Hello and welcome to Monocle on Culture.
I'm Robert Bound.
On today's show, we're wrapping up another year of the program by bringing you some of our best in show highlights from the year that was 2024.
We've spoken with plenty of fascinating figures from the worlds of art, literature, film and ballet, you name it.
And these conversations have been revealing and surprisingly intimate.
My experiences in Iraq being, you know.
Actually in a war zone, I wanted.
To bring that to a situation which.
Was much obviously more familiar to people like myself, which will be at home.
In London in the UK and from the great Steve McQueen there.
We've also covered some of the year's less successful endeavors, bearing in mind that.
This is a debut.
Yeah, I don't want to come down on it too harshly.
And yet I was kind of allergic to this film.
Not harsh at all there, Casper.
We've also loved having the opportunity to explore some untrodden paths in the forests of culture.
Like Will Hodgkinson's brilliant book about the lesser spotted street level superstar Lawrence.
He didn't want me to use the word just.
And I said, why not?
He went, I just don't like it.