If you grooved to the sound of No Beginning, No End, Jose James' last Blue Note album, get ready for a whole different experience with his new outing, While You Were Sleeping.

Lisa Lyford answers our readers' questions about personal styling.

Last year, The Last of Us was released on the PS3 in the twilight of the console's tenure and showed what the PS3 is capable of: some of the best graphics seen in a game that accompanied a storyline worthy of any Hollywood blockbuster.

If you thought you'd seen the last of grunge back in the 1990s, think again.

Passion is his main ingredient, says Dean Brettschneider, New Zealand's "Global Baker".

This delicious treat combines chocolate with cherry and meringue and makes 20 slices.

Here are some of the many tips we have received recently, including a top tip for a DIY firelighter.

Pompeii, (M) Roadshow Entertainment, 3.5 stars: Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius will forever be linked by the devastating eruption that destroyed the city.

I have a pair of shoes branded "Abelia", as well as a vintage camisole I bought in the UK 10 years ago, and an Italian dinner plate.

Begin Again, (M) 104 minutes, 4/5 stars: Who knew Keira Knightley's talents extended to singing?

I have been asked by several people to write about preparation and it is a very important topic.

Book lovers will be in their element in Whangarei this weekend with a record number of books, CDs, DVDs and jigsaws for sale at the annual Zonta Great New Zealand Book Sale.

Lisa Lyford answers our readers' questions about personal styling.

I was terribly impressed when I found out that our common old cabbage tree is called a Torbay palm in the UK and prized by landscapers who use it to give their gardens Pacific flair.

I work mainly in colour and, fortunately, many of the people who contact me are open to using colour and not necessarily work with the trends of the time.

Lisa Lyford answers our readers' questions about personal styling.

I've had a couple of people tell me that they've employed a landscape architect to design their gardens, but they don't know what he's talking about.

I love books with verse, little decorative ones that you can pick up and read, little piles scattered about the house. Terrible dust collectors, writes Terry Lobb.

Northland bookworms are in for a treat later this month when thousands of books will be for sale at the annual Zonta Great New Zealand Book Sale.