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Rebel surf star Layne Beachley on bullies, body-shaming and women taking over the water

"The behaviour was so overtly sexist and misogynistic that it was just considered normal"

Design for Living: The beaches that came to the city

Bright ideas that make cities better: Paris Plages, the beaches in the middle of the city.

In Amber's Wake reviewed and a conversation with Annabel Abbs

Bring more culture into your life with the definitive Canvas edit.

Maria Samuela, inspired by people and memories

Tulia Thompson talks to writer Maria Samuela about her inspirations

Once upon a time in Māori art

Extract from Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art

Louis Theroux hunts out America's fringe dwellers

Doco-maker looks at some of the extreme views finding audiences on the internet.

With Turning Red, a big red panda helps break a glass ceiling

New York Times: Domee Shi the first woman with sole directing credit for a Pixar feature.

Lucy and Desi review: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's story of love and loss

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Lucy and Desi.

Politics and pay cheques: The business of being a woman

"As soon as women look like they want to be the boss of men, the s*** hits the fan."

View from My Window: TV producer/writer Greg Daniels, creator of The Office USA

Greg Daniels on his new comedy, life after death and his number one storytelling rule.

"It is a fish, yet we have to pretend it isn't"

In Lloyd Jones' new novel, a family contends with the birth of an unusual child.

Quintessential Sicily in Penrose

A taste of Sicily in an Auckland suburb, born in lockdown

Tessa Duder: 'I have been intrigued, enlightened and entertained by the perceptiveness and wisdom of my fellow bibliophiles'

Tessa Duder is a latecomer to the joys of book clubs

Errol Barker - A human boy: New Zealand's forgotten cycling champion

Phil Taylor remembers cycling champion Errol Barker

Book review: A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp

A novel taking its cue from a 1934 novel.

Greg Bruce: What happened when I auditioned for a major international dance show

Greg Bruce goes to a dance audition and finds men acting unusually.

Canvas writer Greg Bruce auditions for stage play 'Untrained'

The stage play Untrained was scheduled for this year's arts festival. Video / Dean Purcell

Award shortlists show diversity increasing, along with small and independent publishers

Paula Morris: good to see an increasing number of diverse writers acknowledged