial and legendary journalist Christine Ockrent, while Marie-Pierre Lannelongue, editor of ‘M’ magazine, reveals some publishing secrets. Plus: live music from Switzerland’s greatest new popstar, Vendredi Sur Mer.