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From the Listener archive: Features

July 28-August 3 2007 Vol 210 No 3507

  • Cover Story All in the mind by Jane Clifton
    Men’s brains might be bigger, but a striking feature of new research is the discovery that women’s brains are busier.

  • Feature War of words by Anita McNaught
    Turkish elections are being held this week amid renewed attacks by the Kurdish resistance. For them, even the letter “w” is dangerous.

  • Feature He's beating you, isn't he? by Sally Blundell
    Many cases of domestic violence and abuse used to slip through the net. Now, health professionals are learning to ask the right questions. Some even want to see routine screening made mandatory.

  • Feature Cheryl & me by Diana Wichtel
    OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE, TV3, Tuesday, 9.30pm.

  • Feature A promise of happiness by David Cohen
    Part family memoir – what it’s like having an autistic child – and part global survey of developments in the understanding of autism, for which the author (“D” in this excerpt) travelled the globe, is A Perfect World, by Wellington journalist David Cohen.

  • Feature - Upfront Taika Waititi by Tim Watkin
    Taika vs Ant – Taika Waititi is in conversation with filmhead Ant Timpson, the Civic, Auckland, Wednesday, July 25, 6.00pm. EAGLE VS SHARK then screens at 8.30pm.
    General release is on August 30.