The Independent's Alice Jones wonders why there are so few rules governing the distortion of images in the media.

NZ should hope John Key shows some common sense - tempered with heart - when he goes about trying to reduce from 328,000 the number of Kiwis on solo parent, sickness and invalid benefits, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

A new academic study shoots holes in the theory that you have to be an extravert to be a good leader.

They cross the road when they see my mother coming. The neighbours shuffle quickly back inside, as though scared it might be contagious. A hundred bunches of flowers are turning slowly brown inside the house, but the phone stays stubbornly silent.

You can see why a knife is such a popular weapon among the kids these days.