More

Shakespeare

Writing My Way Through Trauma

Heidi Smith | Posted 12.26.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: How to Write Memoir, Writing Memoir, Writing Tips, Writing Through Trauma, Writing, Writing Trauma, Writing Suffering, Creative Writing, Shakespeare, How to Write, Canada Living News
Heidi Smith

I was born with a cleft-lip, endured a series of serious illnesses and prolonged abuse. My father was an alcoholic who had heart disease. He died when I was nine years old. Thankfully early on I discovered writing and reading. It provided me with a reprieve from my troubled thoughts and a means of expression that extends beyond superficial appearances.

Read Whole Story

Part 2: Queen Elizabeth, Out of Touch

Tim Knight | Posted 07.29.2012 | Canada
Read More: Princess Margaret, William the Conqueror, Queen of Canada, Prince William, Elizabeth Ll, Diamond Jubilee, Spanash Armada, Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth, God, God Save the Queen, Henry Vlll, British Empiere, William the Bastard, Francis Drake, Prince Charles, Commonwealth of Nations, Prince Phillip, Shakespeare, Elizabeth the First, Canada News
Tim Knight

Queen Elizabeth grew up pampered, coddled, confident, regal and very aware of her royal blood. When she enters the room everyone stands. Men bow, women curtsey and the band plays her very own song, "God Save The Queen." All her life she's lived in a fantasyland -- a prisoner of her wealth.

Read Whole Story

Watching the Watchdog: Is Huffpost Killing Democracy?

Tim Knight | Posted 06.26.2012 | Canada
Read More: Leacock, Newspapers, Aol, Professor Huffington Post, Bloggers, Mainstream News Media, Canada, U.S., David Simon, Journalism, Pulitzer Prize, The Wire, CBC Journalism, Immortal Soul, Great Recession, Broadcast Journalists, Thai Fish, Bill Keller, Aggregating Websites, Magazines, Public Relations Flacks, Writing, Training, Parasite, Writer, Leeching, Milton, Internet, Host, Radio, Tv, New York Times, Shakespeare, Censorship, Florescence, Canada News
Tim Knight

A former CBC colleague-turned-journalism professor very politely questions the ethics of my writing this column for HuffPost. Surely, he suggests delicately, the internet in general -- and aggregators like HuffPost in particular -- are killing traditional mainstream, general-interest journalism. And, in the process, seriously damaging democracy. My reply...?

Read Whole Story