Reading Time: 4 minutes The child that was me experienced the lead-up to Easter as foreboding rather than inspiring
Author: Pat Murphy
Who was Pontius Pilate, the man who sentenced Jesus to death?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pilate consciously misused his power to curry favour
The death of King Richard the Lionheart
Reading Time: 4 minutes England’s most famous medieval king was, like his parents, more French than English
The Canadian who helped tame America’s Wild West
Reading Time: 4 minutes Born in Quebec, Bat Masterson set out to find adventure on America’s frontier – and he found plenty
U.S. election interference contributed to the fall of John Diefenbaker
Reading Time: 4 minutes Deja vu? Then, U.S. interference favoured Pearson’s Liberals. Today, China’s interference favours Trudeau’s Liberals
Time magazine was once a giant
Reading Time: 4 minutes Time had a uniquely American vibe – tonally authoritative, irreverent, unawed by authority, and fond of winners
Michael Caine is still going strong at 90
Reading Time: 4 minutes Picking favourites from Caine’s extensive film catalogue is a challenging proposition
Nixon in love
Reading Time: 4 minutes A 2015 biography by Evan Thomas gives us Nixon in the round, talented and tortured, ambitious and insecure
England’s warrior queen
Reading Time: 4 minutes Boudica’s moment of fame came as the leader of a revolt against the Romans in the years 60-61
Jimmy Carter was an accidental president
Reading Time: 4 minutes His nobility of purpose came across as preachy self-righteousness