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The 20 best albums of 2013

By Nick Bollinger Jim Pinckney in Music

Jim Pinckney and Nick Bollinger's picks range from Connan Mockasin to Kanye West – via, of course, Lorde.

Feature/ The Internaut

The refined smell of Helvetica

By Toby Manhire

Feature/ Quiz

Weekly trivia quiz

Current Affairs

Where the grass is greener

By Rebecca Macfie

Some have found the answer to Auckland’s high property prices.

Culture

Review: Words of the World and other books on language

By Mark Broatch

You have to go to German for the lovingly rude “Von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum” (“From behind a girls’ school, from the front a museum”).

Lifestyle

E, what’s up, Doc? Plus iEat with Lauren Earl

Subscriber content

By Jennifer Bowden

Most of us don’t have enough vitamin E in our daily diets, but is this putting our health at risk?

Commentary

The refined smell of Helvetica

By Toby Manhire

The famous font now has its own perfume - and it smells like nothing.

Competitions

Caption Competition 52

Try your hand at this week's caption competition.

Books

TV & Entertainment

Weekly trivia quiz

"Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone." - Tommy Cooper

Film

On at the movies: November 7, 2013

Subscriber content

By Helene Wong

Helene Wong reviews Enough Said and Night Train to Lisbon, plus short reviews.

The Influentials

Influentials: Speeches that helped shape us

By Rebecca Macfie

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 7, 2013

COVER STORY: Big bang theories

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