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Editorial: Catton funding money well spent

Going for baroque

A March concert by Tafelmusik, a Canadian baroque orchestra, promises to be a highlight of this year's Auckland Arts Festival.

The true suffering of war

With the anniversary last year of the beginning of World War I and this year's remembrance of the Gallipoli landings there has been much comment on war and its consequences.

Steve Braunias: The secret diary of ... Eleanor Catton

I'll discuss backlash with foreign press

Author says she'll discuss “inflammatory, vicious and patronising things that have been broadcast and published in NZ this week” in future interviews with foreign media.

Classic CD: Bach: The Art of Fugue

Feisty Bette Davis was memorably photographed by Roddy McDowall in 1981, holding a cushion inscribed, "Old Age Ain't No Place for Sissies".

The return of the modern Shakespeare

Antony Sher compares him to the Bard, and he has been dubbed the greatest living playwright. John Nathan on Tom Stoppard's long-awaited comeback.

'Kiwis have been generous to author'

The Taxpayers’ Union says Kiwis have done more than enough to support under-fire author Eleanor Catton, who received upward of $50k in funding over the last few years.

Photos: Amazing fruit & veg art

It started with a picture posted on Instagram of her weekly groceries last year, but now Amber Locke is being commissioned to create her 'veg art' by the likes of Jamie Oliver and Android.

A children's picture book author

Down a driveway in a modest house in Hamilton's university suburb is where the magic happens.

Verity Johnson: How Inspector Morse taught me about sensitive men and libraries

The Inspector Morse stories taught me that men are intelligent and sensitive and don't just want to hump everything that breathes.

Summer interns get down with history

The Auckland Museum is on the hunt for interns for its summer programme, writes Sarah Ell.

Twelve Questions: Leilani Tamu

My childhood was happy, although not always easy. My parents separated when I was 2 and my mum's parents played a huge role in my upbringing.

Comic artist drawn back to action

Kiwi comic creator Dylan Horrocks' love of the medium was beaten to a pulp by Batgirl, but was sparked back into life through a trip into his own imaginary landscape.

Jack Tame: The search for John Mulgan's grave

Jack Tame writes: John Mulgan died on Anzac Day, 1945 - an intentional morphine overdose, three days before the end of the war. Today he lies in a quiet cemetery in Cairo.

Art thief ordered to pay up

A man who stole paintings from an Auckland artist and travelled around the country impersonating him and selling the work now owes him $5000.