The refined smell of Helvetica
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 4th Dec 2013
The famous font now has its own perfume - and it smells like nothing.
Commentary
Is five too young to start school?
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 3rd Dec 2013
A groundswell of education experts are backing a British campaign to increase the starting age to seven.
Clown funding: the Kickstarter disasters
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 2nd Dec 2013
KickFailure collects the "funniest and saddest" crowdfunding projects.
Sitar Wars, and 12 other films improved by adding a letter
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 30th Nov 2013
Redditors create new movies by making their titles ever so slightly longer.
Diana Wichtel reviews Doctor Who
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Time gets well bent in marking 50 years of Doctor Who.
Editorial: undue influence
By The Listener in Editorial
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
The biggest issue in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations is how much lobby groups are controlling the US position.
Bill Ralston: bodies of evidence
Subscriber contentBy Bill Ralston in Life
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
What do men and women notice first about each other?
Letters: December 7, 2013
Subscriber contentin Letters
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Green cars; vulnerable elderly; Pike River; nutrition; and Downtown Abbey.
Dear Lego, where are the women?
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 28th Nov 2013
The toy-maker has been challenged by a NZ scientist on its gender portrayal - and not for the first time.
Rob Ford: making Canadians proud
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 26th Nov 2013
Canada’s debt to its elephantine, crack-smoking Toronto mayor.