Welcome to a Monday, and...summer! on The Brew. It's rugby time at 12.10 with our man-in-the-know, Robbie McRobbie. Join him for 'most' of the lastest. At 12.40 we're off to New York to catch up with best selling author, columnist, and NYC correspondent, Tracy Quan. This week: Some ex-royal gossip, the latest from 'Heaven's receptionist', and, of course... the 'stripper heel' fad. Bureau Chief-at-large Neil Runcieman will be back at 1.25, live from Ho Chi Minh City. Today he'll talk about how a country with heavy annual rainfall and major floods is currently suffering water shortages so serious they're already causing power cuts and pleas for buildings to stop lifts at the third or fourth floor, just to save energy. Join him on Facebook live as well, if you can. Every weekday - except public holidays - 12 midday until 2 - only on Radio 3.