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Culture

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.

  • Issue #120
  • 2 min read
Making a stand
Culture

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.

  • Issue #120
  • 6 min read
Headline act
Culture

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.

  • The Forecast #9
  • 11 min read
Life in miniature
Fashion

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.

  • Issue #119
  • 12 min read
Black and white portrait of an older man in a blazer with glasses perched on his head, seated at a table in thought.
Media

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.

  • Issue #119
  • 5 min read
two illustration on top men sitting in a booth bottom person skiing down a mountain at high speed
Business

Business

A new fashion retail school in Hong Kong and a Spanish trucking company adding colour to the roads.

  • Issue #119
  • 4 min read
Minimalist fashion boutique interior with wall-mounted clothing racks displaying colourful garments and accessories beneath the S Store logo.
Culture

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.

  • Issue #119
  • 23 min read
A short-haired person in a colourful printed shirt and black turtleneck reclines in a red chair against a warm wood-panelled wall.
Business

Learn after reading

Natur & Kultur publishes books in a range of genres but all its titles have one thing in common: adherence to the company’s ethical code.

  • Issue #119
  • 5 min read
A reading lounge with stacked books on tables, wall-mounted shelves, and a large pop-art print above.
Culture

Mipcom: screen grab

We travel to Mipcom, the annual tradeshow in Cannes, to meet the movers and shakers defining the future of the film and television industry.

  • Film
  • 6 min watch
Entrance at Carlton hotel
Culture

Culture

Socially engaged art in Chicago, a televised Polish parallel universe and perusing the shelves of London’s poetry bookshop.

  • Issue #118
  • 6 min read
Culture

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