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Book extract: Feels like home
In an extract from a new book of photographs by Andris Apse, which pays tribute to the South Island, former All Black captain Anton Oliver tells how the Central Otago landscape reduced him to tears.
New Zealand's spice girls
New Zealand’s own spice girls of cuisine tell Greg Dixon about eating their way around india, visa hassles and sharing bunks in a train.
Graham Norton on boys and babies
Coming out, being rich, feeling broody, getting drunk, dating when you’re famous and why a dog is better than a boyfriend.
Books: The lone wolf
Each year American novelist Richard Ford heads to Ireland to shoot woodcock. Robert McCrum joins him on the Irish coast.
Pooh banned from Polish playground
Winnie the Pooh has been banned from a Polish playground because of his "dubious sexuality" and "inappropriate" dress.
Books: Punk rides again
Comic book artist Ant Sang talks to David Larsen about his ‘transformational journey’
Sarah Vine: 'Being a potty-mouthed show-off doesn't make you a feminist heroine'
The problem with this kind of popularity, though, is that it is based on an ever-decreasing cycle of attention-seeking, writes Sarah Vine.
2014's best bad sex scenes
The Bad Sex in Literature Award draw attention to poorly written, perfunctory or redundant passages of sexual description in modern fiction and to discourage them.
David Hill: Book reviews a transfusion for life-blood of printed word
I've had an email from Ian Braddon-Parsons, disapproving of my November 1 Herald book review of Alexander McCall Smith's Emma.
Book excerpt: Crash course
As Top Gear’s The Stig, Ben Collins knows more than most what the consequences of speed can be. Here, in an excerpt from his new book, he shares top tips on safety, and parking.
Dunham sorry for 'predator' joke
Lena Dunham has apologised for joking about being a "sexual predator" in her memoir.
Grace Dent: There's a huge taboo over children's sexuality
The ‘incident’ with the Girls’ creator’s younger sister highlights our confusion over children’s sexuality, writes Grace Dent.
Gallery: Portraits From A Doctor's Surgery
For nearly two years Northland doctor Chris Reid photographed his patients. Greg Dixon talks to him on the eve of an Auckland exhibition of the result.
Amy Poehler spills the beans in new memoir
Comedy queen Amy Poehler’s new memoir spills the beans on her divorce and her dalliance with cocaine. Now, the much-feted comedian is on a new mission — to get rid of the cult of cool and promote humour that’s for everyone, writes Hephzibah Anderson.
Win at rock, paper, scissors
Thought rock, paper, scissors was a game of chance? Think again, says William Poundstone.
Books: Pulling the plug
Meetings with prize-winning authors form the basis for new satire, writes Stephen Jewell.