An author of a natural history classic wonders if the genesis of his book came when he met the insufferable Sir Humphrey Wakefield
Portraits
On the legendary Phil Wood of Phil Wood Menswear, Westport
An interview with a Charleston auto sparky about the historic discovery of fossil remains of the giant Haast eagle
Vale, Vincent O’Sullivan (1937-2024)
A tribute to a literary master of everything
A family history told in horses
An extraordinary essay about horses by ÅŒtautahi author Rachael King
A nice, innocent person. Mostly
An author’s history of shocking people with themes of violence and sexuality
An incident in Millers Flat
An author tells the story behind the house she bought after conducting the land transfer in Gore
Self-portrait: Devonport author, 80, alert, in $3m house
A Devonport author addressses the fact he is now officially old
Everybody knows a total narcissist
An author on being sucked into the orbit of a narcissist – the love bombing, the sly attacks, the gaslighting
Wedding photos of divorced couples
“I have a fascination with seeing the wedding photographs of divorced people”: an essay on photography
Mr Ford comes to town
“Being a writer is not hard,” says the great US author Richard Ford, ahead of his NZ tour. “Anybody who tells you otherwise, hold on to your wallet.”
Valentine’s and Alzheimer’s
“I used to picture that he would marry me”: A love letter to Brian Turner