Dispatches 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
How 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
Leonard Cohen’s tale of redemptionA new biography of Leonard Cohen provides new details on Jimi Hendrix, Phil Spector and Joni Mitchell
Biography of British PM details his dedication to ’chillaxing’ Cameron’s laid-back style is suddenly working against him
In conversation: Walter IsaacsonThe Steve Jobs biographer on the Apple founder’s genius, cruelty, obsessions, and indifference to money
David McCullough in conversation with Kenneth WhyteOn presidents who were failures, the trouble with historians, and how to tell a story