Ahead of a new exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of the Homosexual Law Reform Act, David Herkt reveals what it was like to grow up gay in the 1970s, while Sam Brooks explains what it's like today.

New-season separates that go the distance.

Degustation menu takes the stress out of the evening - in every way.

After half a century of hits and high living, Elton John has settled down. But, he tells Neil McCormick, he's nowhere close to giving up.

On Valentine's eve, Kim Knight sets her DVD player to saccharine and explains the rules of the rom-com.

Despite his generation often being slammed as impatient, promiscuous, and entitled, Simon Day chose love - and marriage.

As a teen, I couldn't have explained why, because I've only just figured it out, writes Verity Johnson.

While the spark may have gone from your union, all is not necessarily lost, writes Andrew Marshall.

If you are struggling to cope with the TPPA, the threat of Isis and the ever-changing weather - help is at hand. You can thank me later.

Uniform dressing inspires this season's array of versatile outerwear options. Stay cool.

The discovery of a Japanese restaurant on the city rail loop ticks all the boxes.

They're on the bus, jumping the supermarket queue, how do you react?

Jesse Mulligan talks to Greg Bruce about the dark days of Seven Sharp and about being 'awkward'.

When it comes to children, is etiquette still important? Or, Asks Jane Phare, is this generation ruder and harder to teach?

Jennifer Dann finds out what audiences can expect from New Zealand's first LGBTIQ Literary Festival this month.

Best-selling author Marian Keyes tells Jennifer Dann why she hates the term chick-lit and how she baked herself out of depression

Here are the highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine.

January's almost over; the kids go back to school next week and routine will reign again. But this is no time to slip into a rut when it comes to wine. Push the boat out with these babies.

Hit the big time in oversized new-season pieces for both work and weekend.

After 25 years in the same spot, Swashbucklers is still showing how seafood should be done.

Kim Knight discovers how to successfully swear your way to self-fulfilment.

Tasty food and spot-on coffee are welcome additions to the neighbourhood.

Kim Knight meets the New Zealand mothers whose carefully curated online snaps are earning them legions of followers - and in some cases, big bucks.

Nearly everyone seems to have a barista who makes mornings more bearable. And we don't just like our baristas, we're impressed by them.