Reading Room

Ninety-five years ago tonight, Parliament’s Centre Block was destroyed by fire—only the Library of Parliament surviving intact. The blaze left seven dead, including Bowman Brown Law, the MP for Yarmouth. Tom Korski reviews new analysis of what happened that night, including the only known film of the aftermath.

Rahim Jaffer enters an already unimpressive picture

Reading over a draft of the magazine piece, I realized I had previously confused my historical rooms of Parliament that begin with the letter R.