Interview: Michael Palin
By Rebecca Lancashire in Books
Issue 3767 21st Jul 2012
Michael Palin takes on mendacity in his second novel – more than a decade after his first.
Letting Space interview
By Rebecca Lancashire in Art
Issue 3711 25th Jun 2011
Letting Space is part of a global movement bringing vacant shops and offices back to life.
Craig Sherborne interview
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Issue 3708 4th Jun 2011
Whether in poetry, memoir or now fiction, Craig Sherborne sees writing as a way to “live life out a second time” and make sense of it.
As the career turns...gold?
By Rebecca Lancashire in Books
Issue 3661 10th Jul 2010
First-time novelist Alison Wong is a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
Tackling the big issues
By Rebecca Lancashire in Books
Issue 3652 8th May 2010
A social conscience is part and parcel of being a Hager and it runs through Mandy Hager's novels for young adults.
Keeper of the treasures
By Rebecca Lancashire in Culture
6th Feb 2010
Taonga puoro have been a gift that has allowed Richard Nunns to find his true musical voice - a voice increasingly acclaimed and in demand, even as the progression of Parkinson's disease threatens to overtake it.
Out of the ashes
By Rebecca Lancashire in Art
26th Dec 2009
A new Te Papa exhibition brings to life the story of Pompeii, which has fascinated the world ever since the remains of the city destroyed by Mt Vesuvius were discovered in the 19th century.
Hall of fame
By Rebecca Lancashire in Culture
Issue 3628 21st Nov 2009
Her famous surname might have helped her get a foot in the door, but Bruce Mason Playwriting Award winner Pip Hall's subsequent success has been all her own.