■ REVIEW: Life With My Sister Madonna
Nothing too startling from a snotty little brother

Entertainment, People

Madonna’s brother has jumped on the publicity bandwagon with a book that I suppose will make him some money but certainly won’t gain him any favour with his famous sister. Christopher Ciccone has worked with his sister during her career in his capacity as a dancer/choreographer but I suspect that after this little literary effort, […]

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■ REVIEW: Overheard
Say what?

Humour

The “overheard” stable of websites have provided some funny moments on the web, with snippets of overheard conversations often taken totally out of context and posted online. It started out as Overheard in New York and has snowballed from there, with more sites added to that one and other sites copying the concept. Now, there’s

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■ REVIEW: Marvellous Mince & Sensational Sausages
First family of food does it again

Home & garden

New Zealand’s first family of food has done it again, this time with a cookbook offering up 100 simple recipes using those affordable staples, mince and sausages – unsurprisingly titled Marvellous Mince & Sensational Sausages. Oh yes, I can hear the politically correct among you whining on about mince and snags being full of fat

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■ REVIEW: Maori: A Photographic and Social History
Social history reprint still relevant

NZ books

Historian Michael King died in a 2004 car crash but his work continues to have an impact on New Zealand culture. This revised edition of a book that has already been around for a good few years is still relevant and interesting. King paints a comprehensive picture of Maori culture and society, from the 1850s

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