The 20 best albums of 2013
By Nick Bollinger Jim Pinckney in Music
Issue 3839 2nd Dec 2013
Jim Pinckney and Nick Bollinger's picks range from Connan Mockasin to Kanye West – via, of course, Lorde.
By Nick Bollinger Jim Pinckney in Music
Issue 3839 2nd Dec 2013
Jim Pinckney and Nick Bollinger's picks range from Connan Mockasin to Kanye West – via, of course, Lorde.
By Craig Sisterson in Books
Issue 3746 2nd Dec 2013
The godfather of contemporary NZ crime writing has brought back offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka.
By Mark Broatch in Books
Issue Listener Plus 29th Nov 2013
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”).
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Ian Dando’s picks include the experimental silence of John Cage and the Balalaika Favourites of Russia.
By Guy Somerset in Books
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby releases a second compilation of his Stuff I’ve Been Reading columns in the Believer magazine.
By Catherine Robertson in Books
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Catherine Robertson’s new monthly roundup.
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” – John F Kennedy.
By Frankie McMillan in Theatre
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
A quirky, exciting, visually gorgeous romp.
By Catriona Ferguson in Books
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
A fully formed debut.
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.