By Brian Brennan Today is Persons Day in Canada. I was reminded of this, not by a story in the Canadian media – which by now has become blasé about this annual commemoration of women’s rights – but by an opinion column
Agricultural crops from almonds to zucchini are necessarily pollinated by bees, both managed and wild — but colonies of all bees have been collapsing, for reasons that are likely complex and but dimly understood. That’s why it matters, and not least to
Author Mavis Gallant, who died Tuesday ageed 91, moved to Europe from her native Canada intending to write. She succeeded, becoming one of the world’s acclaimed masters of the short story. She lived for nearly 50 years in the same apartment in
The big picture matters. Yesterday a heart-wrenching photo on Twitter spread wildly. It appeared to show a little boy separated from his family as they fled Syria’s violence: “UN staff found 4 year-old Marwan crossing desert alone after being separated from family…”
Some 20 years ago gray wolves were re-introduced to Yellowstone Park in the United States. Their impact has been a transformation of an ecosystem, in ways that few scientists had imagined. But even as the animals are celebrated as a “keystone” species
F&O wraps up the week with an eclectic range of slow journalism from the past, present and future: Critical Assembly: A Drama Critic Remembers Berlin. Two years before the wall came down, in 1987, historian and author Brian Brennan joined 139 other writers
Greetings on Valentine’s day, with a new ditty from American singer-songwriter (and journalist) Andy Revkin. … and if a slight country tang is not your thing, here — just because — is Peggy Lee’s unforgettable jazz classic Fever, from the 1950s:
Journalists paid by industry or a partisan outfit are no longer “journalists.” They are practicing professional public relations. So where does that leave Canada’s Rex Murphy vis a vis his freelance jobs with Canada’s public broadcaster, as a commentator on the flagship
Artist models fashion mannequins on people with disabilities, for their turn in the spotlight on Zurich’s Bahnhofstrasse.
British video artist Reuben Sutherland teams with “noise artist” Dan Hayhurst to create remarkable works on vinyl, such as the one in this video. Sutherland and Hayhurst call their visual/music collaboration Sculpture; they specialize in zoetrope-video art. Those prone to migraines or
I first heard Sheldon Fernandez talk about volunteering in Kenya in 2008, when we were both attending a Creative Writing course at the University of Oxford. I especially never forgot his story about his young student in Kangemi. Now, I’m glad that