By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Lifestyle
Issue 3786 27th Nov 2012
As Christmas bells jingle, the hunt begins for the perfect Christmas underwear for boyfriends, husbands and dads. This year, the choices are eye-boggling.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Books
Issue 3658 19th Jun 2010
One of the great architectural essays, Robin Boyd's The Australian Ugliness, is reprinted in a 50th anniversary edition.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Art
Issue 3624 24th Oct 2009
Pioneers like Anne Robinson and Garry Nash remain legitimately iconic names, but elsewhere the contemporary glass movement is overpopulated and overpromoted.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Commentary
Issue 3619 19th Sep 2009
Douglas Lloyd Jenkins puts New Zealand men under the microscope to find out why they dress so badly - and the answer is not pretty.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Art
Issue 3559 26th Jul 2008
A stunning and thoughtful rebooting of the Art Deco story.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Uncategorized
Issue 3493 21st Apr 2007
The old weird New Zealand of Felix Kelly.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Culture
Issue 3454 22nd Jul 2006
Prada was right to buy a traditional British shoemaker. Minor changes in lapel width, buttons, vents, cuffs or the fabric of suits merely direct attention to the other building block of the male wardrobe: serious shoes.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Culture
Issue 3451 1st Jul 2006
When Alain de Botton, that gifted upper-class British philosopher, came to town, it was an opportunity to test his ideas against those of local thinkers. So why didn't we?
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Culture
Issue 3447 3rd Jun 2006
The new Holden Barina, which is just a Daewoo in disguise, has become a marketing disaster after failing a standard safety test.
By Douglas Lloyd Jenkins in Culture
Issue 3445 20th May 2006
A travelling exhibition about the Treaty of Waitangi suggests more problems than it provides answers.