Art in the Time of Physical Distance: Lisa Moore
What book(s) and author(s) are you reading right now and why? I’m reading Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. I’ve read Tess of the D’Urbervilles three times and Far from…
Thoughts while watching Mrs Miniver during a pandemic
By Janet Harron On the bulletin board in what was once my dining room and is now my work-from-home office there is a piece of paper with the following words…
I stayed in the have not province
BY Monica Walsh
I am a person who works in the arts and I decided to stay in my home province of Newfoundland and Labrador rather than move to the mainland for better…
Morgan’s novel debut: doodles, footnotes, & aspirational poetry
Can you tell us a little about yourself? Working backwards. My first novel comes out on the feast day of St Isidore the Farmer (May 15), apocalypse notwithstanding: it’s called Dirty…
Nights acapella: giving voice to our songs
BY Monica Walsh
On the last Thursday of every month, a wonderful time is had at The Crow’s Nest Officer’s Club in downtown St John’s. It is home to the St John’s Song…
The Grammarians War
If I understand this correctly, The Grammarians War was a 16th-century, Tudor-era conflict (1519-1521) between rival methods of teaching Latin. The opposing sides were led, respectively, by schoolmasters William Horman (of…