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What's with all the swearing? The new wave of profanity-laden self-help guides

There's a new wave of self-help books and they don't give a f*** - or do they?

Ashleigh Young: On what to do with that book inside you

The award winning writer on how to get that novel, memoir or poem you have inside, out.

The 12 things I learned from food books this year

Lesson learned - what cook books taught us this year.

The Feed: thanks for the memories

Calum Henderson reviews The Feed.

Do women over 50 really get ignored when they go shopping?

Are you being served? Two Auckland women and a stopwatch hit the Christmas shops.

How hot chicken is making Panmure cool

With its hot chicken and cool vibe, Peach's might be about to make Panmure great again.

'I really like that': Actor Timothy Spall gets a tour of the Auckland Art Gallery

On a walk around the Auckland Art gallery, Timothy Spall, legendary actor, turns critic.

An orphans' Christmas dinner a trifle far from home

Far from home and heartbroken, Sharon Stephenson recalls Christmas with her flatmates.

KFC and a bucket of deep-fried differences

Madeleine Chapman and Simon Wilson dined out at KFC - this is their review.

The long and winding tale of Bill Reid and the Albert Park tunnels

Bill Reid has dedicated years to opening the tunnels beneath Albert Park. Will he succeed?

The hollow pursuit of the nemesis

Ashleigh Young the lifestyle fashion must-have - the nemesis.

What the world needs now is love - and strawberries

Is this the food of love? The surprisingly sensual history of the strawberry revealed.

Adapting a 1970s country pop hit into late-2010s television drama is one hell of an experiment. So has it worked?

Oh, Jolene. Corny rock biopic is dead. Dolly Parton has shown us the future of TV drama.

Film at its finest - Canvas critic heaps praise on The Irishman

The masterpiece from a cinema great you can watch without leaving the comfort of home.

Rebel with a cause - how Janis Joplin escaped conservative Texas to become the high priestess of 60s rock 'n' roll

Janis Joplin, the middle-class Texas girl and 60s countercultural icon, revealed.

Microbiologist Dr Siouxsie Wiles: as human beings the decent thing to do is to look after each other

Scientist Dr Siouxsie Wiles on why billionaires should become extinct.