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Hold the front page! Two great newspaper wars that changed Canada
The Globe and Mail· 3 days agoOne of them is dedicated to Val Sears, who died in Almonte in 2016. Val Sears was one of the best...
How Golden Peacocks on a Dining Room Wall Destroyed a Longstanding Friendship in Victorian Society
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoWhen James McNeill Whistler put the final, defiant flourishes upon two golden peacocks on art collector Frederick Leyland’s dining room wall, it was an act that would lead to the end of a long ...
Ireland gig guide - Paloma Faith, Jess Glynne and this week's biggest concerts
Irish Mirror· 6 days agoPioneering dance act Leftfield are renowned for a dub-heavy colossal sound that’s been known to...
Gold, silver or bronze? The Canadian hopefuls to bring home medals from Paris
National Post· 6 days agoMore than 300 athletes are set to compete for Canada in the 2024 Paris Olympics across more than two...
8 storylines to follow as the Paris Summer Olympics get underway
MPR News· 22 hours agoAfter COVID-19 pandemic restrictions kept spectators away for the last two Olympic Games (in Beijing and Tokyo), the French capital has prepared to welcome back crowds with ...
Lowes Foods to shutter a Moncks Corner grocery store
The Post and Courier· 21 hours agoAbout three years after opening, a Moncks Corner supermarket is closing down. Alex Lee Retail, the North Carolina-based parent of regional grocery chain...
Clio breaks Canadian tech financing record, raising US$900-million to give it US$3-billion valuation
The Globe and Mail· 2 days agoThen German angel investor named Christopher Janz stumbled upon their legal software startup, Clio...
Kiefer Sutherland classic 24 set to come back as a movie
Digital Spy· 7 days agoPrepare the countdown as it looks like a movie adaptation of 24 is again back in the works at 20th...
The Real Story Behind Netflix's 'The Decameron'
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoWhen the 14th-century Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio published The Decameron, a collection of short stories about an outbreak of bubonic plague in ...
In This Tale of a Medieval Pandemic, There’s Fun to Be Had
New York Times· 7 days agoSet during the plague in 14th century Italy, Netflix’s “The Decameron” finds dark humor in a group...