"You can't make dreams come true unless you try" - Sir Barry Gibb on music, love and loss.

Considering becoming a forensic psychiatrist? "You need a strong stomach — and stamina."

A look back at some of the best Canvas restaurant reviews of the year.

In a toxic pond of politics, the late US Supreme Court Justice was an optimist.

As we get back to the grind of a new year, here is a metaphor for hopeless endeavour.

Margaret Atwood immerses readers in the magical power of story - even in poetry

Cheesecake as our new national dessert? Pici stakes a claim.

It's hard work finding a sausage roll in the city these days. Greg Bruce did it.

Curator Nigel Borell on his landmark show Toi Tū Toi Ora – and shock resignation.

Soundtrack to My Life: Mu from Fat Freddy's Drop

The reality of how to write about Captain Cook? Clean up the excess tales.

From sex shops to long lost friends - some of the best stories of 2020 from Canvas.

'Just do it' is the mantra of the mindful, discovers Angela Barnett.

The Far North town has received a touch of local magic and a newfound identity.

Van Gogh Alive opens up arts and culture to new audiences.

The daughter of a key player in the Mr Asia Syndicate opens up about her childhood.

Sarah Daniell gets her hair washed and blow-dried at a salon once a week, for a month.

For a documentary film-maker, the daily goings-on of isolation call forth a deep trauma.

The restaurant is a work of art - but the taramasalata just needs work.

From growing up in a camp ground to secrets of Auckland's club scene - the best of Canvas.

Where in New Zealand is the Surf Highway?

William Boyd's new novel shouldn't cohere - but it does.

The poet sensation sits down to discuss, among other things, her third collection.

Talking politics and female power with the three stars of a provocative new play.

Arlene Heyman's first novel, Artifact, examines a working mother's life

The music historian traces her life according to Beethoven.

A tribute to the yellow and red army making our beaches safer this summer.

Greg Bruce and Zanna Gillespie took their kids to The Croods: A New Age. Did they like it?

A few happy Christmases to the nice, the naughty and the unknowable.

The future is here - in some cases - but past predictions have not always been a success.