Over the years - and rather unkindly, in my opinion - Joanna Trollope's books have tended to be relegated to the category of "Aga saga".

Forget the mundane, give your life meaning ... become enthused and inspired. We meet people who have followed their hearts, and share simple ways to fuel your fire for life.

Stephen Jewell talks to author Andrea Levy about slavery, story-telling and holidays on the North Shore.

There was no mistaking a historic occasion when Aucklanders packed the Town Hall to sample its newly restored organ.

Frisky and Mannish are musically adroit, vocally gifted and brilliant mimics teaching Pop Philosophy 101 at fast forward and delivered on high rotate.

Free-thinking and gifted intellectuals, or a bunch of dissolute subversives "who lived in squares but loved in triangles"?

The Royal New Zealand Ballet's triple bill seasons are always an opportunity for dancers and audiences to explore new territory.

Penguin revives some popular New Zealand titles to allow a new generation to discover some gems.

He probably should not give up his day job, but Prime Minister John Key has won some encouragement from experts for his artistic endeavour.

A portrait by renowned NZ artist Charles Frederick Goldie is expected to sell for close to $250,000 when it goes up for auction in Auckland.

The myth of dancers being drama kings and queens couldn’t be further from the truth.