Art and literature.
Not just the title of this gorgeous work of neo-classicism, but this essential element of NQ is also a nod towards our upcoming (extra-special) theme.
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Painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
OF ALL the animals Clarence Birdseye devoured during his three years in Labrador, lynx was the most memorable.
I’M NOT SURE who first referred to them as the “Dear Old” Southside Hills, or if anyone still calls them that. Possibly the name went out of fashion when the huge oil tanks were built. But the nickname seems to have stuck for a while in the early 1900s, a curious term of affection for the imposing hillside that gives shape to St. John’s Harbour.
At a time when many small businesses across the country, including craft-related ones, have folded due to the pandemic, the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador is marking its 50th…