Lucire’s first licensed edition was Lucire Romania, with a first issue in May 2005. Jack Yan looks back at a decision by a brave, confident, outward-looking Romanian company […]
Twenty years ago: Lucire Romania launches
May 12, 2025/10.53
Category: New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Ballet, NZ Dance Company explore themes of identity in new season
May 10, 2025/23.37
National identity, sense of place, self-discovery, and contemplation are all themes in a groundbreaking collaboration between Aotearoa New Zealand’s two premier dance companies, writes Jack Yan […]
May 8, 2025/3.18
Eight articles from 1999–2002 have been restored, showing a very different world in fashion and entertainment, writes Jack Yan […]
Shoes have a story: Well Heeled: Shoes with Personality opening at the Dowse
May 7, 2025/10.54
The Dowse Art Museum is showing distinctive shoes, each with their own story, from three private collections in a new exhibition […]
The Firebird with My Brilliant Career: Royal New Zealand Ballet’s remarkable, characterful duo
April 30, 2025/13.06
The Royal New Zealand Ballet’s double bill comprises a technologically ambitious and grand masterpiece, and a characterful tale about staying true to yourself, writes Jack Yan […]
Are we living in the era of Andrew Niccol’s Simone?
April 12, 2025/12.55
The 2002 film Simone was about a digital actress who people think is real, causing a global phenomenon. Jack Yan wonders if we have arrived at this technological point […]
Essano protects and hydrates skin all day with sunscreen serum and night cream
April 4, 2025/12.55
Efficacious and feature-rich, with pure ingredients, Essano adds two more products to see off the summer weather […]
James May heads to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore with live show on explorers
March 25, 2025/8.40
The former Top Gear presenter will visit 10 cities during July and August, with 11 tour dates, followed by a UK tour for September and October […]
The week: on Careless People, US exiting world affairs, and meritorious coverage
March 22, 2025/11.51
Jack Yan looks at the previous week, from a shout-out by a later Kiwi fashion website, to Sarah Wynn-Williams’s Careless People, to the world no longer seeing the US as having a role in global affairs […]
With depth, M3F delivers an authentic music festival
March 20, 2025/11.20
Showing that you don’t need to be gigantic and corporate, M3F delivers a music festival that punches above its weight with the sheer quality of the acts and a genuine community feel, reports Devin Colvin […]
