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Actor Robyn Malcolm

‘We’re roadkill’: How this Kiwi actor turned middle-age rage into her best work yet

The Kiwi actor has never been stronger or in more demand – and she’s definitely not ready for the La-Z-Boy yet.

  • Louise Rugendyke

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Commander Chris Hadfield at a spacewalk training session in 2012.

This astronaut says space is not the lonely place we see in science fiction

Don’t believe everything you see in films, says the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield.

  • John Bailey
Foromer Top Gear presenter James May, who is bringing his live show, Explorers: The Age of Discovery, to Australia in August.

Maverick explorer and cheese buff James May’s curiosity remains in top gear

The former Top Gear presenter’s escapades include travel, toy construction, machine disassembly and kitchen craft.

  • Michael Dwyer
The anime avatar used by anonymous Japanese pop star Ado.

She’s one of Asia’s biggest stars – but nobody knows who she is

Platinum-selling Japanese singer Ado, who is touring Australia this month, keeps her identity a secret, even when she performs live.

  • Kylie Northover
Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne on child stardom: ‘I was doing the family taxes by the time I was 12’

The screen icon talks Marlon Brando, Rihanna, and the new season of her fantastic show Poker Face.

  • Robert Moran
Folk singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt

Despite big-time fans, Jessica Pratt guards her inner world

Jessica Pratt is bringing her psychedelic folk-pop to Melbourne’s Rising festival next month.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Kinney and his Wimpy Kid protagonist.

Homework, bullies and pets: Jeff Kinney on why kids love his books

The American author’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is the fourth-bestselling book series of all time – and not just in kids’ books.

  • John Bailey
Supergrass have reformed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their album <i>I Should Coco</i>.

‘We didn’t slag off other bands’: Gaz Coombes on Supergrass’ success

Three decades after bouncing into ’90s Britpop with Supergrass, Gaz Coombes reflects on what it was like back then as a teenager, and where he is now, pushing 50. 

  • Barry Divola
Author Hannah Kent.

‘I could feel the cold’: the dreams that told Hannah Kent what to write

Drawn to snowy Iceland as a teenager, the award-winning author found the country calling her again.

  • Suzie Keen
Amanda Knox who has just published a memoir, Free: My Search for Meaning.

‘On the world stage, I was a liar, a drug-addled slut’: Amanda Knox

With the publication of her new memoir, Amanda Knox reveals she takes nothing for granted after being wrongly convicted of murder and spending four years in custody in Italy.

  • JP O’ Malley

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