From courtroom dramas to coming-of-age journeys, these 10 novels showcase women at their most resilient, flawed, bold, and unforgettable. Whether you're seeking stories of quiet defiance or powerful transformation, these female leads will challenge, comfort, and inspire you.
Getty Museum is continuing its digital exhibition offerings, which is great for us in New Zealand wanting to explore what’s on offer without making a big trip! Here is a selection of this month’s showcases:
After long days filled with responsibility, precision, and often the emotional weight of others' lives, even the most accomplished professionals need time to unwind. For women judges — and other women in leadership roles — that break needs to be more than escapism. It should nourish, inspire, and remind us of joy, humanity, and hope.
Split Enz are back. The legendary New Zealand band is set to reunite for the first time in two decades at the Electric Avenue Festival in Christchurch, marking a monumental moment for fans and music history alike.
August is that glorious, chaotic time of year when Edinburgh’s population doubles and its collective sanity halves, and, with it, an avalanche of gags, puns and high-concept performance art. But the true measure of the festival is found in the one-liners and punchlines. Here are some of the funniest lines from Max Fulham, Becky Umbers, Olaf Falafel, Jessica Fostekew, Ben Pope, Amelia Hamilton, Stuart Laws, Bella Hull and more.
After long days filled with responsibility, precision, and often the emotional weight of others' lives, even the most accomplished professionals need time to unwind. For women judges — and other women in leadership roles — that break needs to be more than escapism. It should nourish, inspire, and remind us of joy, humanity, and hope.
August is that glorious, chaotic time of year when Edinburgh’s population doubles and its collective sanity halves, and, with it, an avalanche of gags, puns and high-concept performance art. But the true measure of the festival is found in the one-liners and punchlines. Here are some of the funniest lines from Max Fulham, Becky Umbers, Olaf Falafel, Jessica Fostekew, Ben Pope, Amelia Hamilton, Stuart Laws, Bella Hull and more.
If you need an antidote to all the grimness of the world, there is a show on Prime Video called Last One Laughing. When I started watching it, we laughed so much — up in the higher register, where it borders on a scream and physically hurts — that our distant neighbours must have thought we were in the middle of a kidnapping attempt!
