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Vazan and the sands of time
The Montreal artist fell in love with the tidal islands around P.E.I.
Oct 30
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Peter Simpson
August 2025
5 food favourites: PEI 2025
The island's food scene is greatly boosted by cuisines from around the world
Aug 29
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Peter Simpson
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June 2025
Photography: The man who stopped time
Harold Edgerton's super-fast flash forever changed how we see the world
Jun 2
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Peter Simpson
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May 2025
How mead is made
A tiny business in a tiny province makes a drink rich in history
May 6
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Peter Simpson
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March 2025
A brief look at small paintings of real people, commerce and snow
Brownell's paintings of Ottawa's ByWard Market are treasures
Mar 6
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Peter Simpson
January 2025
Kiss, me, and the beer tent from Hell
That time I volunteered to be drenched in cheap beer
Jan 31
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Peter Simpson
December 2024
The attraction of art catalogues
They make permanent the ephemeral
Dec 9, 2024
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Peter Simpson
August 2024
The dark night of Marlene Creates
Newfoundland artist captures creatures and stars in her back woodlot
Aug 7, 2024
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Peter Simpson
The lionhearted who bring food by the truckload
A growing charity gathers surplus from huge retailers and distributes it daily to those in need
Aug 7, 2024
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Peter Simpson
November 2020
I write about things that have happened to me, and art
Welcome to Things That Happened To Me.
Nov 16, 2020
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Peter Simpson
September 2020
Summer's end, and that Colville binoculars painting . . .
It’s been a strange year, and certainly less writing than usual, but I did write a piece about that iconic painting by Alex Colville at the National…
Sep 25, 2020
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Peter Simpson
May 2020
Lessons in solitude in a time of pandemic
I’ve always loved the melancholy paintings of Christiane Pflug, each a perfectly rendered moment of loneliness.
May 25, 2020
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Peter Simpson
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