Concept of landscape beyond the picturesque
Making sense of landscapes is more than an academic exercise for Matt Vance’s Innerland, and it is certainly not a travelogue about New Zealand’s top scenic trails.
Books
Towards the light
Towards the light
Joy Cowley launched a new book of rhymes and nonsense in Dunedin at the weekend. The renowned children’s author gives Bruce Munro some revealing words of wisdom about living in shadow and light.
Woman's part in Hitler's downfall revealed
Woman's part in Hitler's downfall revealed
Ted Fox reviews Train to Nowhere by Anita Leslie.
Sold into slavery
Sold into slavery
A treacherous affair during the little-known 19th-century Pacific Island slave trade has a southern New Zealand link, historian Dr Scott Hamilton tells Bruce Munro.