Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – July 21, 2011
The theatre is open to the sky. Behind it is a green wall of trees bordering the St-Charles River. Above is a full moon. It’s one of the most beautiful ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – July 14, 2011
Brian Stelter was an 18-year-old smarty pants with a blog called tvnewser.com. His blog became essential reading for anyone in the New York media. The New York Times figured out ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – July 7, 2011
Canada now has the most ardently monarchist prime minister we’ve seen in 50 years. No PM since John Diefenbaker has been such a big fan of the House of Hanover. ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – June 30, 2011
It’s a book with 500 sensational and powerful travel ideas. From the people at Frommer’s comes a volume simply named: 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference. Start with ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – June 23, 2011
A series of black and white photographs on display at the Centre d’histoire de Montreal in Old Montreal’s Place d’Youville captures a stark moment in our city’s history. In effect, ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – June 16, 2011
The F1 race is a big FU to the poor and the homeless, a glitzy corrupt moment when our great city prostitutes itself before Euro and other wannabe trash. In ...Read more →
Bloke Nation Columns by Anne Lagacé Dowson – June 9, 2011
Michael Moore gets it. But the sound of tsk tsk tsk-ing emanates from prim and pursed lips across our land. "Best contempt of Parliament ever!" says Moore. On his website ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – June 2, 2011
Frank Graves of Ekos was on the other end of the line, eating a bit of crow about his pre-election polling numbers, and how he, like most of the country’s ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – May 26, 2011
A battle royal is being fought over a field of dreams in the west end of Montreal. The green acreage is known as the Meadowbrook golf course. Developers are eying ...Read more →
Bloke Nation by Anne Lagacé Dowson – May 19, 2011
Last week I was invited to address a congress of librarians. I discovered all over again why they are some of my favourite people. There is something subversive about librarians ...Read more →