Margaret de Heer studied theology at the University of Amsterdam, but through "divine intervention" went on to become a comic artist.

Today, pro-life liberals are nearly extinct. Fifty years ago, however, this wasn’t the case.

How can we display the globe on a flat surface? That's been a challenge since before the days of Columbus.

He may not be Harrison Ford, but Ron Brown explores Ontario's historic roads, with unexpected side trips and a fascinating story.

"And was Jerusalem builded here, among these dark satanic mills?", asked the poet William Blake (1757-1827). Leo Damrosch has an answer.

What is the key to aging well? Says Hollywood's Dick Van Dyke, "Don't start going down the stairs sideways'".

At Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln called on Americans to ensure their nation would have “a new birth of freedom.”  But Canada and the Confederacy were having their own labour pains.

London Free Press journalist James Reaney says "Dick Williams has loomed tall in my London for at least 50 years."

One leading scholar says its time to re-write the history books, this time looking East.

How to Relax is part of The Mindfulness Essentials series of how-to titles by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.