"I'm going to decorate the bejesus out of something!"

Patrick Gower talks about the power of listening - and of being heard.

A stray kitten helped the former Fur Patrol singer through some of her darkest days.

Kim Knight on her last conversation with the matriarch she learned to love later in life.

Architect Brendan MacFarlane tells how he became part of a renowned Paris "tag team"

"There isn't just one window in my life."

Three New Zealand-based creatives on what drives their passion

Nigella Lawson talks with Canvas about winter food, music, and good ingredients.

The ingredients that have inspired two Italian New Zealanders - ingenuity and imagination.

Greg Bruce recalls the first meal he had with his wife, but not very much of it.

Cosy, not pricey, winter dining for friends and whānau from north, to the south.

Six ultra-smooth wines (and a beer) to celebrate the long weekend.

Where the rice is loaded and the prawns warrant closer inspection.

Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie review a movie about pastry, a palace and a pastry palace.

They looked at the walls with great interest; one of them stroked the wallpaper.

In Melissa Broder's new novel, a calorie-counter falls in love with eating - and more.

Fiona Oliver on her extensive collection of ceramics.

What hoarding, sexual abuse and prison have in common: systems of power

A poet on how she brings a poem to life

"What does it look like to be a mother and a photographer?"

"It's not some hipster from Grey Lynn putting hay bales in his shiny pickup"

"We all talked and cried and hugged — and drank the bar dry every night."

Married reviewers Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie watch season 3 of Master of None.

Herald photographer Jason Oxenham on his new normal - which is far from normal.

In Spain, pan con tomate is for breakfast. At Auckland's Alma it's best with a drink.

Diana Wichtel compares the merits of paperbacks, television and our multi-screens.

Is this the Greek restaurant Auckland has been waiting for?

Reading crime fiction is research for Melinda Szymanik

Sherry Zhang shares what it means for her to be part of an anthology of Asian writing.

Reflections on the Irish countryside and creating their 1991 masterpiece, Loveless.