Features

As painter Claude Monet's garden and house in Giverny is to France, beloved artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s garden and house is, in a more contemporary fashion, becoming to England. Audio

Auckland musician C. Zukey wrote the album Stonefruut after his wife sustained a serious brain injury during childbirth.  Audio

Rebecca Sharrock can recite the entirety of the Harry Potter books, remember every school lesson she had, and recall what she was doing on any given date. Audio

If you were to speak into an old telephone - what would you say? London-based artist, Joe Bloom has been finding out via an old-school, chunky, red telephone where people look out onto the Thames and share their inner thoughts, feelings and observations.  Video, Audio

Sexism forced Renee Gracie from the sport she loved, so she set up an OnlyFans account, becoming Australia's biggest earner on the subscription adult content site. She then used the money to set up her own Supercars team.  Audio

The usually buoyant Christchurch singer-songwriter delves into darkness on her frequently gorgeous new LP, writes Tony Stamp. Video, Audio

Auckland musician C. Zukey wrote the album Stonefruut after his wife sustained a serious brain injury during childbirth.  Audio

When Cliff Shearer is not on his milking stool, you might find him poring over antique farming books. Audio

The idea that there is a "universal good posture" that will protect us from back pain is not supported by science, says physical therapist and writer Beth Linker. Audio

William Dart catches up with the music of Beth Gibbons, the voice of Portishead a few decades ago and now the assured songwriter of her new solo album, Lives Outgrown. Audio

The New Zealand Youth Choir features in this week’s programme, singing Wairua tapu (a hymn to the Holy Spirit by Ngapo Wehi) and the African-American spiritual Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen. Audio

Award-winning Christchurch folk musician Mel Parsons performs four songs from her new album Sabotage. Video, Audio

Nick Tipping takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and Billy Tipton, and NZ's own Eilish Wilson. Audio

Rock and roll reporter talks to Charlotte Ryan about NZs pop icon Sandy Edmonds, the star who was everywhere and then disappeared.  Video, Audio

The power to effortlessly skip a song by clicking 'next' devalues the experience of music and music itself, says English professor Dr Glenn Fosbraey. Audio

  The musician known as Hoaris the Boaris was working as a labourer until a hunting accident nearly paralysed him and sent him into music fulltime. Video, Audio

The new season of Married at First Sight NZ is delivering Kiwis a welcome break from the complexities of life. Audio

Over the past two years, previously unknown lava caves have been discovered at an average rate of one per month - often on construction sites. Audio

While we sometimes need instinct as a guide, as the "guardian of coherence" logic is a more helpful tool, says philosopher Patrick Giraud. Audio

The Christchurch singer-songwriter delves into darkness on her new LP. It's an exploration of sadness that's more meaningful when framed against Parsons' usual buoyant personality, writes Tony Stamp. Video, Audio

Year 10 students were asked to analyse memes as part of their NCEA literacy exam on reading. But what about Shakespeare and Chaucer? Audio

A band leader, trombonist, recording artist and big picture thinker, Rodger Fox's zest for life rubbed off on many. The 71-year-old musician died last week. Since then, there has been an outpouring of grief for a man who opened doors for all in New Zealand's jazz music community. Audio

A jelly sculpture stuffed with boiled eggs, peas, luncheon meat and gherkins popped up on the menu at a Dunedin pizza joint. The owners never expected they'd have to make one.

Two years on from the infamous Oscars slap, Will Smith is back in the first Hollywood film he has made since that curious evening. Are we ready to forgive and forget? Video