In this issue

School's Out Is remote learning damaging our kids' education?
Frozen Berries The latest advice on how to use them without getting sick
The Crown New season revives royals' 90s nightmares

Be afraid

The smart money has US democracy making it through the 2022 election. But all bets are off for 2024.

3 mins

Define relevance

This was the kind of language that could excite and move us, thrill us with its beauty, make us laugh.

2 mins

For whom the bell tolls

The heavy-handed way in which the Beehive is trying to foist these things upon us rankles many.

2 mins

Women at war

No one will come to her aid if men with guns come knocking, but Sandu is outspoken in supporting the West.

3 mins

Fingers in the dyke

Well-meaning attempts to stem our greenhouse-gas emissions risk fuelling more widespread flare-ups.

4 mins

Pause the remote

Covid may have accelerated the trend to shift learning online, but not everyone is convinced it’s the right move.

10 mins

Breathing easier

New research into children's asthma medication could lead to significant benefits for them- and the health system.

6 mins

Back in an English country garden

After some lean times and a foray into politics, British celebrity cook and greenie Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is revisiting the good life.

8 mins

About face

Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris talks to NAOMI ARNOLD about her biography of a pioneering Kiwi plastic surgeon during WWI, and the context it gave her own diagnosis of cancer.

8 mins

Travels on a shaky continent

The war in Ukraine has cast a pall over Europe. But it was still worth travelling there, Aucklander SARAH BECK found on a recent visit.

8 mins

Legionnaires' is on the march

It's peak season for a potentially fatal respiratory disease linked to garden products. But there are ways to minimise the risks.

3 mins

Scary berries

The recent hepatitis A outbreak is a dire reminder of the perils of eating uncooked frozen berries.

3 mins

Overa barrel

Winemakers are forsaking traditional oak casks in pursuit of more restrained flavours.

2 mins

Teflon coating

The role of scandals in politics is a lot more complicated than you might think.

3 mins

Going batty

More than a century after they were last spotted, long-tailed bats may have returned to Christchurch.

3 mins

Warrior queens of the Middle Ages

Medieval women were far from historical bit players and a captivating new history puts them in their proper place.

3 mins

Home & away

Three Australian authors explore themes of love, loss, escape and rebuilding.

4 mins

Past misdeeds, present terrors

The return of an iconic detective leads the latest crime offerings.

2 mins

Words, brains, birds & trains

New non-fiction for kids stirs wonder for language, the human body, nature and the ways we get around.

2 mins

French stew

A ruminative tale of female friendship, mythmaking and folk wisdom.

2 mins

Collateral damage

The decades-long struggle to reverse the UK’s enforced exile of an island nation.

3 mins

Standing out from the herd

Film-maker COSTA BOTES on how his latest project, about a Waikato cow-whisperer, began and how it fits into an uncompromising career spent capturing the stories of idiosyncratic, persistent and passionate people.

4 mins

Widow in the frame

Unpredictable murder-mystery grips from the start.

2 mins

Women on top

A drama with forceful female performances impresses with its scraps.

2 mins

Moctar in da house

Next year’s Womad brings the Hendrix of the desert” to NZ.

2 mins

Songs for the planet

In his long-awaited new solo album, Brian Eno shares his concern for the environment.

2 mins

A right royal to-do

As The Crown moves into the 1990s; the yet-to-screen season five has already drawn flak from the rich and famous.

3 mins

Grey area

A trained neuroscientist looks inwards to find the origins of his sexual orientation.

3 mins

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Change of 'Seasons’

A touring show hopes to change attitudes towards people with intellectual disabilities.

2 mins

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