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Culture.
The Gists about culture: TV, film, music, books, art and theatre. Each one asks what is really going on behind the thing we love.
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HalloweenNo strings attached.
Amy WinehouseCan the songs stand without her?
Morris DancingNobody can be embarrassed in a dragon's head.
The GistNow it begins.
VinylThe best proof is the counterfeiter.
PrinceTwenty years for two.
Dolly PartonShe owned what was hers.
Frank OceanRead the other contract.
BourdainNobody ever asks.
Oblique StrategiesThe cards that ruin your plan.
SinatraTalent asks. Owners decide.
James BondAbsence was the appeal.
BritneyFreedom is the right to sell.
Off CampusTV stopped guessing.
The BeatlesDeath is a career move.
ObsessionThe box office measured something real.
ITVThe press release before the obituary.
EurovisionA job interview, and only Sweden knows.
The SopranosThe era was a 25-year blip.
GlastonburySurrounded, not bought.
Star WarsThe merchandise was the movie.
SkyDisruption just makes a new middleman.
Wu-TangThe claws, not the cheque.
Walter PresentsStanding guard.
WirelessThe blind spot.
The TelegraphWho owns the voice.
NetflixWinning by folding.
Ticket ResaleThe cap that may not bite.
BBC and YouTubeThe power shift.
Damien HirstSelling belief.
RockstarPatience is the strategy.
BooksSome things don't need fixing.
TicketmasterThe only door in.
Terrestrial TVHabit is the product.
Warner BrosEllison raises the stakes.
PantomimeThe engine room of theatre.
YouTubePaid for outcomes.
NetflixBuying the machinery.
TheatreHollywood wants the stage.
TraitorsEvent telly is back.
NintendoJoy still sells.
DisneyThe magic isn't on the screen.
SphereA marvel that can't make the maths work.
LouvreThe loss is trust.
TheatreLive is beating streaming.
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