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Are you supposed to be here? • People in the arts like to think of themselves as liberal, but casual racism is rife, writes Douglas Lloyd Jenkins.

Listening in on long ago

Beefing up mental health

Bright Lines

Quips & Quotes

10 Quick Questions

Tail wags dog • Both major parties must be wishing their minor counterparts would remain seen but not heard as radical spin dominates debates.

I saw him standing there

The personal is political

Say What?

Day of the Gold Card

No sandwich generation • A full-time job is no longer enough to keep thousands of New Zealand households from wallowing in debt, with children bearing the brunt.

Austerity Ahead • What the coalition’s policies and Budget 2025 signal for the working poor.

Burning questions • A bid to incinerate tonnes of waste is billed as better than burying it, but doubts about highly toxic fallout worry neighbours including a nearby dairy factory.

An Empty Frame • What is an art book without images of the artist’s work? Some biographers are finding estates denying publication of works by our greatest creators.

Fear & Loathing • Las Vegas’s cheaper alternative, Laughlin, resembles the third portal of hell. And that’s just what’s on the menu.

Mommy Dearest • Erica Jong’s daughter attempts to come to terms with her narcissistic, neglectful mother in this painfully funny memoir.

Skies on fire

Waking nightmare • A father’s inattention leads to a child’s disappearance in the latest from Dunedin writer Liam McIlvanney.

Waters run deep • Romance and intrigue at a posh hotel accommodating enemy diplomats during World War II.

Second chances • Ages and stages of romantic love are explored in a tale of two women who meet at school.

Short cuts

Animal instincts

Return of the king’s man • A decade after winning acclaim for the authenticity it brought to Tudor dramas, Wolf Hall returns with a series based on the last of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell novels. Director Peter Kosminsky reflects on the landmark period drama.

Corps De Bullet • Ana de Armas pirouettes away from Keanu’s franchise.

Line In The Sand • Nicolas Cage stars in an Aussie surf-turf war.

Off-the-cuff narks • Comical crime caper about improv actors going undercover in London gangland.

Mood Musics • Old hands and new head towards similar points from different directions.

Breaking The Cycle • Two-part doco follows three women making the difficult transition from prison to the outside world.

Tv Picks Of The Week

Tv Films • The big movies on TV this week

Saturday/Rāhoroi June 21

Sunday/Rātapu June 22

Monday/Rāhina June 23

Tuesday/Rātū June 24

Wednesday/Rāapa June 25

Thursday/Rāpare June 26

Friday/rāmere June 27

Radio June 21

Gillian follows the wharenui • New opera pays tribute to a whare that, like the iwi that built it, has endured.

Sachet this way • Instant frothy coffee from a packet is a popular choice but it contains a long list of additives.

No soggy bottoms • The king of Bake Off, Paul Hollywood, provides lessons in pulling off perfect pâtisserie.

Grape pickings • Yes, it is possible to buy a high-quality pinot noir for $30 or less.

Meat of the issue • Studies on vegetarians throw light on the thorny subject of prejudice against others.

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