Historian Prof Greg Ryan’s history of beer and brewing in New Zealand, Continuous Ferment, paints an interesting picture of the South’s role in the process and the country's drinking habits.
As Kathryn van Beek’s time as the University of Otago’s Robert Burns Fellow comes to an end, she contemplates the literary greats who have preceded her.
George Orwell married Eileen O’Shaughnessy nine years before his Animal Farm was published. When a book like Wifedom is written, the obvious becomes apparent; she played a huge part in his writing.