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![Restaurant review: Peasant, Mt Eden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Restaurant review: Peasant, Mt Eden
A pending liquor licence and chilly dining room couldn’t detract from the outstanding Vietnamese flavours on offer.
![No guts, no glory](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No guts, no glory
Alan Perrott talks to TV’s most eccentric star, David Farrier, about abandoning convention, the abrupt ending of his medical studies and being ‘post-modern gay’.
![Brunch: Black and Gold Coffee / Eatery, Rosedale](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Brunch: Black and Gold Coffee / Eatery, Rosedale
Expert baristas bring passion and flair to a new venture north of the bridge.
![Dear D&P: My child's divorce is causing my friendship with the in-laws to suffer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dear D&P: My child's divorce is causing my friendship with the in-laws to suffer
We have always got on really well with our daughter’s in-laws and often catch up socially. But now our children are going through an ugly divorce, our friendship with the in-laws has suffered, and I feel bad.
![No easy journey for Millie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
No easy journey for Millie
Millie Elder-Holmes talks exclusively to Greg Dixon about growing up famous, dealing with the upcoming court trial over her partner’s death, and her new healthy venture.
![Books: Sincere and painful look at nature of love](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Books: Sincere and painful look at nature of love
The 20th century has just begun. Harry Cave is married, personable, sophisticated. He’s inherited a substantial fortune from a father who died of boredom.
![Books: Search for light in heart of darkness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Books: Search for light in heart of darkness
There's an eerie, existential quality about Melanie Finn's new novel, Shame. What tiny, mundane choices determine our fate? Why does life cut one way, not another?
![In Canvas: Millie Elder-Holmes opens up](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
In Canvas: Millie Elder-Holmes opens up
Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow’s Weekend Herald.
![Fashion: Best faux fur](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fashion: Best faux fur
Don’t be so serious. Have a laugh with this season’s best fun fur pieces.
![Restaurant review: Ika, Mt Eden](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Restaurant review: Ika, Mt Eden
Ika’s delicious seafood and value for money will have you hooked.
![In praise of friendship](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
In praise of friendship
The world’s most admired writers and poets have long extolled its virtues. Here, Yvonne Van Dongen explains why she’d take friendship - old and new - over romance any day.
![Opinion: Celeb brands? There's a catch](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Opinion: Celeb brands? There's a catch
Actress Reese Witherspoon’s lifestyle website, Draper James, offers a fans a glimpse into her ‘Southern’ heritage. There’s just one catch, says Claire Cohen.
![Dear D&P: The new owners of my job have taken back my work car](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dear D&P: The new owners of my job have taken back my work car
My job always had a car with it, but the new owners said they need the car. Now I have no way of getting to and from work.
![Christopher McDougall - parkour, paleo and energetic prose](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Christopher McDougall - parkour, paleo and energetic prose
Those of us for whom the Great Outdoors is the walk from front door to car door need to read Christopher McDougall.
![Bonding over bloodshed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Bonding over bloodshed
Award-winning Auckland writers Linda Olsson and Thomas Sainsbury tell Craig Sisterson why they’re collaborating on a thriller trilogy.
![Meet the real Simon Mannering](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Meet the real Simon Mannering
He’s league’s hardest man — and its most mysterious. Alan Perrott goes in search of the real Simon Mannering.
![Wine: Arbiters of autumnal awesomeness](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Wine: Arbiters of autumnal awesomeness
Red, russet, carmine-coloured and crimson, earthy tones and splashes of spice — these arbiters of autumnal awesomeness will do more than fill your alliteration quota for the week ...
![Fashion: Key winter ankle boots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Fashion: Key winter ankle boots
Comfort is king when it comes to this season’s key ankle boot styles.
![Restaurant review: Phil's Kitchen, Kingsland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Restaurant review: Phil's Kitchen, Kingsland
With every dish an exciting and original masterpiece, Phil’s Kitchen knows how to dazzle.
![Brunch: Mary's, Ponsonby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Brunch: Mary's, Ponsonby
With a beautiful leadlight feature window, Mary’s is spacious and we liked the art choices
![Dear D&P: My hubby's new job is in the country but I like city life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dear D&P: My hubby's new job is in the country but I like city life
My husband has accepted a job with great pay, except it is in the middle of nowhere, and I like the city life and don’t know if I can survive it.
![Kiwi actor takes Hamlet worldwide](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Kiwi actor takes Hamlet worldwide
Greg Dixon talks to Rawiri Paratene about how he came to be taking Shakespeare to the world.
![Books: Constellations of light in tale of tragedy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Books: Constellations of light in tale of tragedy
In her new novel we encounter Julian in a state of profound grief for his lover, Julia, and their daughter, Mira.
![Books: Many strands weave intriguing yarn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Books: Many strands weave intriguing yarn
Felicito Yanaque is a self-made man. He lives in the city of Piura, and is the owner of a small transport company that he has built up from scratch into a modestly successful enterprise.
![Books: Powerful debut set in seedy Irish underworld](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Books: Powerful debut set in seedy Irish underworld
Meet the first novel by a Galway writer who blogs about life on a council estate under a name so forceful I can’t repeat it in a family newspaper. Meet also a terrific reading experience.
![James Griffin: NZ flag debate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
James Griffin: NZ flag debate
Perhaps one of the strangest stories of all the strange stories that filled the 21st century is how the small South Pacific nation of New Zealand tore itself apart in its quest to find a national flag.