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Deborah Hill Cone: Nobody knows that much

The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing, writes Deborah Hill Cone. To that end, I hope some journalist has explained to Mike Hosking that Federated Farmers and Fonterra are not "experts",

Deborah Hill Cone: Sexual meat market will kill your soul

Young women who are still discovering who they are, are feeling obliged to go along with this soul-destroying meat market, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Deborah Hill Cone: 'I can't deal with hangovers any more'

There are few more uncomfortable sensations than feeling you are going to throw up while becoming aware nothing is offering itself up as a discreet nausea vessel.

Deborah Hill Cone: Four big questions we really need to ask

There is just too much to keep up with these days, what with coconut oil, Apple watches and lifestyle shaming, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Deborah Hill Cone: My kind inner voice gives me a break

A while ago my therapist asked me to sit in a different chair and talk out loud in the voice in my head, writes Deborah Hill Cone. That was easy: "You're so hopeless. You're so needy. You're pathetic."

Deborah Hill Cone: Nonchalance at the Chateau Marmont

I am writing this in the lobby bar of the Chateau Marmont, writes Deborah Hill Cone; This is quite a legendary place. Sofia Coppola made a film about it. John Belushi died of a drug overdose here.

Deborah Hill Cone: It's getting trickier to be mad as hell

Last week I got a knock on the door. It was a 74-year-old retired truck driver who was checking that I was all right as my column hadn't appeared for two week, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Deborah Hill Cone: Combing the pain away

Even happy memories are painful, writes Deborah Hill Cone. They trap you in a past you may simultaneously venerate and abhor. Instead, try to distract yourself, in any way you can.

Deborah Hill Cone: Waging war on the bully inside

Deborah Hill Cone writes: In a chaotic world, bullies tell us what to think, what to do, and what we are doing wrong. This can be comforting if you feel unsure who you are.

Deborah Hill Cone: Let's turn focus to women's pay

The broadcaster Alison Mau wrote a piece at the weekend about what she called "The curse of casual sexism".

Deborah Hill Cone: Inner peace is a drag - no butts about it

Deborah Hill Cone writes: I notice there is a disturbing polarity in our public discourse: Isis or Kim Kardashian? Putin or The Bachelor? Are things always this binary?

Deborah Hill Cone: Believe me, it's all lies

Life is full of setbacks and failures all on its own; it is unnecessary to manufacture extra pratfalls, writes Deborah Hill Cone. It's not as simple as a Darwinian survival-of-the-fittest attitude would suggest.

Deborah Hill Cone: In toxic times, focus on the trivial

In a hostile, toxic world, it's soothing to let out your inner curmudgeon, writes Deborah Hill Cone. So here's her list of random irksome things.

Deborah Hill Cone: Catton success illuminated nation

Je suis hua, writes Deborah Hill Cone, as she asks: "weren't we all just gargling on about free speech in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre?"

Deborah Hill Cone: Whew, mums needn't be perfect

The long school holidays are coming to an end (hashtag huzzah). They have been, er, fun. Did you know Ironhide is an Autobot who has a grenade launcher and a plasma gun?

Deborah Hill Cone: Bright Young Things

Deborah hill Cone writes: As a teenager my life was one long anthropological study of the "smart set" to which I didn't belong.

Deborah Hill Cone: We need firm grip on reality

Zealots are dangerous because there is a deadness in their soul. To be human is to grapple with doubt, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Deborah Hill Cone: Why bother to stave off ageing?

Why does ageing hold such special horror for me? Because it confronts us with the truth: we are all going to die.