By Anne Brodie Here, Robert Zemeckis’ history of a place over its lifetime of millions of years, ice ages, extinctions, renewal, and modern times takes an unusual approach to storytelling. A home sprouts up in the last century where primordial ooze had been and where meteorites had crashed, and people lived in the house over generations in this one little… View Post
I recently unearthed this piece I wrote in 2016 through the magic of the Wayback Machine, and originally published under my former name, and the words feel just as, if not more, relevant today. I was reminded of it when someone on social media called me a “travel and lifestyle harpy” this week and suggested I sit down. I laughed,… View Post
For anyone planning a trip to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia know this: Cape Breton isn’t just another stop on the map—it’s a place that calls to you. With rugged coastlines, miles and miles of beaches, vibrant autumn colours, and a deep-rooted culture that fills the air with music, Cape Breton has a soul all its own. Every time I visit,… View Post
This week, Jeff Bezos, owner of The Washington Post and quintessential out-of-touch billionaire, squashed an editorial endorsing Kamala Harris for president. His reasoning? We can only assume it’s because he’s afraid of Donald Trump’s wrath if Trump is successful in his second coup attempt. The result? Within hours of the announcement, 60,000 Washington Post subscriptions were cancelled. That’s a real… View Post
By Anne Brodie Jesus Christ founded the Roman Catholic Church during his earthly ministry around 30 AD. The Church has remained the most powerful in the world since then and in some ways the most secretive. We peer inside its innermost workings in Edward Berger’s transfixing thriller Conclave, adour, dimly lit, festering with ambition, passion and villainy, and millennia of rite,… View Post
One of the things I love most about hosting What She Said is the incredible opportunity I get to witness, and share with you, how women continually reimagine and reinvent the world. Today’s guests come from vastly different fields, each with unique backgrounds, yet they all share one key trait: the courage to see things differently. Whether it’s disrupting the… View Post