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Rosamund Pike shows off her acting talents in the new drama A United Kingdom.

Running out of present ideas for the practical person in your life? NZ Lifestyle Block editor Nadene Hall's gift list might provide inspiration.

This week in the water cooler: we get very confused watching Westworld, make green pizza bases and are screaming for ice cream.

The Off-Topic Book Club share a laugh while reviewing Jilly Cooper's saucy new novel Mount!

Find a sunny spot and curl up with one of our picks for great Christmas reads this season.

He’s interested in how everything is interconnected; she in the personal story of her clients. This pair of Sydney-based Kiwi architects continue to make their mark on both civic and private jobs

Splashing beauties, buzzing bumbles and sleeping dogs and a Pinnacles performance - what we are talking about in the water cooler this week.

Beauty-junkie daughter? Fragrance-loving friend? Or just looking for some inspo for your own Christmas lust list…? here’s a guide to some of the best beauty gifts of this festive season.

These tips will help you to reduce the amount of packaging you use, and get you into DIY cleaning products.

This week in the water cooler, we review Fantastic Beasts, whip up some cashew cream and make Paua Porridge.

This month the Off-Topic Book Club do a podcast about a case made famous by a podcast when they review Adnan's Story by Rabia Chaudry.

Sheryl welcomed her husband Tony into their marriage by giving him the key to her  fabulous 56-year-old fin-tailed Ford.

Step away from your screens and eat under the stars with NZ Life & Leisure’s new outdoor cooking and DIY book: In Your Backyard: FOOD & FIRE, on sale now.

Kristina Jensen talks about the health benefits of almonds, how to make milk from almonds, and what to do with the leftover pulp.

This week in the water cooler: we celebrate the highlights of Garden Marlborough, see some flying pigs and create posh sheds.

This week in the water cooler: we sing the praises of stained glass, wax lyrical about goats and make delicious yet unpronounceable sauces.

Thieving sparrows,  heartless geese, breathless theatre and treasured faces: things that we were talking about in the thisNZlife office this week

This week in the water cooler we dance up a storm, battle over cheese and bake the "best biscuits ever”

In a two-part series, Dr Libby fronts up to a question about nutritional deficiencies.

This week in the water cooler: we review The Girl on the Train, discover a girl's crafty secret store and have birds on the brain.

Allbirds shoes, made of New Zealand merino, have been named the 'world's most comfortable shoe'. Co-founder Tim Brown shares his story, and thisNzlife's Yolanta Woldendorp puts them to the test.

In this weeks water cooler, we dream of flying through the jungle and high-fashion couture, make coconut yoghurt and test restaurants with unpronounceable names.

He wanted a race car, she wanted a comfortable ride, turns out the 1974 Ford Capri was the car they didn't know they always wanted.

In the water cooler this week:  Miranda discovers a super product, Nadene gets worms,  Cheree becomes hot and steamy and Anna cracks the mystery gadget.

Jenny Drury is finding success with fashion label Ketz-ke by focussing on wholesale and supporting New Zealand retailers.

Reviewer Miranda Spary is gripped by this cutting political tale.

This week in the water cooler: We all scream for ice- cream, go crazy over cats in the tube and Anna Tait-Jamieson plays guess the gadget.

This week in the water cooler: Rebecca discovers a cool walk for the kids - and we check in on Serita the lamb.

Fans of the wood-burning stove explain why they find an old-fashioned form of cooking far more satisfying than modern gadgetry.

The Off-Topic book Club raves about The Light Between Oceans, by M L Stedman.

What does it take to captain a rugby team through to win two successive World Cups? A new documentary tries to capture the man behind the hype

This week in the thisNZlife office: We're feeling inspired by a wee spring lamb, try some strange fruit and find hares in the garden.

In the first of a new series, Dr Libby tackles a problem head on.

Ned Hayes' novel The Eagle Tree is an honest depiction of autism, without heavy-handed sentimentality, writes Miranda Spary.