I didn’t know much about Kamal’s personal story, when he was a theatre reviewer and I a theatre publicist.
Category: My Canada
My Canada, 86/150: Operatic endeavours
In any account of Canadian opera, Harry Somer’s Louis Riel is singled out as an important work.
My Canada, 85/150: The world we want, and the world we have
I think of these authors, in my private filing system, as “my Canadian thinkers.”
My Canada, 84/150: Taking her time
I’ve never heard that audience quiet down faster than when Teva Harrison began speaking.
My Canada, 83/150: The grand man of letters
Davies’ novels can be wickedly funny, funnily old world, and are crammed with capital “C” characters.
My Canada, 82/150: Friend of my youth
To grow up as a girl with ambitions in a Canadian small town meant facing the sneer, “Who do you think you are?”
My Canada, 81/150: The oenophile’s escarpment
What little I know about wine, I first learned because I’ve lived within a couple hours’ drive of the Niagara wine region.
My Canada, 80/150: The County’s best bottles
If Billy Munnelly decides to live Prince Edward County, you know there’s promise a’coming in the County’s wines.