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Sacha Baron Cohen on love, spies and laughing

Sacha Baron Cohen talks to Michele Manelis about his serious new role and what scares him.

The Kitchen lacks spice but Apollo 11 has the right stuff

Tom Augustine finds The Kitchen fails to fire but Apollo 11 soars to new heights.

Book review: Laura Lippman's Lady in the Lake

Greg Fleming reviews Laura Lippman's Lady in the Lake.

Life-changing power of a 3000km walk alone

An extract from Bewildered by Laura Waters.

Is French food the ultimate antidote to winter?

Buttery soup and bacony chicken at Le Garde-Manger is a winter treat.

Ashleigh Young: pen pals and paths crossed

Ashleigh Young's reflections on friendship

Bill Hader turns to a new chapter of It

It star Bill Hader on scary movies and the real-life event which terrified him as a child.

Best of 2019: What ever happened to the Nek Minnit guy?

Levi Hawken tells Russell Brown about fame and becoming a meme.

An episode with... Tom Bateman on being cast the heart-throb

Tom Bateman talks with Des Sampson about the Beecham House and being famous

Jameela Jamil on why she stood up to the Kardashians

Times: Why the star is campaigning against female body-shaming.

A date-night buffet where shabu-shabu takes care of the small-talk

Swish, don't soak, to get the best out of this all-you-can-eat date night restaurant.

Steve Braunias: The last school trip

Steve Braunias looks forward to the next - his last - school trip.

Colin McCahon: Four artists on the legacy of our greatest painter

In the centenary year of Colin McCahon's birth he remains at the forefront of NZ painting.

Psychos, stalkers, pervs and trolls beware: Carrie Goldberg is coming for you

If social media is the internet's Wild West, Carrie Goldberg is the sheriff dealing to it.

Lily McManus confesses: Sexual guilt and hot temper

Lily McManus fights slut-shaming: "It's not something young women should grow up with."

NZ's female poets celebrated in sweet new book

Prolific poet Paula Green brings NZ's female poets into the sun with evocative new book.