Rewriting our history won’t make it go away
The modern fashion of attempting to rewrite history appears to be gaining ground. Hector-Louis Langevin’s…
We don’t want to go where trade wars have taken us before
President Donald Trump has unveiled a long list of punishing tariffs that will affect everyone.…
Visiting Liverpool in search of John Lennon’s first muse
The city of Liverpool has intrigued me ever since I heard my first Beatles record…
Banksy, and art’s uneasy alliance with capitalism
There’s always been an understood link between art and capitalism. Even artists who reject the…
Out of the roiling heat of Montreal, into the heart of artistic genius
Last week, thousands of Montrealers began to experience what I expect will gradually become a…
The man who cheated death again and again
He’s a forgotten figure now but there was a time when anyone following the news…
Embrace the moment, regardless of the circumstances
When saying goodbye to people, I’ll often add: “And remember, no matter where you go,…
Why Roseanne shouldn’t have been cancelled
Did ABC make a mistake last month in cancelling Roseanne? Few people would disagree that…
Television’s telling trend to female cops
In contemporary British and Canadian television programs, women are portrayed as the prominent police officers,…
Paving the way with quiet dignity
It’s unfortunate that we often forget the people who come second. Jackie Robinson is rightly…