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The MixAugust 7

Spotlight on cooking kūmara

There are few ingredients more quintessentially Kiwi than kūmara.
Spotlight on cooking kūmara
Spotlight on cooking kūmara
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The MixAugust 7

Trying not to look like a pudding in Yorkshire

Tales from the Powder Room
Trying not to look like a pudding in Yorkshire
Trying not to look like a pudding in Yorkshire
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The MixAugust 7

Venus turns up the lights

Venus is impossible to miss at present.
Skywatch, by Ian Griffin
Venus turns up the lights
Venus turns up the lights
The MixAugust 7

Review: Fictional journals insubstantial despite clever format

The first two volumes of The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion resemble blancmange: light and inoffensive, and too insubstantial to make a satisfying meal.
Review: Fictional journals insubstantial despite clever format
Review: Fictional journals insubstantial despite clever format
The MixAugust 7

Review: Insightful collection from South D Poet Lorikeet

Biology Field Trip is not bad from someone who only did fifth form science.
Review: Insightful collection from South D Poet Lorikeet
Review: Insightful collection from South D Poet Lorikeet
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The MixAugust 7

The most beautiful elbow in antiquity

The ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti is admired in modern times for her beauty, captured most famously in the painted bust now (controversially) housed in Berlin’s Neues Museum.
The most beautiful elbow in antiquity
The most beautiful elbow in antiquity
The MixAugust 7

Energy vampires are hovering over our power

The door is being held open for those very energy vampires here in New Zealand, and none of us were asked.
Energy vampires are hovering over our power
Energy vampires are hovering over our power
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The MixAugust 7

No detail spared in prize-winning book on Pompeii

Mary Beard's book on Pompeii offers up the intimate details of life in a Roman town.
The World Before Us, by Charles Higham
No detail spared in prize-winning book on Pompeii
No detail spared in prize-winning book on Pompeii
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The MixAugust 7

We don’t really need 10,000 steps

You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and longevity.
We don’t really need 10,000 steps
We don’t really need 10,000 steps
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