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Fashion plate: Isobel Dryburgh
Isobel Dryburgh on the clothes that get her creative juices flowing.

High price expected for 140-year-old desk
The auction of 'the most elegant piece of furniture ever seen in Auckland' is a unique event.

A society in danger - on stage
Dionne Christian meets a theatre group with a conscience and discusses the risks facing the new generations.

On the edge of the world
Dylan Horrocks, author of newly published graphic novel Hicksville, said he grew up in two places: In New Zealand and in comics.

Beyond the plot
Mitch Albom has realised people are hungry for stories that touch them deeply.

Essence of the wild west: Don Binney's paintings
Artist Don Binney has been attracted to the Waitakere coast since childhood.

Journey into artist's heartland
An art historian's essays on McCahon are painstakingly researched, beautifully written and engaging.

Writer: I was raped at knifepoint
Author and columnist Nicky Pellegrino has gone public on how she was raped at knifepoint as a young woman - and her attacker was never found.

<i>Review:</i> APO at Auckland Town Hall
The revivification of the Auckland Town Hall organ has certainly captured the imagination of the city.

A wizard detective in battle royale
Author Derek Landy tells Stephen Jewell there's no motive that's more pure than vengeance

<i>T.J. McNamara:</i> Memorable encounters of extremes
Some works are particularly difficult to capture on camera

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> Judges' prejudices unfair in Super City logo contest
Messages are starting to arrive on my desk from disgruntled entrants in the Super City logo contest.

<i>Review:</i> The Official Opening of the New Organ at Auckland Town Hall
There was no mistaking a historic occasion when Aucklanders packed the Town Hall to sample its newly restored organ.