Harvard professor Tiya Miles wins Cundill History Prize for ‘All That She Carried’
MONTREAL – Harvard professor Tiya Miles’s book about the history of an enslaved mother and her daughter has won this year’s US$75,000 Cundill History Prize. Miles...
Britney Spears’ massive pop songs to land on Broadway, again
NEW YORK (AP) — A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer. “Once Upon a...
Revisiting ‘da Kink’: Playwright Trey Anthony on theatre, hair and Black self-love
Trey Anthony knows a thing or two about hair. So much so that she wrote a play about it. Set in a West Indian hair salon...
Ross Petty couldn’t leave 25 years of pantos behind without playing his ‘favourite evil person’
“There could be no alternative.” That’s Ross Petty’s response when asked why he’s come back to play Captain Hook in “Peter’s Final Flight,” the 25th and...
Police investigate fresh hut burnings in Te Urewera
supplied The Makomako hut, one of the facilities said to have been found destroyed this week. Police are investigating. (File photo) Another seven Department of Conservation...
Man arrested after Feilding retail smash and grab
A man has been arrested and charged with having property stolen from a Feilding sports store. Thousands of dollars worth of items were stolen from Turners...
The Wizard has no plans to stop casting spells, even as he turns 90
The Wizard has no plans to stop casting spells over Christchurch, despite celebrating his 90th birthday this Sunday. The Christchurch icon has been attracting crowds, causing...
Man found dead in Taranaki home, homicide investigation launched
Ricky Wilson/Stuff Police are today conducting a scene examination of the Albion St property in Hawera. A man has been killed in the Taranaki town of...
What are chimichangas? Where to find the best of the Tex-Mex fried burrito
123rf A chimichanga: The quintessential Tex-Mex dish. PLATE UP You can’t go wrong by taking something delicious and deep-frying it. Just ask the good people of...
Sandi Toksvig cancels NZ tour due to illness
Comedian Sandi Toksvig’s New Zealand tour, due to kick off on Sunday, has been cancelled, after the performer and TV host was hospitalised with bronchial pneumonia....