The Walrus

Prophecies of impending doom — based on hard science as well as Scripture — abound. Where does our appetite for retribution come from?

Essayby Daniel Baird•

Reign Maker

David Johnston, Canada’s twenty-eighth Governor General, possesses impeccable credentials and old-fashioned charm. Plus he is the government’s secret weapon in restoring the power of the monarchy

Politicsby Charlotte Gray•

The Invention of Waterloo

Canada’s Technology Triangle has spawned more than 450 high-tech companies, including BlackBerry pioneer Research in Motion. But it didn’t just happen: an upstart university had the brains to embrace mathematics

Citiesby Don Gillmor•

Corpse

It would be a chase, a grand one, and really that was what all hunters yearned for — not a quick shot and easy death, but a hunt. A real hunt, where both participants know the stakes: one life, the other death

Fictionby Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer•

The Editors Recommend

Our Weekly Bread

Around the world in many meals

Photo Essayby Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio

From the December 2006/January 2007 magazine

Moving for Mitt

Utah’s dance craze

Field Notesby Mona Awad

From the September 2007 magazine

Adrift on the Nile

The recent revolution that began in Tahrir Square has taken Egypt into uncharted waters. A report from the new — and chaotic — Cairo

World Affairsby Paul Wilson

From the October 2011 magazine

The Walrus Blog

Publishing By Instinct, Rob Lowe, and the Art of Creating Bestsellers

Cairo Chameleon

On the anniversary of Egypt’s awakening, journalist Paul Wilson ponders the aftermath of popular uprisings

World Affairsby Julie Baldassi

Publishing By Instinct, Rob Lowe, and the Art of Creating Bestsellers

Steve Rubin in episode six of a podcast series presented by our partners at Quill & Quire

Quillcastby Quill & Quire

In Defence of the Confession

How the literary establishment mistreats young, shameless writers like Marie Calloway

Chapter and Verseby Stacey May Fowles

Stories From the Current Magazine

Apocalypse Soon

Prophecies of impending doom — based on hard science as well as Scripture — abound. Where does our appetite for retribution come from?

Essayby Daniel Baird

There’s Where the American Helicopters Landed

Poetryby David O’Meara

The Coming Sixth World of Consciousness

Poetryby Damian Rogers

Gushing

What price freedom?

The Walrus Presentsby Jason Sherman & David Parkins

Tough Lessons

Reflections on a popular teacher with a dark secret. Do tougher sexual abuse laws help or hinder students?

Essayby Jeff Nield

His Share

A Libyan Canadian leaves behind university life to join the revolution

Field Noteby Jeremy Relph

Lost Boy

Douglas Coupland revels in Gen X nostalgia

Booksby Emily Landau

Tourtière Takes Manhattan

But Québécois comfort food doesn’t taste the same in Manhattan

Firsthandby Chantal Martineau

Editor’s Note

A new bottom line for the press: enlighten up

Editor’s Noteby John Macfarlane

Unfinished Business

Jack Chambers’ incomplete masterpiece, Lunch

Visual Artby Sara Angel

The Invention of Waterloo

Citiesby Don Gillmor

Letters

Pearls Before Hogtown; In Brief; and Game of Life

Lettersby The Walrus Readers

Beyond the Fringe

The Edmonton festival shaped a generation of performers

Theatreby Mark Leiren-Young

Pipeline Offence

How TransCanada Corporation changed the game for football fans in Nebraska

Essayby Kyle Carsten Wyatt

Reign Maker

David Johnston, Canada’s twenty-eighth Governor General, possesses impeccable credentials and old-fashioned charm. Plus he is the government’s secret weapon in restoring the power of the monarchy

Politicsby Charlotte Gray

Corpse

Fictionby Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer