Travel experts from Lonely Planet give advice on trips around the USA and Scotland.

After a string of EPs and vinyl releases, globe-trotting Wellington four-piece So So Modern - who recently completed a six-week jaunt around Europe - have come up with their debut album.

Prepare yourself. UK tabloid darling Katie Price's wacky new reality series hits NZ

Feelie, by Te Awamutu-based developers FeelGudApps, monitors your behaviour for two to three days and then builds your profile based on psychology studies.

An affair to remember.

Stock standard tear-jerker.

An old Auckland favourite should try harder, writes Janetta Mackay.

Be prepared for some tense scenes in Oscar-winning The Hurt Locker.

PR agent Georgie Urlich shares what keeps her looking good.

A music video depicting the stalking and killing of a woman has been removed from YouTube by its record label.

Three women who share a mix of passion and prescience have each carved out a beauty business niche.

Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood. He tells Alan Perrott how the diverse landscape can mean so much to so many

A cover of Jesus Jones' 'Right Here, Right Now' by The Feelers is being used to boost Rugby World Cup ticket sales. Do you agree with the choice? Send us Your Views.

Martin Sykes paddles, pedals and rides elephants around Thai islands.

Martin Sykes paddles, pedals and rides elephants around Thai islands.

It was touted as "the best job in the world" - living on Queensland's Hamilton Island for six months as "caretaker", promoting the Whitsundays to the world.

Expect the expected and a lot of it at this recent addition to Ponsonby's eateries

The sites and sounds of Tokyo, Japan.

When two local hip-hop stars hit the road in April and May Scribe will not be giving it up for Savage like he once said in his song Not Many.

We came here because it had been some time since Leanne's last visit and we'd heard there were new owners.

An art historian's essays on McCahon are painstakingly researched, beautifully written and engaging.

Harajuku, the epicentre of Tokyo's youth fashion scene, is where small, slightly deranged teenagers with an endless capacity for weirdness come to play dress-up.

Guayaquil, Ecuador's biggest city, makes artistic use of public space, writes Jim Eagles.

Until last December the delights of our dessert wines were denied to drinkers in the EU due to protectionist legislation that had been in place for years.

Graham Reid goes looking for the cheaper side of London life.

Feeling a bit tired and grouchy? We suggest you head to Grouchos Cafe, just off Wellesley St West, where you're bound to be cheered up.

There are some lovely moments and funny sequences in this wacky satire about the use of psychics within the American military, but The Men Who Stare at Goats never quite reaches its potential to be a laugh out loud film or a sharp po