On Thursday night, we went to the LSPU Hall in St. John’s see The Night Logan Woke Up, the latest Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland collaboration between writer Robert Chafe and director Jillian Keiley. This time,… Read More
“Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”— Henry James There are things about late August and early September that seem to contradict… Read More
“Hello, Bonnie,” I would often say. “Hello, darling,” she might often reply. I knew Bonnie Leyton in a variety of contexts over a large number of years, but I saw her most often over the… Read More
“Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you’re really having a deep relationship with it.”— Cory Doctorow The Toronto-born author and blogger Cory Doctorow wrote these words in his novel Little Brother…. Read More
A bunch of us gathered at the venerable Georgetown Pub in St. John’s Friday for a karaoke night. Our friends Jessica and Brock have been wrapping up a visit, and a bunch of former newsroom… Read More
For many years, I’ve delighted in telling people about a library in St. John’s that most folks have never seen — nor even heard of. I’ve written an article for the summer issue of NQ,… Read More
Wendi Smallwood died earlier this week after a long and (let’s be frank) brutal battle with cancer. She fought it with vigour, stamping on it, and often with humour. Her Facebook posts found the joy… Read More
There are many songs that came out of the British invasion, but there’s one — a veritable anthem to this day for football fans in the United Kingdom — that often comes to mind when… Read More
What kind of person was David Feder? I learned a story this morning, when I was watching the recording of his funeral, which was held Tuesday in St. John’s. When he was recovering from one… Read More
In early 1986, the British TV series Yes, Prime Minister aired a scene that remains stunningly relevant with its lessons about political manipulation, polling, media literacy and public policy. The series was a sequel to… Read More
It happens all the time: the moment when someone realizes they don’t know what they’re talking about — and they know everyone else is realizing it, too. It could be in a presentation in a… Read More
About a dozen years ago, I went out one evening to buy a simple counter-top radio — and I wound up picking up a lesson in changing consumer tastes. The anecdote has been on my… Read More
We went to see Man of the Year, the first-ever musical from the theatre company Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, on Wednesday evening. Dom has been playing in a band for at least 30 years, but… Read More
What would you think about a small group of people who started yelling at teenagers in, say, an atrium at a shopping mall? How would you react if they followed the kids up and down… Read More
A detail in the latest City of St. John’s economic snapshot caught my eye — and it speaks to an ongoing rift between what people are feeling and the bigger economic picture. The city’s report,… Read More