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Feathers fly

A little whirlwind of catastrophising and outrage, Parker was a branch office of the polarisation project.

Wrong arm of the law

Eight hundred Met officers are being investigated in relation to 1000 sexual and domestic abuse claims.

Too knackered

This is what I did last Wednesday morning: I sat on an upturned bucket inside a sheep-milking shed, holding a ram lamb's head and front legs while a vet called Adrian was slicing the lamb's testicles off.

Ancient airs

Kiwi audiences have the chance to hear the baroque strains of the theorbo.

In a different league

Why a code switch in the new series of Match Fit has refreshed the show.

The going-nutty professor

Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk plays a university head of deparment in crisis in new black comedy Lucky Hank.

Drama queen

Why film star Helena Bonham Carter is playing a forgotten soap star in a new television drama.

Moral compass

Biography brings to vivid life the story of a rugged, inspirational Arctic explorer.

Carry on moving

Exercising consistently at all stages in life is best for brain health, but late starters can reap benefits, too.

Bad behaviour

Less is more in these deftly crafted stories of damaged women.

Those left behind

The tale of a GI, a bar girl and an Amerasian child from the Vietnam War leaves a lasting impression.

Next stop: Australia

The challenge of crossing the Tasman solo, against prevailing winds, has lured a certain breed of sailor to New Plymouth for more than half a century.

In the sand

Golf's Saudi-backed LIV tour has driven a wedge through the genteel sport and risks coming up short in its sportswashing aim.

Serving the people

Disillusionment with democracy is understandable, says a Kiwi helping the next generation of world leaders to raise their game.

To die by your side

Andrew O'Hagan's novel has inspired a touching drama about life-long mates facing up to mortality.

Family guy

Celebrated Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda talks about taking his deft touch with parenthood dramas to South Korea for his latest.

'I am not Mr Bean!'

A photographer's resemblance to a comic character sparked more than an identity crisis.

Heat seeker

How screenwriter Scott Z Burns turned the lessons from his previous An Inconvenient Truth and Contagion into the star-studded climate-crisis drama Extrapolations.

Double visions

The doppelganger has fascinated for centuries, and many of us have one. Now, there's interest in using lookalikes for medical diagnosis and crime-solving- and for more sinister purposes.

Islands of hope

A pioneer in offshore conservation work shows how ecological decline can be reversed.

Once upon a cloud

The environment, the world of Totoro, and a chicken keeper losing her memory feature in new picture books.

That summer

A debut novel captures the thrill of first love and the melancholy of its departure.

Senses of wonder

Human powers of perception are far more complex than just the famous five of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

Under the skin

Siblings gather for their comatose mum in this sharp debut.

Dazzled to death

An Auckland doctoral student is exposing the threat to our seabirds posed by bright lights.

Easily swayed

The placebo and nocebo effects are well known in healthcare but they happen in psychological experiments, too.

It's easy being green

London-based nutrition expert AMELIA FREER believes healthy eating needn't involve complicated recipes.

Ukraine is not Iraq

A journalist often meets unhappy people in dire circumstances. Accidents, murders, wars, natural disasters, protests and recessions are not the kind of events that produce much joy, so you tend to remember those rare times when you were a witness to happiness.

The right to be rude

When Massachusetts woman Louise Barron, 71, stood up and, not for the first time, called her local town board members \"Hitlers\" who were \"spending like drunken sailors\", she got zero points for originality or proportionality.

What comes naturally

Rather than superfoods, a diet rich in foods should a variety of unprocessed give us all the nutrients we need.