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Best new awards & arts prize winners: February 2026
This month's awards and prizes celebrate arts innovators, playwrights, photographers and more.
5 New Zealand music acts keeping te reo Māori alive
A growing number of Aotearoa’s musical artists are using language to reshape national identity.
Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times
The social and psychological forces Taxi Driver brought into focus have not disappeared.
Best new awards and arts prizes: January 2026
This month’s awards and prizes celebrate the best in poetry, painting, creative writing and innovative museum practice.
From stage to screen: four creatives discuss sideways career shifts
Leticia Cáceres, Elizabeth Coleman, Priscilla Jackman and Jean Tong describe how they adapted skills honed in the theatre into film…
London art guide January 2026: best art, theatre & music
This month's London art guide brings you our top picks of the best art, theatre and music to start off…
10 big board games to get excited about in 2026
From Witchbound to Sanibel, here's all the board games that should be on your radar in 2026.
My best book of 2025? Spent Light by Lara Pawson
Lara Pawson's Spent Light, published last year, is an extraordinary book that won't let go of your head.
The best video games I played in 2025
Despite plenty of grim goings on in the world, 2025 also saw a fantastic, inspiring array of video games.
Christmas gift guide 2025: The best board games for all players
Give the gift of board games this Christmas and you'll never be bored.