What went wrong with US polling? Some early theories
New York Times: Pollsters thought they learned from 2016. This year reflects new problems.
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The year of blur: How 2020 destroyed our sense of time
New York Times: How isolation, monotony and chronic stress destroy our sense of time.
How Joe Biden won the presidency
New York Times: Top Democrats worried Biden's message would flop. This is how he won.
The downfall of Eric Watson: 60 days inside 'squalid' UK prison
Rich lister Eric Watson is spending 60 days in one of the UK's most squalid prisons.
The tie between sexual rope play, Lady Gaga and an Auckland restaurant
Out of the shadow of BDSM, Eve Franklin discovers the ancient art of Japanese bondage.
The power of one: Why singles are spurning 'coupledom'
Please don't put a ring on it. All the single ladies on love in Tinder-land and beyond.
'Everyone should have this opportunity': Inside the medical cannabis debate
Illicit sector currently accounts for overwhelming majority of therapeutic cannabis use.
Inside the Nxivm sex cult and how the survivors escaped
Times: Behind the scenes of a brutal sex cult masquerading as a wellbeing retreat.
Life inside No 10: 'There's days when it's like Game of Thrones'
Times: Britain's former top civil servant on life inside No 10.
Win or lose, Trump will remain a powerful and disruptive force
New York Times: Even if defeated, Trump won't go away quietly.
President Trump's 2020
New York Times: This was not the 2020 that Trump had envisioned for himself.
Cardi B's WAP proves music's dirty secret: Censorship is good business
New York Times: Clean versions of explicit songs take advantage of revenue streams.
In hunt for virus source, WHO let China take charge
New York Times: WHO's concessions to China may have sacrificed chance to unravel origin.
The wine world's most elite circle has a sexual harassment problem
New York Times: Women are paying a steep price to become a master sommelier.
The anxious person's guide to dealing with Trump-based anxiety
With the US election just days away, anxiety mounts. Greg Bruce looks for ways to deal.
Dishonesty has defined Trump presidency. The consequences could be lasting
New York Times: The Trump presidency has been a factory of falsehood from the start.
They scream! We scream! Meet the people paid to wail
New York Times: The art of the scary movie scream has a history and world of its own.
Trump had one last story to sell. The Wall Street Journal wouldn't buy it
New York Times: Inside the White House's secret, last-ditch effort to change narrative.
How Trump manoeuvred his way out of trouble in Chicago
New York Times: How Trump defaulted on loans, sued his bank and had debt forgiven.
How Trump and Bolsonaro broke Latin America's Covid-19 defences
New York Times: The pair drove out doctors, blocked assistance and pushed false cures.
The dangers of misinformation, conspiracy theories and 'fake news'
Research shows more than 20 cellphone towers were vandalised in New Zealand this year.
The evolution of the It-bag: From the Hermès Birkin to Telfar
Times: Charting our love affair with the ultimate accessory.
The White issue: Has Vogue editor Anna Wintour's diversity push come too late?
New York Times: Employees say Vogue magazine's workplace sidelined women of colour.
Jilly Cooper on life, lockdown and her love of political incorrectness
Times: A staple of bookshelves since the early 1970s, Cooper is still in rip-roaring form.
Special report: How did NZ's 'hero' port worker get Covid-19?
He was NZ's 1530th reported case of Covid-19. He likely also saved us all a headache.
So long, Jack Reacher. Why Lee Child is handing over the series
Times: At the age of 65, Lee Child is hanging up his pen as his brother takes over.
David Letterman isn't here to cheer you up this time
New York Times: The veteran TV host is back with a perspective altered by coronavirus.
Inside the tragic death of Baby Royal
Social workers should have visited baby after concerns raised just weeks before his death.
Odd noises and strange illnesses: Concerns of foreign attacks on US diplomats
New York Times: Mysterious illnesses have hit US diplomats in China, Cuba and Russia.
Ferocious weather first claimed their life raft, and then their yacht. This is how three Kiwi sailors survived
Help came from above, and just in time.
Inside the wreckage of California's worst wildfires on record
Times: Inside a devastated community on the front line of a climate catastrophe.
'I was toxic': From billionaire wife to prison widow
Times: When her husband was jailed, Lady Black's life of luxury came crashing down.
A dose of optimism, as the pandemic rages on
New York Times: The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming.
Trump engineered a sudden windfall in 2016 as campaign funds dwindled
New York Times: Tax records expose more than US$21 million in highly unusual payments.