LifestyleFashion: Colour bombNew season, new colours. Take a foolhardy approach to this season’s bright fun things.25 Jul 09:00 PM
LifestyleBrunch: Ravenhill, Birkenhead PointWe’d peered behind the papered-up windows, anxiously wondering what the new owners were changing on this popular corner spot, so the first chance we could we were queuing at the door.25 Jul 08:00 PM
LifestyleGraham Swift: A coastguard meets a comedianThe many facets of England meet in the pages of Graham Swift’s new book, writes Stephen Jewell.25 Jul 06:00 PM
OpinionJames Griffin: Accident in creation?Whether you believe in Creation or evolution or intelligent design or not-so-intelligent design or whatever, the male scrotum surely has to be a mistake in all of them.25 Jul 05:00 PM
LifestyleFashion: Colour bombColour blocking is trickling its way into spring/summer collections and, while winter focused on mixing block pastels and brilliant hues with subdued tones, now its about embracing brights with gusto. After all, who said minimalism was restricted to neutrals?25 Jul 04:00 PM
EntertainmentGaming: The path to successAn online game that began in a New Lynn bedroom now has fans around the world. Alan Perrott meets the gamers who used their mouse — and won.18 Jul 10:00 PM
LifestyleBrunch: The Botanist, Auckland CBDThe Botanist does more than brunch, or even lunch or dinner.18 Jul 08:00 PM
LifestyleJames Steen: Can toast be drunk?In his New book, The Kitchen Magpie, James Steen presents a veritable host of household hints. Here are some of our favourite.18 Jul 07:00 PM
LifestyleMartine Bailey: Taste of murderMartine Bailey puts a dark twist on food in her ‘culinary gothic’ novel that features real, historic family recipes, writes Stephen Jewell.18 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Upstairs at the PartyReconsidering moments that changed everything is an old chestnut in fiction, but Linda Grant manages it with verve in this excellent novel.18 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: No Book But The WorldFred Robbins is an enigma, even to the person closest to him in the world, his sister Ava.18 Jul 06:00 PM
OpinionJames Griffin: Franco and Rogen spark war?It was reported recently that North Korea, the gift that keeps on giving, had declared war on Seth Rogen and James Franco.18 Jul 05:00 PM
LifestyleFlawless at 50Elle Macpherson says she was an ‘insecure dork’ at the height of her model stardom. Now, at 50, she reckons she looks better than ever — but don’t ask her about skinny models, writes Matthew Stadlen.12 Jul 11:00 PM
LifestyleReview: Mikano Restaurant & Bar, Mechanics BayRed sails in the Auckland sunset are all very well, and I’ve enjoyed them as an eating backdrop many times, but for me seeing a working port in action beats yachts every time.12 Jul 01:00 AM
LifestyleDoormen: The night clubAlan Perrott talks to the men who keep guard at Auckland’s hottest nightclubs and bars and finds out it’s not just physical danger they have to contend with.11 Jul 10:00 PM
LifestyleFashion: At easePump up the volume with these clean-cut and relaxed separates.11 Jul 09:00 PM
LifestyleBrunch: Dear Jervois, Herne BayA popular dining strip has a newcomer, which scores top marks for its attention to details — and its coffee.11 Jul 08:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: All The Light We Cannot SeeIt’s full of dazzling prose, it’s ingeniously put together, it’s so long it’s a drag to lug around.11 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleTina Shaw: Ripples in a pondTina Shaw talks to Rebecca Barry Hill about her connection to provincial New Zealand and why she is drawn to dark crime.11 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleAuckland: The city that sailedA new report bragging about how cool and grown-up the ‘new’ Auckland is doesn’t even come close to imagining how great this city could be, writes Greg Dixon.11 Jul 04:15 PM
OpinionJames Griffin: What's with kale?Where the hell did kale come from? Seriously, how did the cauliflower’s ugly cousin go from this thing no one outside a few food/health freaks had ever heard of to suddenly being the single most important vegetable none of us can possibly live without?11 Jul 04:15 PM
LifestyleFashion: At easePump up the volume with these clean-cut and relaxed separates.11 Jul 04:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Tree PalaceIn his second novel, Craig Sherborne presents a family of transients, “last of their kind”, who drift along, squatting in abandoned properties dotted across Victoria’s wheat belt.05 Jul 06:00 PM
LifestyleReview: Loop, KingslandLoop, with its white walls, tables and chairs plus a rather magnificent curved bar, is a refreshing change in Kingsland.05 Jul 01:00 AM
LifestyleFashion: The MuseYou’ve been warned. These highbrow prints have an artistic temperament.04 Jul 09:00 PM
LifestyleClothes maketh the groomAny old rented tux won’t do anymore. Guys do give a damn about what they get hitched in. A lot, says well-dressed husband Alan Perrott.04 Jul 07:00 PM
LifestyleBook review: Empty Bones and Other StoriesBreton Dukes has an interesting bio. He has shifted from north to south — from Whangarei to Dunedin.04 Jul 06:00 PM
