Our stereotyped image of the Italian restaurant is bustle, informality, cheerful clamour and theatrical accents.

Sharp tailoring, mixed with boyish insouciance, maketh the man.

They’re the kids born totally wired, the first generation who will spend their whole lives in a world where the planet’s accumulated wisdom is available instantly at the touch of a finger. And the first of them have just left school.

Best-selling author Matt Haig, 38, is about to have two more books published. Here, he explains how he only started writing to cope with his sudden, life-threatening depression.

The menu was packed with an array of French, gourmet brunch options.

What’s your lucky number? Alex Bellos conducted an online survey and discovered a hot favourite: people find the number 7 clever, cheery and divine.

Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, now based in Miami, is fascinated by Americans’ eating habits, he tells Stephen Jewell.

We'd been meaning to try Cazador on Dominion Rd ever since we'd heard that this was one of Auckland's iconic family restaurants. It

I do not read a lot of noir crime fiction which, on the face of it, means I should not be writing this review — well, on the face the book presents after a few dozen pages, anyway.

Bedford Soda & Liquor felt great from the start. Our friends were grinning like soon-to-be-satisfied cats, cocktails in hand, at a table overlooking Richmond Rd.

Suzanne McFadden uncovers the top 10 interior design trends for 2014.

You’ve heard of craft beer but craft soda is the drink everyone with a conscience is sipping these days, writes Rebecca Barry Hill.

Pastels for autumn? Who would have thought? Sombre tones beware, it’s time to lighten up.

Alan Perrott meets two Auckland women with the knack for finding a new life for unwanted objects.

State houses seem to be everywhere and it's true - they are spread throughout the country, from Kaitaia to Bluff.

Stephen Jewell talks to ‘Swedish Agatha Christie’ Camilla Lackberg about her close friendship with her characters, fact being darker than fiction and the myths surrounding her country.

Val McDermid's Northanger Abbey is the second stage of The Austen Project, for which four writers have been invited to produce a contemporary version of a Jane Austen novel.

The charming title of this book is a quotation from The Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe.

Herne Bay’s landmark’s newest incarnation delivers an Italian dining experience worthy of many repeat visits.