Media
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Culture
A round-up of the best French television, film, music and media. Plus: art from New York and Ukraine.
Editor’s letter
For our issue devoted to all things French, our editor in chief explains how the page-turner owes its beginnings to some pondering in a Parisian bookshop.
Making a stand
Roadside kiosks are a fixture of everyday life in Greece – and a trusty source of gossip. But these charming outposts have a history that takes them beyond the fleeting concerns of the day.
Headline act
We visit a Greek newspaper staying healthy in an industry that many thought was dying. The cure? Better reporting, smarter stories and plenty of supplements.
Life in miniature
The bigger the better? Wrong, according to artists, directors and publishers reaching more engaged audiences with postage-stamp-sized paintings, smartphone TV shows and niche books with small print runs.
Dream catcher
The creative mastermind behind some of the industry’s most iconic campaigns and covers talks about going digital, selling sex and defining luxury.
Editor’s letter
Wrangling with deadlines in the run-up to Brexit leaves our editor in chief feeling sympathy for Santa. Luckily, he’s got our Christmas markets to look forward to. He’ll see you there.
Business
A new fashion retail school in Hong Kong and a Spanish trucking company adding colour to the roads.
Talking point
Provoking the ire of authority, reversing a decade of nationalism, taking the sting out of the news and the evolution of a pop persona.
