SPECIAL GUEST:  Anthony Powell, Filmmaker - live from Antarctica

Tune in to the TEDxScottBase global broadcast 

TEDxScottBase is an extraordinary and unusual event, filmed on the ice in front of a small live audience. But Antarctica is a global community, and we want you to be part of the global conversation.

So we're broadcasting the entire event on the Internet, at three different times to hit every timezone on the planet. 

TEDxScottBase broadcast times (click any broadcast to see what time it will be where you are)

Broadcast A: Sunday 22 January 9am NZDT // Saturday 21 January 8pm UTC

Broadcast B: Sunday 22 January 2pm NZDT // Sunday 22 January 1am UTC

Broadcast C: Sunday 22 January 7pm NZDT // Sunday 22 January 4am UTC

http://www.tedxscottbase.com/how-to-watch/

Francesca Rudkin: Movies

Lion - starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara and David Wenham.

4 stars out of 5

Francesca's full review: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/francesca-rudkin/news/article.cfm?a_id=276&objectid=11783025

Jackie - starring Natalie Portman, Billy Crudup and Peter Sarsgaard

Stars out of 5

Francesca’s full review: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11778979

 

Film of the week: Moonlight - starring Trevante Rhodes, Andrew Holland and Janelle Monae,

5 stars out of 5!

For all of Francesca's reviews, visit http://www.nzherald.co.nz/francesca-rudkin/news/headlines.cfm?a_id=276

 

NICI WICKES: Food

Ricotta Fritters with Summer Fruit - a celebration of summer fruits and these dainty and absolutely scrumptious little fritters/dumplings. It’s a recipe I’ve developed to include in a masterclass I’m doing  in Whakatane end of February as part of the wonderful Sunshine & a Plate festival that is in support of the Hospice. More information: www.sunshineandplate.nz  The recipe is on our website but for more inspiration visit  http://www.niciwickes.com/  or her Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/#!/niciwickes

 

LYNDA HALLINAN: Gardening

The importance of earnestly picking your veges! After a month off at the beach, I returned home to my garden this week, took a deep breath and went on a tiki tour. It could have been worse, I suppose: the birds got all the early plums and rabbits have kept the beans trimmed, but elsewhere I was greeted with gargantuan gherkins (one per jar?), good onions and the obligatory marrows. 

You can't leave a summer vege garden unpicked for more than 2-3 days at the moment, or your crops will stop producing and start concentrating on seed maturation. Ie, coriander, if it gets too hot and dry, will simply bolt to flower and seed to keep their genetic material alive. 

A few tips:

1. Ease back on watering watery things, such as courgettes, tomatoes, cucumbers and gherkins. Courgettes are best if not watered at all in summer. After a heavy rain, mulch them to keep their roots cool instead. The more water you give them, the bigger, mushier and less flavoursome they are. Cucumbers can get a little bitter with no water, but they are incredibly efficient at tapping into it themselves so watering just makes them swell up too quickly, and tomatoes near to ripe will split and crack if over watered.

2. Pick beans every second day. If the pods are bumpy, you've left them unpicked too long and the pod will have started to sacrifice its moisture to the seeds inside. 

3. Pick all ripe strawberries, including the rotten ones. If you leave rotten strawberries on the plant, they'll inevitably spread their grey mould spores to ripening fruit. 

4. Pick fully mature cabbages, cauliflower and broccoli. These can't be left to sit in the soil once mature - they will loosen their florets and run to flower. What you can do to slow this process is take a sharp knife and slice halfway through the stem, about an inch below the head. This reduces the sap flow and holds them for a few extra days. 

5. Don't panic if your lawn is brown and dry. Grass is remarkably resilient. Just ignore it. Leave it unmown. 
   
   

BOB CAMPBELL: Wine

Wine of the Week

Allan Scott 2015 Generations Sauvignon Blanc $26. A new label from an established producer. Concentrated wine with extra richness from a portion that was barrel fermented. More complex and richer than most Marlborough Sauvignons.

Visit Bob's website with over  22,000 wine reviews!  http://bobcampbell.nz/

 

MIKE YARDLEY: Travel

Trending in Travel 2017 -  For more insights on what's trending in the new year of travel, check out Mike's article on the ZB website.  www.newstalkzb.co.nz/lifestyle

 

CATHERINE RAYNES: Books

Jericho's War by Gerald Seymour, Hachette $35

Marshall's Law by Ben Sanders, Allen & Unwin $33

 

ANDREW DICKENS: Music

David Bowie - "No Plan EP" - Andrew's verdict: 4.5 out of 5!

It’s only 4 songs and they’re songs that you can find elsewhere but that’s not necessarily the point.  No Plan itself is a very spooky song about death and Bowie’s take on it, while When I Met You is a song for his wife Iman that defies normal romantic conventions.  It’s a fullstop on the process of passing that has been played out impeccably by a master of performance and keen observer of life.  Bravo.