Wishing us peace on earth, and all the joys of the season …
December 2022
and we’ll meet here again in 2023.
(John Lennon’s Imagine, courtesy Wikimedia.)
The Southside Hills in History and Song
BY Matthew Hollett
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.
Summer issue on the Stands
On the theme of Hollywood, from NL’s earliest film stars and filmmakers, through the lyrics of a Ron Hynes’ classic, and packed with buzz and scoops and did-you-knows. On the…
Gerry Porter: Cautiously Pessimistic
BY NQ
Gerry Porter was a talented visual artist, designer, and humorist who made an indelible impact on the St. John’s arts scene. He died in 2016, and on Sunday December 1st, a…