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Book review: The Fish Ladder, Katharine Norbury
Fish ladders are structures that Britons began building in the 19th century when they started damming and blocking waterways.

Book review: The Whispering Swarm, Michael Moorcock
There are too many Michael Moorcocks. I don't mean the books - although there are a bewildering number of those, there could never be too many for his admirers.

Book review: James Cook's Lost World, Graeme Lay
In this final volume of Graeme Lay's fictional trilogy on the life of James Cook, we confront a very different man to the legend or, for that matter, the first two books in the series.

Why life really does begin at 40
Those of us born in the late 1960s and early 1970s are constantly being told that the generation above us are the ones who had it good, but I beg to differ.

In Canvas tomorrow: Happy birthday Anjalee
Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine. Get your premium glossy weekend magazine in tomorrow's Weekend Herald.

You, too, can write a best-seller
Some of the world's top sports legends, actors and musicians, including Serena Williams and Dustin Hoffman, are spilling the secrets to their success. Want to become a tennis phenomenon or a Hollywood star? Just sign up, says Abigail Jones.

More than a plus-size model
The world's largest supermodel, Tess Holliday, is putting a rocket under the fashion industry.

Brunch review: Foundation on George
The service was pleasant and amazingly fast for a busy Saturday morning.

Book review: Seveneves, Neal Stephenson
Like every other book of Stephenson's, this one uses formal language to position itself a small, strategic distance from its readers, like a speaker standing behind a lectern.

Book review: Love + Hate, Hanif Kureishi
A grinding, persuasive power binds this collection of short fiction and essays, many of which have been published elsewhere in the past two or three years.

Book review: The Pale North, Hamish Clayton
It begins near the end of the 20th century. The Big One has finally hit; on a strangely warm July afternoon, the Wellington Fault tears asunder, and New Zealand's capital is wrecked.

Age of defiance: Why 70 is the new 50
Turning 60 doesn't mean having to join the sensible shoes and slacks brigade. Suzanne McFadden meets three older women who refuse to act their age.

James Griffin: What teen drivers and zombies have in common
It is that time of life when we currently have two teenage offspring setting out on the long and involved path towards getting the driver's licences.

Fashion: New season eyewear
When it comes to eyewear this season, confident colour and bold patterns make an impact.

Book review: Terrain, Geoff Chapple
When he founded Te Araroa - the national walkway - Geoff Chapple encouraged us to go out and see the extraordinary beauty of this land of the long white cloud.

Author's vivid novel tells story of America gone wrong
In Benjamin Markovits' vivid new novel, the city becomes a symptom of America gone wrong. He tells Mick Brown about losing out and fitting in.

Good manners too much to ask?
It does not hurt you to raise a hand to acknowledge this small act, to say thank you for making my day just that teensy bit better. In other words: common courtesy.

The definitive Grant Dalton story
Canvas editor Michele Crawshaw shares highlights from tomorrow's Canvas magazine.

Three top weekend wines
While it's always a good idea to opt for a local offering, if you feel like treating yourself to a good bottle of red there's nothing stopping you from looking at old favourites and lesser-known lovelies from over the seas.

Top 3 Aussie shiraz picks
The wines from the skin-stretchingly hot and dusty climes of South Australia are vastly different to our own ...

Fashion: Clean, neutral palette
If in doubt, a clean and neutral palette is a reliable fall-back.

Review: PumpHouse's French Rendez-vous
It was the perfect place to enjoy a Bastille Day dinner - and hardly anyone knows it's there.

The Kiwi acting coach in hot demand
At 53, Miranda Harcourt is more in demand than ever, appearing in two television series and working as a sought-after international acting coach. She talks to Suzanne McFadden.

Yoko Ono still seeking peace
For more than 50 years Yoko Ono has been campaigning - for peace, for feminism, and gun control. This tireless activism, she tells Alex Needham, is at the heart of her work as an artist.

The science of kissing
Sheril Kirshenbaum, the author of The Science of Kissing, takes us on a romantic trip through history and around the world.