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Stephen Jewell talks to Daniel Silva about the latest outing for his Israeli spy, Gabriel Allon.

A curious tiger inspects a camera on wheels as it snaps close-up images of the cat in the wild. Video courtesy National Geographic/Steve Winter

This video shows timelapse images of tigers at a watering hole, bathing and taking sips from the water over a series of days and nights. Video courtesy National Geographic/Steve Winter

Books editor Linda Herrick picks five great books to pick up this weekend.

The very best time of the year is upon us. Yes, I'm talking about the fact that the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) is on, right now, even as we speak.

How these wines acquire a cocoa character I don’t know — but they’re magic.

Make heads turn on the street with some hard working hardware.

The menu at Were Bros will leave you feeling satisfied and oh-so-righteous.

Actress Amanda Billing shares the lessons she has learned throughout her life, so far.

Botox, facelifts and implants are no longer just for women. Alan Perrott looks at the growing trend of male cosmetic surgery.

Rachelstarring in one of the year’s biggest TV shows, True Detective, and a new box office hit alongside Jake Gyllenhaal

Rosamund Lupton’s new novel explores a deaf child’s world in a thriller about a desperate struggle to find a missing husband in an icy wilderness, she tells Stephen Jewell.

This week To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee breaks her 55-year silence. But who is really behind her new book? Gaby Wood reports.

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine.

Complementary shirt and tie combinations elevate a humdrum suit to the next level.

Put on your ‘meat-eatin’ shoes’ for a great meal out.

The menu is split into two - one side brunch, and the other side leaning more towards lunch-style options.

Want to write a string of best-sellers and spark endless romantic box-office hits? Helen O’Hara talks to the master, Nicholas Sparks.

Why does making your mind up only get harder as you get older and what the hell do you do about it, wonders Greg Dixon.

Lisa Jewell’s latest book is a thriller about a sinister assault on a teenager. She talks to Stephen Jewell.

There’s a neat conceit, albeit an unlikely one, to Joseph Kanon’s new thriller, Leaving Berlin.

I want to know what is going on in people's heads as they shuffle towards me, on the footpath, engrossed in the device they hold in their hand.

It’s 1978 and the inhabitants of Gaialands, an idealist vegan commune in the Coromandel, are living the sustainable dream.

Marian remains a compelling heroine, whose many contradictions are all believable — even if, to the long list of men who are smitten by her, we can confidently add the name of Simon Mawer.

Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow’s Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow’s Weekend Herald.