We’re starting to talk about suicide at last, but we shouldn’t be congratulating ourselves just yet, writes ANDREW JOHNSTONE.
Life
Stripped Naked
It’s a rite of passage for males that is not always strictly voluntary, and not always a positive experience. New in the big city, ANDREW JOHNSTONE gets dragged along to a strip club.
Leaving Auckland
On this day one year ago, GARY STEEL moved away from Auckland and up north. What led to that decision, and how did it work out?
Gilgamesh The King
He was an extraordinary king from ages past now shrouded in myth and mystery. ANDREW JOHNSTONE talks about Gilgamesh, and a book that brings him alive in a new age.
The Cheese Grater
ANDREW JOHNSTONE explains why he keeps his cheese grater under the bed.
Beating Climate Change
The whole world might be going to the dogs while it’s also going to hell in a hat, but PAT PILCHER has some good news.
The Bird Is The Word
There’s a simple and effective way to kick against the pricks, and to make it hurt, but which involves no violence. ANDREW JOHNSTONE explains.
Died For Whom, Exactly?
War, huh, good God, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing, reckons GARY STEEL.