Margaret MacMillan

Margaret MacMillan in conversation with Paul Wells: Maclean’s Live

Canada’s most distinguished historian joins Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells for a talk about momentous times—including the year 2020

Can women do big history?

Margaret MacMillan tackles the subject of a raging debate—with perhaps a measure of impatience

Why Wiliam Lyon Mackenzie King was as great a leader as FDR

Massey Lectures: Margaret MacMillan on leadership and masters of the body politic

Every object in the ROM has a story

Twenty-one writers celebrate 21 objects from the Royal Ontario Museum collection

Margaret MacMillan on the road to the First World War

The bestselling historian charts the lead-up to 1914

The war that ended peace

Margaret MacMillan upends notion of inevitability of First World War

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Top 10 Canadian books of the decade

Maclean’s books blogger Brian Bethune picks his favourites

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The Man Who Got Canadians

At his best, Stephen Leacock saw through us like no one else

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Video Gallery: Maclean’s Gala

Jeff Harris goes behind the scenes