By Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3841 12th Dec 2013
American Rachel Kushner is working on a contemporary novel, but only after writing about 1950s Cuba and, in this year’s The Flamethrowers, revolutionary politics and the 1970s New York art scene.
By Diana Wichtel in Culture
Issue 3841 12th Dec 2013
Four Grammy nominations, a Billboard smash with Royals and millions of song sales made 2013 the indisputable year of our Lorde. Yet Ella Yelich-O’Connor is a strikingly composed 17-year-old, finds Diana Wichtel.
By Helen Clark in Current Affairs
Issue 3841 12th Dec 2013
“It was like the sun came out” is how Nelson Mandela described hearing about the 1981 anti-apartheid protests in New Zealand. Former Prime Minister Helen Clark pays tribute to an inspirational leader.
By Catherine Woulfe in Education
Issue 3841 12th Dec 2013
Why is NZQA concealing key statistics?
By The Listener in Television
Issue 3841 12th Dec 2013
This was a year when we caught a glimpse of the country as it could be: diverse, tolerant, eloquent, humorous and brave – with the odd dickhead to liven things up.
By Jane Clifton in Politics
Issue 3841 12th Dec 2013
Following an exhaustive study of the species Homo politicus, our esteemed judges are proud to announce the winners of their annual awards for MPs.
Issue 3840 10th Dec 2013
There is plenty of life in record stores yet, insists Roger Marbeck. Certainly, it seems, in his family’s one.
By Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3838 9th Dec 2013
Books & Culture editor Guy Somerset and the Listener’s team of reviewers on the year’s reading highlights.
By Bill Ralston in Current Affairs
Issue Listener Plus 3817 6th Dec 2013
Bill Ralston recalls meeting a man of principle and vast compassion.
By Mark Broatch in Current Affairs
Issue 3840 5th Dec 2013
When his wife was struck by a late-stage cancer, science writer George Johnson immersed himself in the latest research aimed at unlocking medicine’s deepest mystery.