EDGE #431 – On the Brilliance of Katherine Mansfield + 39 Global Stories

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Writers | Literary Hub

03 February 2023

On the Brilliance of Katherine Mansfield

“The Katherine Mansfield Memorial Garden is a
peaceful, oblong-shaped park set in the midst
of Thorndon, in Wellington. It is named after
the city’s most famous daughter, the short
story writer Katherine Mansfield, whose work
is widely read in France and Europe but…

Story

Politics and Economics
|
Washington Post (The)
30 January 2023

Jacinda Ardern Gives the World a Lesson in
Humility

“Jacinda Ardern and young female leaders – including
Finland’s PM Sanna Marin and Denmark’s Mette
Frederiksen – who have emerged in the…
 
Story

Politics and Economics
|
Financial Times
30 January 2023

Chris Hipkins New Zealand’s Next Prime
Minister

Chris Hipkins will become New Zealand’s next prime
minister after MPs of the ruling Labour party made
the 44-year-old their unanimous choice to…
 
Story

Cricket
|
Economist (The)
29 January 2023

Bazball Revolution Could Change Test Cricket

The England cricket team’s recent “fast and
fearless”, and “wonderful”, approach to the game has
been dubbed “Bazball”, after a nickname for
England’s…
 
Story

Obituaries
|
legacy.com
06 February 2023

RIP Pioneering Neuroscientist Matthew During

[Legacy.com] New Zealand-born Matthew During was a
pioneering neuroscientist who devoted his life to
developing gene therapy for human applications.
During, who died…
 
Story

Film & TV
|
Hollywood Reporter
04 February 2023

Thomasin McKenzie Burns Up the Screen in
Eileen

“What a strange and spellbinding psychological
thriller [William Oldroyd] has woven out of Ottessa
Moshfegh’s novel, Eileen,” Hollywood Reporter…
 
Story

Taste
|
Condé Nast Traveller
26 January 2023

London’s Prettiest Restaurant is Apricity

“There’s an instantly soothing, unexpected
simplicity at [New Zealander] Chantelle Nicholson’s
low-waste restaurant Apricity, Mayfair’s newest
distinguished…
 
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Story

Visual Arts
|
Ocula
25 January 2023

Gibbs Farm Alive with Gravity-Defying
Sculptures

“The Gibbs Farm sculpture park collection brings
together some staggering outdoor sculptures in North
Auckland,” Ocula magazine reports. “The vast…
 
Story

Film & TV
|
Vanity Fair
25 January 2023

Simone Kessell Discusses Her Yellowjackets
Role

In a Vanity Fair exclusive first look at adult
Lottie Matthews (one of the Yellowjackets plane
crash survivors), New Zealand-born actor Simone
Kessell, 47,…
 
Story

Adrenalin
|
National Geographic
24 January 2023

Six of the Best Adventures in New Zealand

“Whether you prefer a stomach-dropping free fall or
a calf-burning rock ascent, New Zealand has no
shortage of hair-raising adventures for those with a
head for heights,”…
 
Story

Politics and Economics
|
New York Times (The)
23 January 2023

New Zealand’s Leader Jacinda Ardern Steps Down

Jacinda Ardern, who became a global liberal icon as
New Zealand’s prime minister but faced deepening
political challenges with an election looming at…
 
Story

New Zealand
|
New York Times (The)
23 January 2023

Auckland’s Pastries Rival France’s Best

Your time is up Wellington, Auckland is Aotearoa’s
new culinary capital according to The New York
Times, including the City of Sails in the top five
on its annual…
 
Story

General
|
New York Times (The)
22 January 2023

Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger Danny de Kek Speaks
Up

From his home in New Zealand, the YouTuber Danny de
Hek assails what he calls a dangerous and deceptive
scheme, one rant at a time. David Segal…
 
Story

Music
|
Guardian (The)
21 January 2023

Kimbra on the Ups and Downs of Fame

At just 21, the New Zealand musician Kimbra became
famous for her part in smash-hit duet Somebody That
I Used to Know. So what happened after? The
Guardian’s Katie Cunningham checks in with…
 
Story

Nature
|
Guardian (The)
20 January 2023

Life on Scott Base Shared via TikTok

As part of the Guardian series ‘Life on the edge’,
Scott Base redevelopment manager Matthew Jordan
talks to Eva Corlett about what it’s like to live
inside New Zealand’s Antarctica…
 
Story

Writers
|
Guardian (The)
19 January 2023

Why Katherine Mansfield Still Divides Opinion

In an edited extract from her foreword to Wild
Places: Selected Stories by Katherine
Mansfield, English author Helen Simpson asks: “How
and why did Katherine…
 
Story

War & Peace
|
Marianas Variety
19 January 2023

Sealark Exploration Scouring the Pacific

“The nature of [World War Two], scattered as it was
across thousands of miles of sea and sand, meant
that many people, ships, and aircraft disappeared
without a…
 
Story

Taste
|
D Magazine
18 January 2023

Quarter Acre Brings NZ-Inspired Dining to
Dallas

“When word spread that Toby Archibald, a chef who’d
formerly worked at Bullion and Georgie by Curtis
Stone, would be opening a restaurant inspired by…
 
Story

Fashion
|
New York Times (The)
18 January 2023

M3GAN a Deadly Doll with a Killer Wardrobe

The titular star of the New Zealand-made horror film
M3GAN, released last week in the US, had to try on
several outfits before finding a signature look,
Joshua Lyon reports…
 
Story

Design
|
Women’s Wear Daily
15 January 2023

In Search of Home Time with Emilia Wickstead

The homeware sector is expected to reach a market
value of more than US$200 billion by the end of
2031, Hikmat Mohammed writes in a story for Women’s
Wear Daily…
 
Story

Film & TV
|
New York Times (The)
15 January 2023

Killer Doll Movie M3GAN Reviews Well in US

New Zealand director Gerard Johnstone’s latest film,
the comedy horror M3GAN, is well reviewed in
Variety, with critic Owen Gleiberman describing it
as “creepy,…
 
Story

Sport General
|
New York Times (The)
07 January 2023

UFC’s Israel Adesanya Fights on His Terms

New Zealander Israel Adesanya has cleared out most
of his challengers and has faced criticism for some
fights lacking flashy knockouts. “It’s a high-level
game we play, but…
 
Story

Visual Arts
|
WA Today
06 January 2023

Lynley Crosswell Creates Experiences in Victoria


New Zealander Lynley Crosswell took over as chief
executive of Museums Victoria which includes the
Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks, Immigration…
 
Story

Music
|
Boston Herald
05 January 2023

The Beths Gifted Fans an Outstanding 2022
Album

In a round-up of the year’s most outstanding albums,
the Boston Herald’s Jed Gottlieb includes Auckland
indie band The Beths’ Expert in a Dying Field in…
 
Story

Writers
|
Telegraph (The)
04 January 2023

Mansfield Left Other Modernists in the Dust

“This year, we celebrated the annus mirabilis of
literary modernism, whose greatest novel, Ulysses,
and greatest poem, The Waste Land, both turned 100
… This year…
 
Story

Rugby
|
Telegraph (The)
03 January 2023

Wales Rugby Welcomes Back Warren Gatland

New Zealander Warren Gatland made a sensational
comeback as Wales head coach replacing fellow New
Zealander Wayne Pivac after a disappointing year,
Ben Coles reports for The…
 
Story

Politics and Economics
|
CNBC
02 January 2023

New Zealand Part of Growing Wellbeing Network

For a small but growing network of countries, the
world’s go-to metric of economic health is no longer
fit for purpose, Sam Meredith reports for CNBC.
Mostly led…
 
Story

New Zealand
|
Observer
26 January 2003

20 YEARS AGO

Scuba-duper

NZ waters crop up three times in the Observer‘s list
of the world’s best scuba spots. Hauraki Reef and
Kaikoura Canyon are recommended for mammal
enthusiasts…
 
Story

Sport
|
ABC News
6 January 2013

15 YEARS AGO

Taranaki’s Silver Surfer

Taranaki teenager Paige Hareb has stunned the
international surfing world by reaching the final of
the Billabong World Pro Junior in Sydney…
 
Story

Nature
|
Bangkok post
31 January 2018

10 YEARS AGO

New Zealand Dolphin Faces Extinction

An estimated 55 adult Maui dolphins are left in the
world. The Maui is unique to the west coast of New
Zealand’s North Island. It is the world’s rarest and
smallest dolphin….
 
Story

Nature
|
Independent
27 January 2022

5 YEARS AGO

Uninhabited Tiritiri Matangi Where Birds
Thrive

Tiritiri Matangi – a 75-minute ferry ride from
downtown Auckland – is one of several offshore
islands that…
 

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Music
|
Houston Chronicle
22 November 2022

Gemma New Makes Houston Symphony Debut

Gemma New has studied under conductors whose names
are familiar well beyond the cloistered halls of
classical music: Dudamel, Salonen, Michael Tilson
Thomas. The 35-year-old New Zealand…
 
Story

General
|
MIrage News
22 November 2022

Cultural Champ Ken Gorbey Relishes Ninth
Decade

Arts alumnus Ken Gorbey tells Megan Fowlie,
reporting for Auckland University’s Ingenio
magazine, that he is treating his ninth decade as he
would a museum…
 
Story

Te Ao Maori
|
Guardian (The)
22 November 2022

The Night Aotearoa Won More than a Rugby Match

“The Women’s Rugby World Cup was a milestone for
seeing Māori culture and worldview deeply embedded
in Aotearoa’s national identity,” Tāmaki
Makaurau-…
 
Story

Obituaries
|
Protocol
08 November 2022

Code of Adobe Engineer Alan McLachlan Lives On

It’s likely Auckland-born Alan McLachlan’s code is
running on your computer right now, Lizzy Lawrence
writes for tech news site, Protocol. McLachlan,
an…
 
Story

Business
|
Fortune
08 November 2022

Air New Zealand’s Greg Foran Profiled in
Fortune

Greg Foran’s decision in 2019 to step down as CEO of
Walmart’s $300 billion-a-year US business and lead
Air New Zealand took retail industry…
 
Story

Nature
|
New York Times (The)
28 October 2022

Researchers Marvel at Godwit’s Migratory
Flight

Tens of thousands of bar-tailed godwits are taking
advantage of favourable winds in September and
October for their annual migration from the mud
flats…
 
Story

Nga Kupu Aroha – Words of Love
|
Denis O’Reilly
14 November 2022

Sermon on the Mahau

KNOX The following sermon, a panegyric for William
Knockers Allen, was delivered on 7th November 2022
by Denis O’Reilly from the mahau, the front porch,
of the whare Taamaki Makaurau at Ihumatao, Auckland,
to members of the community and…
 
Story

General
|
ABC
11 November 2022

Diary of Polar Explorer Clarence Hare
Published

Early explorer New Zealander Clarence Hare, who
survived being lost in Antarctica long before
retiring to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, has had his
famous…
 
Story

Architecture
|
Evening Standard
11 November 2022

Amyas Connell-Designed Modernist UK Home for
Sale

High and Over is no ordinary home. This legendary
concrete, Y-shaped building, designed by New
Zealand-born architect Amyas Connell, is the UK’s
first…
 
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