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The MixSeptember 4

Before you throw it away, can you eat it?

Those scraps you throw away could become tomorrow’s tasty ingredients, write the folks from Love Food Hate Waste.
Before you throw it away, can you eat it?
Before you throw it away, can you eat it?
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The MixSeptember 4

The French preoccupation: film-makers’ new obsession with World War 2

As a new biopic finds an unexpected youth hero in the figure of Charles De Gaulle, Jonathan Romney looks at the wave of directors revisiting France’s wartime legacy.
The French preoccupation: film-makers’ new obsession with World War 2
The French preoccupation: film-makers’ new obsession with World War 2
The MixSeptember 4

Failure doesn’t need to be the goal

You don’t need to push yourself to the limit to get stronger, Paul Hough writes.
Failure doesn’t need to be the goal
Failure doesn’t need to be the goal
The MixSeptember 4

Review: Quirks, tragedies and oddities of New Zealand’s past

More than 40 years ago, Tom Clarke was compiling a Today in History New Zealand resource for broadcasters and ended up with 4500 two or three sentence bites of our past.
Jim Sullivan
Review: Quirks, tragedies and oddities of New Zealand’s past
Review: Quirks, tragedies and oddities of New Zealand’s past
The MixSeptember 4

Review: Thoughtful exploration of a complex condition

It would be nice to think that as a society we are ready to listen to stories like Emma Hardy’s.
Review: Thoughtful exploration of a complex condition
Review: Thoughtful exploration of a complex condition
The MixSeptember 4

Review: Familiar feelings in difficult characters

Elizabeth Strout’s strength is in creating everyday characters in which we can see ourselves.
Elspeth McLean
Review: Familiar feelings in difficult characters
Review: Familiar feelings in difficult characters
The MixSeptember 4

Horse’s hunches changed science

A “psychic” horse named Clever Hans changed the way we do science, writes Matyas Moravec.
Horse’s hunches changed science
Horse’s hunches changed science
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The MixSeptember 4

Italian Film Festival brings the history

History provides the laughs and the lessons in this years’ Italian Film Festival, artistic director Paolo Rotondo tells Tom McKinlay.
Italian Film Festival brings the history
Italian Film Festival brings the history
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The MixSeptember 4

The peace we can make

If we pay attention and employ a little empathy, we might yet build a peaceable kingdom, Prof Kevin Clements tells Tom McKinlay.
The peace we can make
The peace we can make
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