Alexander Melville Bell’s 1872 recitations

Before the invention of radio, television and the internet, people would travel to towns and cities to do recitations for the residents of the area. They would read from authors such as Dickens and Shakespeare. A number of them came through Perth County in the mid-to-late 1800s and into the turn of

When to say ‘ouch!’

A few weeks ago, when protesters demanded that teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity be removed from schools, I stayed home with the doors locked.