Barbara Amiel on Obama’s ‘people of the tweet’ routine
Barbara Amiel on bringing reason to the Jian Ghomeshi affair
Oscar de la Renta dressed first ladies, but his first loyalty was to family and friends
Barbara Amiel on luck, both fortunate and unfortunate
Reaction to SMU chant brings to mind Mao… and elephants
Five extraordinary books, two celebrity judges and only one winner
In praise of (sometimes trying) family ties, bittersweet love and infuriating stubbornness
“After all those years in prison, I know we were expected to be popping champagne corks, but it isn’t like that”
‘My brave sweet duck, the night is over,’ he said to Barbara Amiel
Columnist Richard Gwyn took home the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his book Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times; Volume Two: 1867–1891. The prize was awarded by the Writers’ Trust at the Politics and the Pen gala held in the ballroom of the Fairmont Château Laurier.
EXCLUSIVE: A rare one-on-one video interview with Amiel at her Toronto home, accompanied by her two Hungarian kuvasz
A decent society that wastes money on programs of no discernible use shouldn’t balk at giving the disabled the small benefit of free parking