Saturday, 18 April 2015

Habitat, Cuckooland and Made: The best statement chair designs





YOU'LL BE sitting pretty in these easy-on-the-eye designs


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You've got to have faith: New book reveals the two sides of legendary singer





THE singer treated his personal life like his performing one - as a part to be played, a new book reveals


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School sex scandal that still divides America





AFTER teacher Mary Kay Letourneau was imprisoned for raping her 12-year-old pupil she married him. Now she says it's time to let her back into the classroom


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Robin Williams the posthumous star of '3 Still Standing'

TORONTO (AP) " Before the late Robin Williams enthralled television audiences on "Mork and Mindy," he already was a star on the 1970s stand-up comedy circuit " and by the '80s was a leading light for a new stand-up generation.The...


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BBC bosses in desperate bid to keep Richard Hammond and James May on Top Gear





BBC bosses are desperately trying to persuade Richard Hammond and James May to stay on Top Gear following Jeremy Clarkson's sacking.


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iZombie: Brain food for zombie fans

Somehow, despite being partial to a jolly good zombie romp (or rampage), I've only just caught up with iZombie (TVNZ OnDemand) which I can only put down to having had my, er, fill of blood and gore and autopsies and weirdness on...


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Letters from the battlefield

Michael Williams' Symphony No 1 ( Letters from the Front ), which the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra will play in its Spirit of Anzac programme on Thursday, is not the first time the Hamilton composer has worked with the orchestra.In...


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T.J. McNamara: Favourites past and present

One sound reason for visiting Philadelphia is to see the famous painting The Gross Clinic by one of the city's favourite sons, Thomas Eakins . It is at the imposing Philadelphia Museum of Art.The neo-classical building, brown rather...


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NZ Dance's stirring tribute to the Anzacs

The Anzac centenary has brought thoughts of warfare, its gallantry, violence and terrible loss to the forefront of many peoples' minds. But Shona McCullagh, choreographer, arts laureate, Woman of Influence (Westpac and Fairfax Award...


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Emily Perkins takes on A Doll's House

The interview with Emily Perkins starts off like most others. A couple of years ago, Perkins moved from Auckland to Wellington, where she is a senior lecturer at Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters, so...


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Wild Ireland's Christine Bleakley:'I like to do the odd mad thing once in a while'





THIS MORNING presenter Christine Bleakley chats to Saturday about her new ITV travel series, her career aspirations and breaking America…


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George Lucas to Colbert: Why aren't you replacing Stewart?

NEW YORK (AP) " Stephen Colbert came to the Tribeca Film Festival to interview filmmaker George Lucas, but the "Star Wars" creator had a question of his own."The perfect choice to replace that Jon Stewart fellow would have been...


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Mother Karen Gaynor thrown in cell for 6 hours for pruning next-door's tree





A MOTHER-OF-TWO was arrested, held in a police cell for six hours and put on trial – accused of over-pruning next-door’s tree.


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David Cameron brings back Margaret Thatcher’s vote winning right-to-buy policy





TOWARDS the end of last year a rather unremarkable ground-floor flat with a price tag of £1million went on the market.


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Sweet as candy: The best soft pastel colour fashion for spring





HERE'S a taste of this season’s gorgeous soft pastels


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Tesco, Wallis, Asos: The best pastel accessories we want this week





THERE'S something for every budget in this week's must-haves.


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Hugh Bonneville on saying goodbye to Downton: 'It will leave a huge hole in our lives'





IN A case of art reflecting life, Hugh Bonneville tries to avoid a ‘fracas’ in the new series of W1A


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Safe House's Christopher Eccleston: 'I' used exercise as a stress reliever'





DOCTOR WHO star Christopher Eccleston and Nicola Stephenson on filming new ITV thriller Safe House


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MasterChef's Greg Wallace: 'Cooks who learn the fastest win'





THERE can be only one winner in the MasterChef kitchen. Gregg Wallace looks forward to the final…


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Radio 2 DJ Sara Cox: 'Sleep and exercise make your skin look better'





RADIO 2 DJ Sara Cox, 40, shares her favourite beauty and style tips.


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