A.S.A. Harrison
She was an avant-garde artist who once practised striptease for a book, but she longed to write a novel for a bigger audience
Nicholas Köhler
Nicholas Köhler is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Maclean’s, the South China Morning Post and The Christian Science Monitor, among other places. He has reported from around the world, including New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, northeast Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and more recently from Myanmar as it lurched toward democracy. You can reach him at nick@nicholaskohler.com.
One diamond’s dark and mysterious past
From 2013: Meet the Maltese Falcon-like gemstone that sparked a five-year storm of desire, political intrigue and crime
Witch hunters of the Himalayas
Gender violence hits lower-caste women of Nepal accused of being witches
William Bell
From a POW camp in Japan, he saw the flash of Hiroshima; it was the light that would save him and maim him all at once
The Rat Pack’s inside man
Sammy Davis Jr.’s sex romps, Michael Jackson’s ruthlessness: Paul Anka’s memoir is an explosive glimpse of the stars he knew and loved
Pollocks, or bollocks? Lawsuit claims paintings thought to be fakes are real
A lawsuit by David Mirvish claims three Jackson Pollock works thought to be forgeries are genuine
The Schlegel family does Dallas, Canadian-style
An Ontario family with Mennonite values, became the toast of Texas society, even naming one son J.R.
Flying cars go back to the future
Once dismissed as a flight of fancy, the flying car is preparing for takeoff again
Rob Ford vs. Clayton Ruby
’I don’t recall,’ was the mantra during Toronto Mayor’s day in courtroom 6-1
Windsor strip club owner offers tuition money to interested performers
Dancing incentives for Canadian women are popping up as some 800 foreign dancers return home