Lydia Davis: Think small
By Claire Allfree in Books
Issue 3676 23rd May 2013
Acclaimed US writer Lydia Davis's off-beam short stories can be just five words long.
Culture
Dan Brown: The Devil’s in the detail
Subscriber contentBy Linley Boniface in Books
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
As his new book, Inferno, starts to fly off shelves, best-selling author Dan Brown talks about history, hell – and critics.
Hear their voices
Subscriber contentIssue 3812 23rd May 2013
Ian Dando reviews 'The Voice' and 'La Voix Des Rêves: Greatest Moments In Concert', by Philippe Jaroussky, Drama Queens by Joyce DiDonato and Sogno Barocco by Anne Sofie van Otter.
Life in New Zealand: June 01, 2013
Subscriber contentIssue 3812 23rd May 2013
“There’s nothing worse than having your hands covered in cow muck and your bra strap falling off.” - Taranaki Daily News, 12/2/13
Cracks in the Glass
1 Comments Subscriber contentBy Nick Grant in Theatre
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
Tennessee Williams’s “notoriously difficult to pull off” memory play fails to satisfy.
Drawn to the green light
Subscriber contentIssue 3812 23rd May 2013
CK Stead reflects on three ages of reading The Great Gatsby.
Atmospheric disturbances
Subscriber contentIssue 3812 23rd May 2013
The mentally unsettled characters of Patrick McGrath’s novels owe more than a little to his growing up in the grounds of Broadmoor psychiatric hospital, where his father was a doctor.
A festival that just clicked
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Art
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
Auckland’s annual month of photography
A totally different level
Subscriber contentBy Guy Somerset in Music
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
The music business’s new concentration on concerts over recordings is manna from heaven for singer Cassandra Wilson.
Seeing through the murk
Subscriber contentBy Bernard Carpinter in Books
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
Bernard Carpinter’s monthly roundup of crime and thrillers.