Queen to Justin Trudeau: ’Thank you for making me feel so old’
A tart response to a laudatory toast by the PM
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Patricia Treble
Patricia Treble is the royal specialist at Maclean’s. In addition to her interest in all things monarchical—from the Queen’s constitutional role to Kate’s flyaway hems—she writes on everything from TV, books and celebrity culture to history and sports trends.
The PM has been to London to visit the Queen
He’s had 21 days on the job. She’s had 23,304. Here’s our royal watcher on their meeting.
Mystery author Ian Rankin on titles, Twitter trolls and J.K. Rowling
Beloved in Canada, Scottish author Ian Rankin discusses his latest John Rebus book, ’Even Dogs in the Wild’
Ian Rankin’s best mystery novel yet
Book review: Even Dogs In the Wild, by Ian Rankin
A Remembrance Day garden of flags for the fallen
In front of Toronto’s Manulife building is a stunning array of 11,843 flags—each representing fallen Canadians
How I conquered the queue to get tickets to the Harry Potter play
Patricia Treble overcame obstacles, 17,462 positions in line and hours of waiting to nab her Golden Snitch: Tickets to the new Harry Potter play
’Potentially catastrophic’ hurricane Patricia bears down on Mexico
Yesterday, it was a tropical storm. Today, it’s breaking records.
Toronto and KC librarians trash talk each other’s baseball teams
Librarians have created baseball #BookSpinePoetry
When does Justin Trudeau become prime minister?
Constitutional tradition means the Liberal leader doesn’t have to hurriedly get packing
Happy 110th birthday to Maclean’s
John Bayne Maclean aimed to inspire with his new magazine. That spirit of innovation still marks Maclean’s, 110 years later.