By Guy Somerset in Two Minutes With
Issue 3812 23rd May 2013
Now he’s not playing evil Zac Smith in Shortland Street, actor Mike Edward is devoting himself full-time to his and partner Eve Gordon’s “art-house circus” company, the Dust Palace.
By Karl du Fresne in Two Minutes With
Issue 3810 9th May 2013
The British war historian and former newspaper editor, soon to visit New Zealand, talks about war, British politics and journalism.
By Karl du Fresne in Two Minutes With
Issue Listener Plus 9th May 2013
The full version of Karl du Fresne's two minutes with Sir Max Hastings.
By The Listener in Two Minutes With
Issue 3808 24th Apr 2013
The author of a new novel about Captain James Cook explains why he was the greatest Englishman since Shakespeare.
By Mark Broatch in Two Minutes With
Issue Listener Plus 21st Apr 2013
The Listener’s food writer has just released a culinary memoir. She trained at Le Cordon Bleu London and is the author of eight cookbooks.
By Mark Broatch in Two Minutes With
Issue 3807 18th Apr 2013
The Listener’s cartoonist talks about capturing the character of the Kiwi soldier in graphic form and why every serious news story should come with a side helping of humour.
By Guy Somerset in Two Minutes With
Issue 3806 11th Apr 2013
Tom Scott fronts Auckland hip-hop crew Home Brew, whose debut release was Best Urban/Hip-Hop Album at last year’s New Zealand Music Awards. Home Brew – and Scott’s other group @Peace – are finalists in the Taite Music Prize.
By Karl du Fresne in Two Minutes With
Issue 3805 4th Apr 2013
The director-general of the Department of Conservation is trying to cut a new track – but the going is rough, and some fellow trampers are grumpy.
By Mark Broatch in Two Minutes With
Issue 3804 28th Mar 2013
Groundbreaking UK ventriloquist Nina Conti takes her late mentor’s puppets to Vent Haven, a museum for dummies that have said their last words, and produces a moving and sometimes hilarious docu-mockumentary.
By Catherine Woulfe in Two Minutes With
Issue 3801 7th Mar 2013
Her latest is a spooky six-hour mystery called Top of the Lake. Co-directed by Garth Davis, it is the first TV series ever to screen at Sundance, and the first project Jane Campion has filmed in New Zealand since her movie The Piano.