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Shifting the goalposts
Let he who is without sin kick the first football in the next Fifa World Cup, says PAUL CATMUR.
I'm constantly living in hope'
Christmas won't be quite the same this year without the Queen sharing her ups and downs with us common folk.
Goblin's choice
Many politicians triumphed against the odds in a year when kindness became passé. Here's a list of the winners.
Poor performances
I had planned to write this week’s column about a Hungarian family who had been given 42 days to leave the country by immigration officials.
Living with the unknown
Stage one of the root canal went pretty smoothly. The actual procedure was more lengthy and complicated than expected, but the only pain I experienced afterwards involved the Eftpos terminal. The recurring toothache of the past few weeks has gone.
The devil you know
It was a few weeks before Christmas, and in the Austrian alps, a rose-tinted twilight was giving way to long, dark shadows between the powder-coated pines.
Winging it
As 2022 comes to an end, we need to remind ourselves that things could, in fact, be a lot worse, writes Listener editor KARYN SCHERER.
Miniature marvels
Michael Houstoun plays Brahms’ small masterpieces of poetic reflection.
Look at moi
The mistresses of the malapropism from Oz’s most successful sitcom are getting two specials to mark their 20th anniversary.
Energy to burn
New albums from MEDaL and Adam Hattaway the Haunters feel fresh and danceable.
A bridge to Farsi
Christine White’s bilingual album takes flight with the help of instruments ranging from Greek percussion to lush strings.
Behind the expose
The story of the journalists who unearthed movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes becomes its own big screen drama.
Call of the Mastodon
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is driving disenchanted users to seek out more egalitarian platforms for their views.
Aw, ref
When we're on the wrong side of a result, it can be validating to claim that the outcome was rigged.
Let’s eat cake
Pastry cook and MasterChef Australia winner EMELIA JACKSON shares her love of baking in a new book.
Citrus clues
Checking product labels is important, because it’s not only grapefruit that interacts with some medications.
Burning inside
Women suffering from chronic pelvic or genital pain may be suffering from a condition that can take persistence to get correctly diagnosed.
‘The carvings wanted to speak’
Anew book tells the extraordinary story behind the return of this country’s most valuable artwork.
Birth of a band
U2’s BONO gives voice in his new book to the band’s successes, failures and the odd bad hair day.
Time to tell
Thousands of Kiwis have been conceived through sperm or egg donations. Some are now fighting for the right to know their donor's name.
How the land lies
The proposed Resource Management Act overhaul could give the government a chance to win back voters.
The long game
Despite South Koreans’ apparent nonchalance about the North, mental illness has reached epidemic levels.
Voters come up trumps
The party will have to work hard to present itself to Americans as a sensible, centre-right alternative.
The Fyre festival of football?
A million football fans will be crammed into the same city deprived of their three staples: beer, TV and sex.
Talkin’ about regeneration
Christchurch’s centre is a decent place for tourists more so than the deeply confused centre of Auckland.
Saving our species
We need to talk about the new tools that could help preserve the country’s endangered creatures.
Her own private spy
A tell-all memoir by a mistress of John le Carré reveals far too much information.
Fighting talk
An investigation of the power of words reserves its strongest language for the politically correct.
The Whanganui affair
What led to the downfall of a gay 1920s mayor remains cloaked in mystery and intrigue, but Paul Diamond ultimately uncovers a story of resistance.
Power to the drivers
The Uber court case decision sends a signal to other gig economy players that worker exploitation won't be tolerated.