Fascinating
I just read on BBC.com that Ollie Pope is the first person called Oliver ever to play Test...
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James Chatto
Essential Listening
It was announced on Tuesday that the ARC Ensemble has been nominated for a JUNO Award for its latest recording,...
Canadian Culinary Championships part 4 – the Grand Finale
The Grand Finale. Oh what a party! Olympic Athletes. 54-40 giving a whole rock concert. Gold Medal Pints...
Canadian Culinary Championships part 3 – the Black Box Competition
[caption id="attachment_3769" align="alignleft" width="225"] Members of the GMP production team[/caption] Saturday morning – up with the lark to...
Canadian Culinary Championships part 2 – The Mystery Wine Challenge
...Yes, the Mystery Wine was white. It was the 2016 Pinot Gris from Fort Berens, a winery in...
The sound of the distant past
Wonders will never cease. When I was a lad of 21, I was paid ten quid to play...
Canadian Culinary Championships part one – the judges arrive
[caption id="attachment_3748" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Chefs with their mystery wine[/caption] To balmy Kelowna for the 12th running of...
Essential art
there is a young artist in Toronto whose work I love. It fills our house. And our garden....
Toronto Gold Medal Plates 2017
What a grand finale to the 2017 Gold Medal Plates campaign! Last night’s event in Toronto was simply...
Ottawa-Gatineau Gold Medal Plates 2017
We were promised snow in Ottawa, penultimate stop on the Gold Medal Plates marathon, but though the weather...