Mandela: a giant among us
By Bill Ralston in Current Affairs
Bill Ralston recalls meeting a man of principle and vast compassion.
The 100 best books of 2013
By Guy Somerset in Books
Books & Culture editor Guy Somerset and the Listener’s team of reviewers on the year’s reading highlights.
Education rankings "flawed"
By Catherine Woulfe in Education
A test that ranks countries’ educational achievements has serious flaws, some academics say, and basing reforms on the league tables is a big mistake.
Our place in the education world: a Q&A; with Andreas Schleicher
By Catherine Woulfe in Education
The man who’s been called the world’s most influential education expert gives his views on how our education system is performing and how we can improve.
Current Affairs
Jane Clifton: knock on wood
Subscriber contentBy Jane Clifton
Going door to door in the electorate always pays off, and Labour knows it.
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Language to avoid in Parliament
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Cancer: chronicle of a killer
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Linda Sanders: catch your overseas windfall
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Culture
The passion of Michael Sheen
Subscriber contentBy Nick Grant
The film version of a groundbreaking theatrical event that drew inspiration from the gospels and the community in which it was staged reaches our screens
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Roger Marbeck: shouting out to the pessimists
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Advertising art: fake it till you make it
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Non-fiction monthly roundup: December 2013
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Lifestyle
Eight questions about cancer
By Mark Broatch
A brief Q & A with best-selling science writer George Johnson.
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Melbourne: a city that celebrates art
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Marc Wilson: take a tiger by the tail
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How harmful is red meat? Plus iEat with Sophie Pascoe
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Commentary
Unreliable forecasts - assessing the predictors
By Toby Manhire
The media's favourite global event predictors tend to be hopeless. But you can test your own credentials as a "super-forecaster".
Competitions
Caption Competition 54
Try your hand at this week's caption competition.
Books
An interview with JJ Abrams
Subscriber contentJJ Abrams brings a film-maker’s approach to his uniquely packaged novel purporting to be a well-read library book.
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Book review: The Circle, by Dave Eggers
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Book review: Barracuda, by Christos Tsiolkas
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Book review: The Mijo Tree, by Janet Frame
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TV & Entertainment
Quick Bytes: including The Killing spoof for Christmas
By Fiona Rae
No-one does deadpan like the Danes, and 10 best fake Twitter feeds.
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Films on TV, December 14-20: including Children of Men and Seven Psychopaths
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On TV, December 14-20: including Shirley and Christmas food specials
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TV & radio listings: December 14-20
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Film
Now showing: December 14, 2013
Subscriber contentBrief film reviews, including The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
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Sitar Wars, and 12 other films improved by adding a letter
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On at the movies: November 30, 2013
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The Influentials
Influentials: Speeches that helped shape us
A look at some words of significance in New Zealand's history.
From Our Archive
George RR Martin interview
By David Larsen
The author of A Game of Thrones eschews the "Disneyland Middle Ages" to describe worlds of inequality and violence.
Archive
December 14, 2013
COVER STORY: Chronicle of a killer