Friday 8 May 2015

On The Weekend Edition on Saturday May 9th on www.monocle.com/24 we have a great day of broadcasting lined up.
At 8am London time, we'll start with highlights from our playlist - so, that is music from Japan, Scandinavia, South Korea, Brazil and Germany, as well as Britain and America.
I'll be bringing you news at the top of every hour, between scheduled programming.
Live highlights will include, at 11am, the writer and broadcaster Michael Goldfarb who will be in the studio with me to look through the papers. We'll be flicking back over the week and seeing what the broadsheets have to say about the issues of the day - and of course, that is likely to be dominated by the British Election. More about Michael and his award winning career here: michael-goldfarb.com

Errol Brown, of Hot Chocolate died this week. In tribute, we'll hear some of his music and also chat to Paul Blezard. Until a couple of days ago, I knew Paul as a writer and chair of literary events - but it turns out he also played the guitar for Brown in the 90's. He'll be telling us about the experience, and also about his book, Saving Grace. More here unbound.co.uk/saving-grace

Finally, a package I am really excited about, that chimes with the anniversary of VE day. This is a story which was given to me in Cartagena, Colombia over a Peruvian meal. I know it sounds slightly unlikely that the Second World war was the topic of this late night festive gathering, but it was here that my friend Lyndy Cooke told me about her father, Bert Fitches and his lifelong friend Dieter Bosecker. I don't want to ruin it for you - but do listen if you can. We'll broadcast it at about 15.15 London time, and then it will go on my website georginagodwin.com.