MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
First class from First Nation
TOM KING recommends a groundbreaking performance of Handel's Messiah
Diyet of the Southern Tutchone, who performed Oh thou that Tellest Good Tidings of Zion
[Robin Whiffen (Against the Grain)] 
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
HANDEL’S Messiah — perhaps the most famous piece of choral music in history, chronicling the birth, death and resurrection of Christ — is usually performed to packed audiences the world over at Christmas.
But this year many choirs, amateur and professional, haven’t sung together since March and face the prospect of not doing so again for quite some time.
But every cloud, to employ that well-worn phrase, has a silver lining. Unable to give their annual performance of Handel’s masterpiece, Toronto-based opera company Against the Grain decided to film one instead — with a twist.
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