Beyond the Femme Fatale
by Joyce Wayne, novelist and leader of Toronto Pursuits 2020 seminar Women Spies in Cold War Fiction A remarkable study […]
Guest Blog
Philosophy in the World: Interview with Toronto Pursuits Leader Wendy O’Brien
We are very happy to welcome new leader Wendy O’Brien to Toronto Pursuits. Participants in her seminar The Second Sex
Art à la Mode
[Editor’s note: Every year Betty Ann Jordan brings colour and style to Toronto Pursuits, and 2019 will be no exception.
What Does This Book Have to Do with Me?
[Editor’s note: We are thrilled to welcome Wendy O’Brien to Toronto Pursuits. Wendy is a philosopher and teacher whose wide-ranging
“I Paint Because I Am”
I first met van Gogh when I was a 14-year-old bookworm devoted to exploring the richness of the local public
The Splendour of Russia Through an Artist’s Eyes
One heavy step, then another. Straps across their chests, they pull. It’s Russia, 1869. In Repin’s Barge Haulers on the
Is Music a Universal Language?
Among the recent events marking the centenary of the end of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a
Why Middlemarch Can Change Your Life
[Editor’s note: Longtime Toronto Pursuits leader Nancy Carr returns in 2019 with a seminar on the unforgettable Middlemarch. The seminar
Everything’s Coming Up van Gogh
For those of you who, like me, read everything on Vincent van Gogh you can get your hands and eyes
On Food and Friendship: Anthony Bourdain Tribute, Part 1
[Editor’s note: This is first in a series on the role food has played on Classical Pursuits trips as we
