Agnes Bennett, motorist

Agnes Bennett, motorist

Here is Dr Agnes Ben­nett (1872–1960), pho­to­graphed with friends on a sum­mer driv­ing exped­i­tion in her new car. It was on the eve of World War I and they were […]

Fun from the fringes

Fun from the fringes

Dav­id Seymour’s ‘See-Mo’ Mous­tache For Movem­ber, Sey­mour grew what could only be described as ‘The Epsom Ban­dito’. Like a slightly uncool Mag­num PI, it was per­fect for a man looking […]

WGT vs. AKL

WGT vs. AKL

Eight years ago I moved to Wel­ling­ton. I’ve wanted to go home ever since. I’ve tried to find a way every year. But not this year. This year I’m set­tling in. […]

Pretty in pink

Pretty in pink

Two little girls, both with pretty curls Twins almost always in sync But one is a lov­er of any old col­our While the oth­er will only have pink.  I have identic­al twin […]

Capital Questions with Hayden Frost

Capital Questions with Hayden Frost

For many, act­ing is only a pipe dream, but for Hay­den Frost this was nev­er the case. “I always thought of act­ing as some­thing I would do because I had […]

The Interview: Rodger Fox

The Interview: Rodger Fox

Pro­fes­sion­al musi­cians are made of dif­fer­ent stuff from the rest of us. Every­body knows this. A musi­cian is end­lessly youth­ful, their joy in life will remain unfaded, and they will march […]

All the right notes for 2015

All the right notes for 2015

Six By One, a series of six con­certs show­cas­ing all of Tchaikovsky’s sym­phon­ies and fea­tur­ing top New Zea­l­and pian­ist Michael Hou­s­ton, is set to be Orches­tra Wellington’s biggest sea­son yet, […]