When it comes to wine, it's eyepopping how a small increase in how much you spend, even just an extra $5 a bottle, will open up a whole new level of quality and all-round wow.

The latest luxury style tomes offer up plenty of inspiration.

A trip down memory lane finds the burgers still flipping - though with more choices.

Wise words about life from businessman Sir Michael Hill.

A few words with Helen Robinson of Auckland City Mission.

In the space that was Alleluya's for 20 years, a bit of the old spirit remains, in the form of Bestie.

Greg Bruce and his wife Zanna spend 48 hours in the lap of luxury to ponder the power of money.

Most of us are guilty of confusing want with need, writes Megan Nicol Reed.

The Canvas Hot Dinner events give Canvas readers exclusive entry to the latest restaurant openings in Auckland.

Before you launch into any good wine, make sure you grab a decent glass and not those awful goblets you nicked from Cobb & Co in the 80s.

Update your active wear with these new-season deliveries.

You probably already knew "farang" is Thai for foreigner. You might not have known it's also Thai for guava.

A few words from actress, director and model Chloe Sevigny.

Cross-dressing British artist Grayson Perry talks to David Herkt about frocks, freedom, and the future of masculinity.

A few words with dancer Loughlan Prior.

Lizzie Marvelly is the musician who has finally found her voice. She talks to Kim Knight about being young, female and opinionated.

Elspeth Muir examines the culture of binge-drinking that she, too, fell into and the deeper issues it may conceal.

Each week Megan Nicol Reed talks through what's on all of our minds.

Zhang's bleakly lyrical first YA novel brought a cascade of admirers and superlatives; now comes this intricate narrative of adolescents in all their vulnerability, idealism and savagery.

"Plots set in the future are about what people fear in the present," says one of Lionel Shriver's characters in her latest novel set in a dystopian America of the near future.

About two years ago I bought a euthanasia drug online from China.

I want to know why it is that everyone suddenly has a medical degree and knows the one thing that will cure you of all your pain?

Winter is well and truly on the way. From thigh-highs to ankle grazers, here are the best boots to buy right now.

A few words with documentary film-maker Justin Webster.

Convincing main courses and desserts to dive into tick all the boxes at The Federal Deli.

Where does time go? And why are some people so hopeless at keeping it? Kim Knight despairs.

Heroic actions are not always done by heroes. Greg Bruce meets some ordinary people whose lives have led them to perform extraordinarily good deeds.

A brunch or weekend lunch? Try the shakshuka - this popular breakfast dish - originally from North Africa - works just as well for lunch.

Madeleine Walker asks 16 New Zealand celebrities what advice they would give their 19-year-old selves.