The Brookes: a hell of a place
By Jane Tolerton in Anzac Day
Issue Listener Plus 3806 25th Apr 2013
Oral historian Jane Tolerton, author of a new book of Kiwi soldiers’ extraordinary World War I memories, shares a rugby family’s tale.
By Jane Tolerton in Anzac Day
Issue Listener Plus 3806 25th Apr 2013
Oral historian Jane Tolerton, author of a new book of Kiwi soldiers’ extraordinary World War I memories, shares a rugby family’s tale.
By Jane Tolerton in Anzac Day
Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013
"If there had been any rats, they would have been killed and cooked"
By Jane Tolerton in Culture
Issue 3805 4th Apr 2013
Unlike the protagonist of her new novel, 'Life After Life', Kate Atkinson isn’t one to relive the past.
By Jane Tolerton in Books
Issue 3796 31st Jan 2013
As the Listener Book Club resumes with a month-long look at Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice on the 200th anniversary of its first publication, biographer Paula Byrne tackles the myth of the “interesting little spinster”.
By Jane Tolerton in Books
Issue 3764 30th Jun 2012
In her best-selling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher and now Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace, historical non-fiction author Kate Summerscale’s forte is combining story and backstory.
By Jane Tolerton in Books
Issue 3754 21st Apr 2012
The sinking of the Titanic has parallels for today’s masters of the universe, with their misplaced faith in technology and “the market”, says the author of a new book about the disaster.
By Jane Tolerton in Television
Issue 3740 14th Jan 2012
As TV series Back Benches rolls into Rotorua tonight on its summer tour, its host looks back on an eclectic career.
By Jane Tolerton in Books
Issue 3731 12th Nov 2011
In her memoir, New Zealand’s most famous cook, Alison Holst, recalls a life of nutritious, economical food.
By Jane Tolerton in Commentary
Issue 3715 23rd Jul 2011
Community sheds have had unexpected results in turning men's lives – and health – around.
By Jane Tolerton in Commentary
Issue 3668 28th Aug 2010
Bestselling author Simon Winchester has turned his talent for writing riveting histories to the Atlantic Ocean.