February 2007

Books

Europe’s Original Sin

by Randy Boyagoda

After a bloody twentieth century, the continent may now be ready to come to terms with its dark history…[more]

National Magazine Award Gold Medal

Once Upon a Country

by Don Gillmor

In Stéphane Dion the Liberals have a new narrator and perhaps a hero. All now depends on the story he tells and how the Canadian everyman reacts. NMA Gold Medal: Politics and Public Interest, Don Gillmor …[more]

Architecture

The Other Side of Darkness

by John Bentley Mays

Out of the ashes of the World Trade Center comes a new vision for tall buildings in the contemporary world…[more]

Sightings

Nation Proliferation

by Ken Alexander

By 6 a.m. on Saturday, December 2, a not-unusual clutch of characters had gathered inside the Rose Donut shop at the…[more]

Field Notes

Dem’s Fightin’ Birds

by Larry Frolick

In Guyana, manliness is measured by the sweetness of a sparrow’s song…[more]

Field Notes

Arctic Cabaret

by Margo Pfeiff

When you hail a taxi in Nunavut’s capital, you’re in for quite a trip…[more]

Memoir

Ringo’s Drum Roll

by David Gilmour

(or, lessons in living on a modest talent)…[more]

Field Notes

Against the Grain

by Megan Williams

At an international cook-off in Sicily, judging couscous proves a rough business…[more]

National Magazine Award Nominee

Veils for Western Women

by Marni Jackson

Beauty burkas and vanity veils. NMA nominee: Humour…[more]

Sporting Life

First on the Hill

by John Fry

The story of modern skiing owes much to Quebec’s Laurentians…[more]

Language

Gertrude Stein’s Radical Grammar

by Kay Armatage

“Revolting” question marks, codependent commas, and the apostrophes that speak to our weakness…[more]

Media

Good To Go

by Semi Chellas

A military-run course designed to prepare reporters for combat raises some thorny questions about journalistic ethics…[more]