Best of 2014

Meaningful acts of journalism. Rich, multimedia experiences. Here’s 20 of Maclean’s best longreads from the year that was

The best snaps of the amazing wrath and beauty of nature, from our Week in Pictures series

Our newsroom dishes on the albums, movies, books, shows, and artwork that flew under the radar in the tangle of year-end round-ups

From the critical darling ’Boyhood’ to a Canadian auteur’s Cannes success, Brian D. Johnson picks his 10 favourite films of the year

From adorable macaques to wild horses, here are the best snaps of animals from 2014

The best snaps of the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, from our Week in Pictures series

The best snaps of global conflict and protests from our Week in Pictures series

Looking back on a watershed year for women in pop music

From Run the Jewels to Owen Pallett, Adrian Lee and Michael Barclay name their five favourite albums from 2014

Brian Bethune on the fiction and non-fiction that stood out in the year that was