If memory serves

What's behind a reality show about an eatery with waiting staff living with dementia?

Endeavour's final voyage

How the second actor to play Inspector Morse said goodbye to the role.

There goes hymning Simon

Has the veteran singer-songwriter come down with an elegy?

Remembering a rock remedy

Veteran independent record label pioneer SIMON GRIGG on how the late Barry Jenkin changed New Zealand music.

Just the job

The new comedy by the acclaimed Indian Ink Theatre Company employs a choir of temps to show what it's like to be a faceless worker in the office of an international corporation.

A school for scandal

Catherine Chidgey's latest novel is a twisty, ideas-rich portrait of 1980s adolescence, and much more besides.

Rise of the taskmasters

For people with busy lives and no time for personal tasks, help is at hand for a price.

Good to know

If we had a more balanced curriculum, we would encourage more young Māori to flourish at school, says a leading educator.

Dicing with the demon

If Canadians are being told two standard alcoholic drinks a week is the safe limit, why is NZ's guidance at least five times higher?

Waves of calm

If the popular perception of surfers and surfing is of gnarly youths taking on the elements, there's another side to the pursuit.

Extraterrestrial litterbugs

After trashing Earth, we now risk doing the same to space, writes PETERSINGER, with AGATA SAGAN, in the second of three essays.

Voice for change

The power of music drives new NZ Opera head Brad Cohen, and it's something he's keen to share.

Restoration drama

When Auckland flooding wiped out her entire wardrobe, former fashion editor STACY GREGG grasped the opportunity for reinvention.

Underwater treasure

Growing seaweed promises rich dividends for farmers, our environment and our health.

A disease for the ages

When Claire Turnbull's grandmother died aged 93, her family found diet pills and diet shakes in her kitchen. To Turnbull, it was no surprise. Though her grandmother was never formally diagnosed with an eating disorder, it was obvious she lived with one her whole life.

Stars in her eyes

Leah Albrow finds meaning in life by gazing at the cosmos, writes CAITLIN SYKES.

Phooey to prurient tutting

It's hard to account for the unending fuss over one-time New Zealander Phillip Schofield.

Up you, Pompidou

Norman Kirk's Ban-the-Bomb protest 50 years ago marked a sea change in foreign policy, writes DAVID BARBER, who was on HMNZS Otago.

Festival of plenty

Arthouse greats, Kiwis and Cannes are on the NZIFF roll

Reginald is such a tease

Reginald regards me as a member of his flock, one that requires dominating

Sonic boon

In his new work, Nathaniel Otley is steering clear of the traditional

Book your seat now

What TVNZ+'s move into sport means for fans on the couch

Just reminiscing

Nostalgia and cardigan pop loom large in these local releases

In her natural habitat

Why Forest & Bird boss Nicola Toki has paired with comedian Pax Assadi on a new series about the country's most endangered species

Under pressure

Stories of loss and recovery in two new wildlife guides

Sense & sensibility

Susan Sontag’s essays are fresh and unflinching, despite their age

Curses and blessings

Abraham Verghese’s elegant and sweeping family saga has its roots in his mother’s childhood memories

Mystery man

Pioneering author Walter Mosley has made a career out of defying expectations

A KiwiGPT?

Working with systems providers could help to beat cost barriers as generative AI moves to the next level

Now, tell me what you see

Inkblots have an enduring fascination as a psychoanalysis tool, especially when out drinking in Prague