Sally Blundell - Contributors

The power of objects

By Sally Blundell in Lifestyle

Issue 3842 19th Dec 2013

Antiques dealers and auctioneers from around New Zealand recall their favourite treasure-in-the-attic stories.

Treasure islands

By Sally Blundell in Lifestyle

Issue 3842 19th Dec 2013

The passionate people who collect everything from antiques to Lord of the Rings props are driven by the joy of owning something beautiful, unique and perhaps even valuable.

Exhibition review: War is over! (If you want it), by Yoko Ono

By Sally Blundell in Art

Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013

The naive idealism of Yoko Ono’s radical conceptual art strikes a chord with visitors.

The vital vitamin question

By Sally Blundell in Nutrition

Issue 3835 31st Oct 2013

We’re told swallowing vitamins and herbal supplements can do us no harm. But don’t you believe it, says a campaigning US doctor.

Peter McLeavey: 'I sell, therefore I am'

By Sally Blundell in Art

Issue 3629 29th Oct 2013

When Peter McLeavey began as an art dealer in 1966, he "thought I'd ring Toss and Colin and get them to send down a few paintings and see what happened".

The Empress Dowager: thoroughly modern Cixi

By Sally Blundell in Books

Issue 3833 17th Oct 2013

Wild Swans author Jung Chang has uncovered the truth behind the much-maligned concubine who rose to rule China and transform the medieval empire into a modern state.