In conversation: Paul Joosse
Life on Wiebo Ludwig’s farm: head shaving, dandelion wine, and surprising humour
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 [email protected].
General
Books
Guy Delisle: stranger in strange lands
The Canadian cartoonist chronicles the world’s political hot spots in his comic book travelogues
Society
Erin Katherine Vance
She was an even-keeled, relaxed ‘country girl’ who knew her mind, loved her sons and rarely got a night out
World
The marijuana machine
Activists test laws in Auckland, where a new vending machine dispenses one-gram bags of cannabis
Canada
The sci-fi method that’s saving elm trees
Scientists at the University of Guelph have cloned healthy elms to preserve their hardy genes
General
In conversation: Robert Birgeneau
Steering Berkeley through its worst budget crisis, and why elite schools should charge more
Business
Gavin McInnes: the godfather of vice
The founder of ’Vice’ was once the definition of hipster. Now he’s trying to scrape out a life, post-magazine
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Japan, one year after the tsunami
From 2012: There’s life after the disaster, amid ghost towns, radioactive worms and disaster tourists
Culture
Hef’s bosom buddy
Orillia’s Doug Sneyd, a ’Playboy’ cartoonist for 48 years, spotted Hugh Hefner’s no. 1 girlfriend first