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'In the decades since I went to school, nothing has changed'
It's time school-based violence ends, writes Joanna Mathers

Is this the rebirth of sketch comedy?
Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch Netflix's I Think You Should Leave.

What Carol Markwell is reading
Compelling New Zealand novels and poetry top Carol Markwell's reading list

'I don't know if there's a girl who hasn't experienced sexual harm ...': Breaking the code of silence
Why teenage girls aren't going to take it anymore.

What does 'It hasn't sunk in yet' really mean?
In a week's time, a lot of people will start saying, "It hasn't sunk in yet." Why?

Old school lessons in liver and livery: Restaurants to check out this weekend
The restaurant where the food is as lush as the furniture is plush.

How an existential psychotherapist changed my life
"I became aware I was living based on choices I had made many years earlier."

Going for gold - top Olympic-themed movies
Distract yourself with some landmarks in Olympic-related cinema.

We Are Lady Parts: This is not a comedy about Muslim women
New comedy about a Muslim punk band changes the game by not changing a thing.

The family link behind the new Bounty book
Fletcher Christian's great (x6) grandson has written a book re-examining the Bounty story.

'Psychedelics became a door in the wall, a way to go somewhere without having to go to the airport'
Michael Pollan on taking a more enlightened approach to drugs.

Kerry Harrison's novel focuses on the season of unreason
Novel brings the Red Squad era back to life

Shooting for the stars: Reuben Paterson's dazzling crystal waka is finally unveiled
The Auckland artist on omens, Aussies and navigating a pathway to the future.

'Some books you gobble up, others you need to spend time with'
What crime author Anne Harré has in her to-read pile

Shooting for the stars: Reuben Paterson's crystal waka dazzles at Auckland Art Gallery
Made from hundreds of iridescent chandelier crystals, "Guide Kaiārahi" emerges from the pool on the gallery's forecourt. Photos / Hamish Melville

For the first time in a long time, short story collections are selling well
The short form is growing.

'Creating art isn't ever easy'
'I emerged from the theatre an absolute blubbery mess' - Shane Bosher on The Normal Heart

'I had crossed a bomb-site of rubble and craters and collapsing cliffs left by vanished ice'
'The higher I climbed, the more the southerly intensified. It shoved me in the face.'

Why is this movie about books causing complicated feelings?
Greg and Zanna investigate their feelings over a deeply unfunny movie starring a comedian.

Becky Kuek: 'We all lost our minds, singing every single lyric'
TV creator Becky Kuek picks the five bangers that mean the most to her.

Greg Bruce: The shameful truth about my reading habits
I like to read - I really do - but do I really?

Greg Fleming talks to four exciting new local crime authors
Characters and thrills aplenty in new crime writing

'For the first time winter becomes too much'
'You want to be like Elsa from Frozen, creating ice-palaces with a flick of her hands.'

'Boy, this got deep' - R.E.M's Michael Stipe on art, politics and sexuality
Karl Puschmann chats to the former frontman about his new lockdown inspired book.