OttawaDispatches from the Ottawa biography warsPaul Wells on Andrew Scheer’s new ’people-like-me’ (read: not Justin Trudeau) sales pitch and the things he chooses to include in life story
BooksHow author Douglas Smith discovered the real RasputinWas he a mad monk? A German spy? The empress’s lover? An unkillable puppetmaster? A Q&A with an author who’s shed new light on who Rasputin really was
CultureLeonard Cohen’s tale of redemptionA new biography of Leonard Cohen provides new details on Jimi Hendrix, Phil Spector and Joni Mitchell
WorldBiography of British PM details his dedication to ’chillaxing’ Cameron’s laid-back style is suddenly working against him
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