Several years ago I wrote a piece about the difficulties of working for print in terms of making an error as opposed to writing for “broadcast news”, which is more forgiving. You can get away with things in broadcast news and the general rule of thumb is to keep going
By: Mark Dwyer
In 1818, there were less than 45,000 people living on this vast, majestic island. There was no formal government and – when rowing oars dug into the waters at St. John’s harbour for the 1818 races – it was the fishing admirals who governed.
It would take
Like you I am growing quickly tired of the steadily rising cost of electricity. My poorly insulated home was essentially warmed by electric heat. It was brutal. That little wheel outside in the electric meter on the house was flying around in winter like a ninja death star. Four years
Many of us live our lives in relative peace and harmony. The lucky ones have no memory of the pains of war, hunger, poverty or oppression.
Truthfully, we live a charmed life in Newfoundland and Labrador. Gas prices may be high and Costco might be moving to Dannyland, but it
Well known writer, historian and journalist Will Self once wrote, “It’s a problem, isn’t it, when somebody writes a great book but they’re not a great person.”
This week we tell the story, or part of it, of the very odd Charles Dodgson. He was a mathematics lecturer at Oxford
When you have outport roots like I do, you grow up loving the fishery. You also have a natural respect for those who earn their living from the sea. In my case, however, it was mostly the men of the community who donned the oilskins and rubbers and headed out
You know things are never quite as they seem. Lurking in the reeds of the most idyllic of popular stories often lays a darker realty.
I grew up with the world of the Winnie the Pooh books. Not the cartoons. The gentle children’s world painted by the stories and poems
There are sights and sounds and smells of summer – smell of barbecue, splash of a pool-side cannon- ball, sight of a setting sun over your perfectly pristine lakeside cabin.
These are things that can act as triggers that can transport you through decades to a particular piece of zig-zagged
Gifts come in many forms. Some are expensive. Some cost nothing. Sometimes it is the absence of something that can be a wonderful gift. I tell you that so I can tell you that Father’s Day is coming. I don’t know if I will actually see any of my sons
By: Amy Cleary
Father’s Day, that day when every smiling child goes to a big box store to pick out one of many ties that will be given on June 17. I’ve never had the privilege. Growing up wasn’t hard for me. I was raised by an extremely talented and