My brother finds illnesses that require drugs he wants to try, and fakes the illness to the doctor to get them.

What do you want to do today? What do you want to be? Think quick.

She’s one of our most successful expat actors, starring in a host of acclaimed TV shows and movies. Melanie Lynskey talks to Alexander Bisley about life in LA, why she hopes her next role is a New Zealand film, body issues and gangsta rap.

Actor Stanley Tucci has created his second cookbook. He tells Tim Adams that food is a great way of expressing love.

In the prevailing climate of heightened risk-aversion among New Zealand book publishers, it’s always a welcome thing when someone is prepared to offer the market something different.

Marlborough: capital city, Blenny-vegas. We love it for squint-inducing sauvignon blanc, Renwick pies, mussel farms, plane museums, pinot noir, riesling and everything in between…

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

Does the way you sleep affect your health? Cherill Hicks rounds up the seven most common sleep problems and has a warning for those planning to sleep in this weekend.

Mid-winter formalities never looked better with these luxuriously dark options.

Google searches can make you think you’re smarter than you really are, writes Sarah Kaplan.

The look is five-star. Blond wood furniture, blue Mediterranean tiles on the floor, palms in copper pots and smartly dressed — and friendly — waitstaff.

The true meaning of Jaws has been picked over by critics and academics ever since its release in June 1975, and even its status as the first summer blockbuster has been questioned. But isn’t it just about a killer shark, asks Mark Kermode.

More and more parents are seeking expert help to deal with their children’s difficult behaviour. But, asks Kirsten Matthew, is it nature, nurture or something else that’s making Kiwi kids too hard to handle?

Mystic River author Dennis Lehane tells Jake Kerridge what links bankers with gangsters.

Kate Atkinson's extraordinary 2013 novel, Life After Life, introduced readers to the Todd family in their Forster-esque home of Fox Corner, and managed to achieve publishing's holy grail of both literary acclaim and popular appeal.

The stories of Julian, Dick and Anne, their cousin, tomboy George, and Timmy the dog were my introduction to the transporting quality of books.

Canvas books editor Linda Herrick's top five reads for the weekend.

Don’t sacrifice style on a rainy day with these standout wet weather pieces.

These wines will get you close to replicate a visceral joy-rush.

A pending liquor licence and chilly dining room couldn’t detract from the outstanding Vietnamese flavours on offer.

Alan Perrott talks to TV’s most eccentric star, David Farrier, about abandoning convention, the abrupt ending of his medical studies and being ‘post-modern gay’.

Expert baristas bring passion and flair to a new venture north of the bridge.

We have always got on really well with our daughter’s in-laws and often catch up socially. But now our children are going through an ugly divorce, our friendship with the in-laws has suffered, and I feel bad.

Millie Elder-Holmes talks exclusively to Greg Dixon about growing up famous, dealing with the upcoming court trial over her partner’s death, and her new healthy venture.

There's an eerie, existential quality about Melanie Finn's new novel, Shame. What tiny, mundane choices determine our fate? Why does life cut one way, not another?

The 20th century has just begun. Harry Cave is married, personable, sophisticated. He’s inherited a substantial fortune from a father who died of boredom.

A new biography of the master of suspense uncovers the life behind the persona, says Duncan White.

Zach Schonfeld on the digital holiday we all need.