Every September 1, Lee Child begins work on another of his massively popular Jack Reacher mysteries. this time, he had Andy Martin looking over his shoulder.

Being world famous in New Zealand is all very well, but a new, fresh-faced wave of New Zealand actors is choosing to be world famous in Australia.

"Tell you what", write the editors of this excellent collection, is a phrase that promises "a revelation, a shift, a new truth".

I can see it plainly now. Stephen King has been playing me. The old Stephen King, the real one. I'd forgotten about him. That was his plan all along.

Porochista Khakpour's new novel is a magical realist take on 9/11.

I went to a funeral today. This is not an ideal way to kick off the year, a funeral in January.

Break a sweat (or maybe not) in workout clothes that work overtime.

Jodi Picoult has written 23 novels, eight of them No 1 bestsellers. Just don’t call her work ‘women’s fiction’, says Bryony Gordon.

Nearly 40 years after the first IVF birth, scientists are still unsure of the long-term effects of their laboratory Beginnings. Helen Massy-Beresford reports.

Social media has been accused of everything from killing conversation to making us lonely. But if you do it right it can do the complete opposite. Greg Dixon, a social media dummy, has six pieces of advice for other social media dummies.

When a computer virus hacks into the Australian prison system in 2010, it also infects the American corporations that licensed the software.

Looking for summer bubbles, a lovely uncomplicated white that goes with anything or something tiny, transportable and functional? Here they are…

The Sky Tower’s revolving restaurant Orbit will elevate your special occasion.

Nigella Lawson on childhood, family and why she’s the queen of onion soup.

Keep things light and fresh with a dash of elegant turn-of-the-century nostalgia.

Mussolini hated pasta and Hitler, famously a vegetarian, liked to eat baby pigeons. A new book tells us what tyrants liked for tea. John Walsh reports.

Linda Herrick delves into four new cookbooks that transport the palate around the globe.

One of the immutable laws of television is that there can never be too many cooking shows.

Canvas magazine interviewed a wide range of Kiwis this year, take a look back at some of them in these great reads from the past year.

One white, one red and one in-between wine from three producers who have managed to capture the flavours of summer perfectly.

Euro has gone healthy and it’s better than ever.

Naomi Campbell is as well known for her fiery temper as she is for her supermodel status. But Jo Piazza meets an older, wiser — and calmer — Campbell, who these days is focused on fighting Ebola rather than throwing phones at her assistants.

His child’s first day of school hit Alan Perrott harder than he expected. Here, he reflects on the joy — and pain — of watching his sons grow, and letting go (just a little bit).

What’s not to love about summer? But the sunny season can be so much more than an endless round of beaches and barbecues. Here are 25 ideas for making this one truly memorable.

Cool kids take casual dressing to the next level.

If you write a sex scene, no one believes it’s fiction, writes Jon Stock.