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![Writer keen to acknowledge inner strength](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Writer keen to acknowledge inner strength
Having led a lonely childhood, Lesley Pearse knows what it is to seek a better life. Now she is helping women to help others. She tells Stephen Jewell how.
![Book Review: <i>We Had It So Good</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Book Review: <i>We Had It So Good</i>
Here's a story about how to become middle-aged and middle-class - without noticing it.
![My Auckland: Gulf Harbour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
My Auckland: Gulf Harbour
Ruth and Mark Hill have lived in Gulf Harbour for just over a year. Mark is the branch manager for a transport company in Mt Wellington, and Ruth is a full-time mum to their 21-month-old son Lachlan.
![<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Playing it naff no longer for nits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Playing it naff no longer for nits
Now, making a dork of yourself can be a winning leadership strategy.
![The real masterchef](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
The real masterchef
Spanish chef Ferran Adria is having a break from El Bulli, but will continue to experiment in the kitchen.
![Emily Barclay takes flight](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Emily Barclay takes flight
New Zealand actress Emily Barclay plays a boy-crazy character in her latest movie about love.
![Britain: Lung cancer epidemic 'may have peaked in women'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Britain: Lung cancer epidemic 'may have peaked in women'
The fifty-year epidemic of lung cancer which has claimed at least one million lives in Britain may have peaked among women, figures show.
![England: Everest moment at Oxford track](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
England: Everest moment at Oxford track
Lesser-known Iffley Rd matches Wimbledon for its contribution to British sporting history, writes David Leggat.
![Ex-judge says extradition prosecutor sexually biased](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Ex-judge says extradition prosecutor sexually biased
The prosecutor seeking Assange's extradition on sexual assault allegations is a well-known radical feminist, the court was told.
![Bearing fruit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Bearing fruit
It used to be deeply naff, drunk only by teens and maybe your nana; so how did cider get its fizz back to be the drink of the summer, asks Nicky Pellegrino.
![Global warming](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Global warming
World music worked hard for its place in the sun, says pioneer Simon Emerson. By Paula Yeoman.
![Book Review: <i>More Than You Can Say</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Book Review: <i>More Than You Can Say</i>
Paul Torday produces an intriguing page-turner that won't fail to surprise.
![Lily Allen sets date for wedding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Lily Allen sets date for wedding
The 25-year-old singer - who got engaged to 32-year-old building firm boss Sam Cooper last Christmas Day - has booked a church near her home in Central England for June 11 and plans to share her special day with just a small group of friends and family.
![Soccer: Hard as a diamond and sparkles like one, too](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Soccer: Hard as a diamond and sparkles like one, too
"A smiley kind of guy," is how Kenny Dalglish described Luis Suarez.
![London banker gets 3 years jail for insider trading](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
London banker gets 3 years jail for insider trading
A former London banker, his wife and a friend have been sentenced in a $NZ4.5m insider trading scheme uncovered by the UK's Financial Services Authority.
![Miu Miu teams with film directors to explore femininity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Miu Miu teams with film directors to explore femininity
Female film-makers are turning their eye to the 'feminine love affair with Miu Miu' in a series of short films made in collaboration with the Italian fashion house.
![Online map tracks streets of crime](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Online map tracks streets of crime
England and Wales yesterday became the first countries in the world to release street-by-street information on crime.
![Finding a Kiwi coffee hit on the streets of London (+map)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Finding a Kiwi coffee hit on the streets of London (+map)
Pam Neville goes on the hunt for Kiwi kai and decent flat whites in the British capital.