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OPINION // Where The Wild Things Are?

Why are vampires, werewolves and wizards occupying so much of our time? The year is 1997 and US television viewers are drowning in sit-coms sacrificing hilarity for pseudo-intellectualism. Ally McBeal is their leader, Dharma & Greg and Veronica’s Closet their

OPINION // Where The Wild Things Are?

Why are vampires, werewolves and wizards occupying so much of our time? The year is 1997 and US television viewers are drowning in sit-coms sacrificing hilarity for pseudo-intellectualism. Ally McBeal is their leader, Dharma & Greg and Veronica’s Closet their

OPINION // The Classics

What is it about Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte that keep us going back for more, and more, and more? Mr Rochester and Mr Darcy: they’re essentially the same character. Sure their respective skeletons are different. Mr. Darcy has daddy

OPINION // The Classics

What is it about Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte that keep us going back for more, and more, and more? Mr Rochester and Mr Darcy: they’re essentially the same character. Sure their respective skeletons are different. Mr. Darcy has daddy

OPINION // I Love You Man

Are same sex duos the future of Hollywood? Oceans 11. Casey Affleck you’re a babe, Don Cheadle you’re hilarious and other nondescript actors that make up the aforementioned number: you’re OK too. But the linch pin is Clooney and Pitt.

OPINION // I Love You Man

Are same sex duos the future of Hollywood? Oceans 11. Casey Affleck you’re a babe, Don Cheadle you’re hilarious and other nondescript actors that make up the aforementioned number: you’re OK too. But the linch pin is Clooney and Pitt.

OPINION // The Advent Of Superman

And why even Hollywood can see it’s a massive joke. Fashion week finished at the end of last week and after five days of sleep deprivation and manic media room sessions I left the new Wynyard Quarter area wanting nothing

OPINION // The Advent Of Superman

And why even Hollywood can see it’s a massive joke. Fashion week finished at the end of last week and after five days of sleep deprivation and manic media room sessions I left the new Wynyard Quarter area wanting nothing

OPINION // Hip To Be Square

Why all of a sudden being super lame is super cool. Attending New Zealand Fashion Week this week it’s clear that this trend hasn’t found its way to the front row just yet. Immaculately out-turned ladies and gentlemen are still

OPINION // Hip To Be Square

Why all of a sudden being super lame is super cool. Attending New Zealand Fashion Week this week it’s clear that this trend hasn’t found its way to the front row just yet. Immaculately out-turned ladies and gentlemen are still

OPINION // Practice Makes Perfect

Hey! Good things actually take time. I have a friend who is in a very credible band. She is also in a band who – while slowing gaining credibility – definitely started as a total joke. Not only were they

OPINION // Practice Makes Perfect

Hey! Good things actually take time. I have a friend who is in a very credible band. She is also in a band who – while slowing gaining credibility – definitely started as a total joke. Not only were they

OPINION // Make It or Break It

Why we set unrealistic standards for ourselves based on Hollywoods all or nothing success policy. Aside from various frivolous cultural commentary, I run a website called Always Sometimes Anytime, and we have just started a feature that has – within

OPINION // Make It or Break It

Why we set unrealistic standards for ourselves based on Hollywoods all or nothing success policy. Aside from various frivolous cultural commentary, I run a website called Always Sometimes Anytime, and we have just started a feature that has – within

OPINION // Too Fast Fashion

Find a style and stick to it because trend hopping does not a fashion maven make. “It really is a timeless classic”. That was me a couple of years ago, describing a spaghetti strapped Shakuhachi mini-dress complete with lace-up sides

OPINION // Too Fast Fashion

Find a style and stick to it because trend hopping does not a fashion maven make. “It really is a timeless classic”. That was me a couple of years ago, describing a spaghetti strapped Shakuhachi mini-dress complete with lace-up sides

OPINION // Living The Dream

Has our obsession with celebrity gone too far, and will we even know when it has? Two nights ago while casually settling in to a re-watch of The Bourne Identity (and yes I am aware how admitting to a re-watch

OPINION // Living The Dream

Has our obsession with celebrity gone too far, and will we even know when it has? Two nights ago while casually settling in to a re-watch of The Bourne Identity (and yes I am aware how admitting to a re-watch

OPINION // SLASH

Jack of all trades, master of none. It’s the saying that tears from my conscience into my stomach and manifests itself as deep-rooted anxiety occasionally causing nausea. I am a bonafide Slashie, splitting my ‘professional’ time in the media industry

OPINION // SLASH

Jack of all trades, master of none. It’s the saying that tears from my conscience into my stomach and manifests itself as deep-rooted anxiety occasionally causing nausea. I am a bonafide Slashie, splitting my ‘professional’ time in the media industry