Thinking Allowed

A part of the whole

Thinking Allowed collumnist Liz Breslin ponders on the nature of competition.

Not in the spirit

Halloween is on the rise, but its modern incarnation is a tame sugar-fed beast, writes Liz Breslin.

The good, the grateful and the angry

A still from the film 2015 film Inside Out.

The good, the grateful and the angry

It can pay to dwell on the not-so-positive if you want to get things done, says Liz Breslin.

The great unravelling

As the fabric of society shows fatigue, it's time to wind the bobbin and thread the needle, Liz Breslin writes.

A full point to Wanaka after all

Liz Breslin considers the difference between a town and tourism logo.

We’ll always have the weather

Our weather obsession is a bit like our food obsession - know more and do less, Liz Breslin writes.

Swaddled in that warm fluorescent glow

Liz Breslin finds some good things about working in an office.

Speaking your mind and other just causes

This is not the Olympics, so perhaps we should speak without having to qualify, Liz Breslin writes.

40 years on, still straining to open doors

The Donald. He loves the women. Though you wouldn't think it. Because he's not actually all about them as people. More as arm candy. Or property. But where's the harm, right?, Liz Breslin asks.

Perfect time to clear the air

I have long wanted to wring the neck of the person or people who intimated that life should be fair. Because, reality check, it isn't and never will be, so get over it, Librans and egalitarians.

In for the long run

A motivated Liz Breslin tackles the marathon and goes the distance.

All this automation puts humanity on hold

All this automation puts humanity on hold

Where have all the humans gone, Liz Breslin wonders.

As our beings and doings are more publicly exposed by the speeding social rotations of the world, I find it increasingly hard to be sincere, to hold a conversational opinion that matters without the equivalent of a flippant emoticon at the end of each tentative statement, Liz Breslin writes.

A concussed guide to cool

Having exhausted every other angle on rugby this week, Liz Breslin's family started chatting about concussion tests.

You only need 10

At the end of the day, my wise Irish friend used to say, there is always the night, Liz Breslin writes.

Teaching clarity and charity

In the years I spent tefling - teaching English as a foreign language - there were plenty of memorable times, mostly arising from linguistic mix-ups or sudden moments of clarity, especially when tefling in English-speaking countries with a whole range of cultures sorted according to how well they could conjugate and idiomise.

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