Culture
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The morning after - why your midlife hangovers are only going to get worse
A fine moment in my day is that point in the evening when I decide it is time to pour a glass of wine. I hate being drunk but I do enjoy a drink. I love the way it takes the hard edges off my mood, making me feel softer and warmer, and besides, wine tastes delicious. For years, i...
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Many happy returns - the fall and rise of our magazine industry
The magazine industry in New Zealand, already under economic pressure generally, hit the wall in March and April when the covid-19 lockdown was imposed and local magazines – deemed by the government to be non-essential –disappeared from the newsstands for months. Many hundreds of...
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Table for one - discover the joy of eating alone
When I was 19 and doing a law degree I didn’t finish, I waitressed at a Wellington restaurant that mistook white tablecloths and a snooty attitude for class.While most of that year was an exercise in teeth-gritting, one positive memory is of a customer, a woman of gracefully grey...
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Mind your manners - why etiquette is one of your biggest assets in the digital age
No one knew how to answer the telephone when it was invented. The man behind it, Alexander Graham Bell, advocated for people to say “Ahoy”. His contemporary Thomas Edison was a vocal supporter of “Hello”, which in the 18th century was used to convey surprise. Clearly, Edison made...
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