T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” 100 Years Later
One of my daughter’s favorite singers, Hozier, wrote a popular song called “Wasteland, Baby!” Here are some lyrics from the […]
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Life Writ Large: Guillaume Apollinaire
There will be no shortage of forceful personalities on the Classical Pursuits trip They Came to Paris: Literature 1910–1940. The
Art à la Mode
[Editor’s note: Every year Betty Ann Jordan brings colour and style to Toronto Pursuits, and 2019 will be no exception.
“I Paint Because I Am”
I first met van Gogh when I was a 14-year-old bookworm devoted to exploring the richness of the local public
On Food and Friendship: Anthony Bourdain Tribute, Part 2
[Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on the role food has played on Classical Pursuits trips as
What Price Power? Why Trollope Matters Today
[Editor’s note: We give a warm welcome back to longtime Toronto Pursuits leader Nancy Carr. Nancy’s seminar Through the lens
GUEST BLOG—Feeling at Home with Ulysses by Michael Groden
At home. Mentioning Ulysses might conjure up a range of associations – important, classic, difficult, even unreadable – but “at
GUEST BLOG – Travelling with Books
I think we read and we travel for many of the same reasons. We like to visit new places and
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ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Iceland in images
[wowslider id=”101″] These were taken with my phone. Better pics are bound to come from those with serious cameras and