Diana Wichtel reviews Doctor Who
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3839 28th Nov 2013
Time gets well bent in marking 50 years of Doctor Who.
Diana Wichtel
(@DianaWichtel) Diana Wichtel joined the Listener in 1984, armed only with a portable typewriter, a ghetto blaster for recording interviews and a love of the media acquired during a childhood spent in a darkened room in Vancouver, reading magazines while watching television. She lives in Auckland with her partner and has three children, two grandchildren and an iPad. Otherwise, nothing much has changed.
Diana Wichtel reviews Killing Kennedy
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3838 21st Nov 2013
Fifty years on, the mystery behind JFK’s assassination is still compelling.
Diana Wichtel: the full Mandy
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Entertainment
Issue 3837 18th Nov 2013
Criminal Minds got to him, Homeland suits him fine, but music provides vitamins for his soul, actor-singer Mandy Patinkin tells Diana Wichtel.
Diana Wichtel: the trials of Tem
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3837 14th Nov 2013
Even at the age of 53, Temuera Morrison seems an innocent abroad.
Diana Wichtel: nightmare at Downton
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3836 7th Nov 2013
Abbey life takes a modern turn with cameos by a diva and a rapist.
Michael McIntyre: the last laugh
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Entertainment
Issue 3835 31st Oct 2013
Michael McIntyre gets called some pretty rude things by other comics, but that’s probably because he earns more than they do.
Diana Wichtel reviews NZ Story
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3835 31st Oct 2013
There’s a lot more to us than Rachel Hunter and designer kitchens.
Diana Wichtel: the passion of Len
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3834 27th Oct 2013
Len Brown’s affair has played out like a modern TV drama series.
Marti Friedlander: ‘A collector of raw evidence’
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Art
Issue 3833 22nd Oct 2013
Marti Friedlander has photographed everyone from tattooed kuia and Rita Angus to Sir Walter Nash and John Key. Now her story is being told in a memoir.
Diana Wichtel: reality check-ins
Subscriber contentBy Diana Wichtel in Television
Issue 3833 17th Oct 2013
Like all great art, the Up series has escaped the intentions of its makers.