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Green Enigma

Trying to make sense of current prospects for the environment

Andrew Heintzman

A Right to Clean Air?

Constitutional protection for the environment may leave people out of luck

Bruce Pardy

Plate Appearances

José Bautista and the Temple of Dome

J.D.M. Stewart
Issues

October 2025

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October 2025 front cover by Mateusz Napieralski.
Mateusz Napieralski is a designer, illustrator, and animator known for his graphic and playful compositions. Based in Toronto, he splits his time between commercial work, personal projects, and teaching.

Little Woman

Take it from Mafalda

Kyle Wyatt
Illustration by Karsten Petrat for Dan Falk’s October 2025 review of “Battle of the Big Bang,” by Niayesh Afshordi and Phil Halper.

In the Beginning

Do we really understand the big bang?

Dan Falk
Illustration by Dave Murray for John Allemang’s October 2025 review of “The Explorer’s Gene” by Alex Hutchinson.

Search Results

On our endless questing

John Allemang
Illustration by Matthew Daley for Catherine Khordoc October 2025 review of “Les mots de la nation” by Jocelyn Létourneau, with Raphaël Gani.

Survey Says

Nationalism in so many words

Catherine Khordoc

The Gorta Mór

When the blight spread

Michael Ledger-Lomas
Illustration by Matthew Daley for Catherine Khordoc October 2025 review of “Les mots de la nation” by Jocelyn Létourneau, with Raphaël Gani.

Art of the Deals

Negotiating trade through culture

Tim Cook
Photograph for J. R. Patterson’s October 2025 review of “A Cultural History of the Violin in Nineteenth-Century London” by Tom Wilder.

With Strings Attached

Putting a price on that Stradivarius

J.R. Patterson
An illustration by Sarah Farquhar for Cecily Ross’s October 2025 review of “Naomi’s Houses” by Rosalie I. Tennison.

Place to Place

A mother, her children, and the prairies

Cecily Ross
Photograph for David Staines’s October 2025 review of “Big Girls Don’t Cry” by Susan Swan.

Tall Tale

A determined writer looks back

David Staines
An illustration by David Parkins for Chris Jones’s October 2025 review of “When the Going Was Good” by Graydon Carter and “Lorne” by Susan Morrison.

Once upon a Time in New York

The world as Lorne Michaels and Graydon Carter made it

Chris Jones
An illustration by Natàlia Pàmies Lluís for Andrew Torry’s October 2025 review of “Randia’s Quiet Theatre” by Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston.

Their Sessions

An ethnographer and her subject

Andrew Torry
Photograph for Tara Henley’s October 2025 review of “Ugh! As If!” by Veronica Litt.

Totally Deconstructed

Oh, that’d be reason enough for me

Tara Henley
An illustration by Silas Kaufman for Maria Cichosz’s October 2025 review of “Harley Parker” by Gary Genosko and “The Culture Box” by Harley Parker.

Museum Piece

You know nothing of Harley Parker’s work

Maria Cichosz
An illustration by Tom Chitty for James Chatto’s October 2025 review of “Tastes and Traditions” by Nathalie Cooke.

À la carte

According to a delicious art form

James Chatto
An illustration by Alexander MacAskill for Suzanne Stewart’s Ocober 2025 essay on hurricane Fiona.

Fiona’s Wake

Fury came first, then the beauty

Suzanne Stewart
An illustration by Sandi Falconer for Alyanna Chua’s October 2025 review of “Palm Meridian” by Grace Flahive.

Last Resort

Grace Flahive’s fearless debut

Alyanna Chua
An illustration by Blair Kelly for Kevin Shaw’s October 2025 review of “The Tiger and the Cosmonaut” Eddy Boudel Tan.

Double Trouble

Eddy Boudel Tan launches an investigation

Kevin Shaw
An illustration by Paige Stampatori for Emily Mernin’s October 2025 review of “Property” by Kate Cayley and “Pick a Colour” by Souvankham Thammavongsa.

Daybooks

Counting the hours with Kate Cayley and Souvankham Thammavongsa

Emily Mernin
A photograph for Rohan Maitzen’s October 2025 review of “Margaret’s New Look” by Katherine Ashenburg.

And Sew Forth

Katherine Ashenburg pulls on a thread

Rohan Maitzen
An illustration by Gwendoline Le Cunff for Aaron Obedkoff’s October 2025 review of “Valentine in Montreal” by Heather O’Neill and “We Used to Live Here” by Marcus Kliewer.

Bit by Bit

Cliffhangers from Heather O’Neill and Marcus Kliewer

Aaron Obedkoff

Full Circle

When in hell, walk through it with Dante

Vanessa Stauffer