Index Summer Escape THIS WEEK

Escape looks back on the highlights from our trips across the Tasman in 2012.

12-13 CUSTOM MADE:

A how-to guide for the global traveller on social customs and cultural no-nos.

14-15 ICONIC BITES:

The second in a three-part series of Kiwi chefs talking about their most famous dishes.

16-18 YOU SAID IT:

From a year of interviewing some of the top names in music and show business, Grant Smithies and Stephanie Holmes recall the quotes of 2012.

19-22 BOOK REVIEWS:

Good reads on fashion and gardening, plus the Kiwi connection inThe Socialite Who Killed a Nazi with her Bare Hands.

AGE APPROPRIATE:

FILM REVIEWS:

PUZZLES:

Billy Connolly’s new film Quartet deals with ageing, but Ed Gibbs discovers he’s still happy in his work at 70.

Sarah Watt and Kate Mead review Les Miserables, The Imposter and Celeste and Jesse Forever.

A new year workout for your brain.

APPOINTMENT VIEWING:

A lottery win becomes a drama for Timothy Spall and Joanna Page, plus the week’s TV highlights.

A VARIETY PERFORMANCE:

An unpredictable Joaquin Phoenix unburdens himself to Catherine Shoard.