Lisa Kasky's parents dreamed of travelling from their Manitoba farm to the East Coast. Her dad died suddenly just weeks before the trip he planned for his family but the journey became a stepping stone to a smiling heart.
Editor's Note: S&R is broadening its reach and mission so as to present our readers with more in the way of thoughtful cultural fare. Today we launch part one in a series by University of Colorado Media and Cultural Studies scholar Dr. Michael Tracey. This essay presents a critical reconsideration of the BBC's John Reith,…
by Michael Tracey Part 3 in a series. On 20 July 1925, Reith's 36th birthday, the British Post-Master General, Mitchell-Thomson, informed the House of Commons that there would be a committee of inquiry into the future of the BBC chaired by the 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Reith had already raised the question of…