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Perspective Media
April 13, 2025

LETTER FROM ELSEWHERE
Deceptive diversity
BY GABRIELLE BAUER

Gabrielle Bauer explores the paradox of Toronto's celebrated multiculturalism, revealing a city where immigrants find economic opportunity but struggle to form meaningful connections with established residents. Through her friendships with Brazilian expatriates, she discovers a hidden emotional barrier that persists beneath the city's diverse surface.

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Pleasures of the haunt

Rowan Pelling delves into the supernatural connections between writers and the past, exploring how authors like Hilary Mantel claimed to communicate with historical figures they wrote about. Drawing from her own unsettling paranormal experiences growing up in a haunted family pub, Pelling makes a case for embracing the permeable boundaries between present and past.

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I believe we should all embrace the idea we have a thoroughly porous relationship with the past, that it seeps through the gaps in our consciousness and whispers from afar and nearby

Spaniel stories

Tim Pears shares the unexpected joys and frustrations of life with Cocoa, his willful cocker spaniel who was supposed to provide peaceful walks for writer's inspiration but instead brought chaos, adventure, and a profound companionship. From embarrassing public incidents to magical woodland encounters, Pears reveals how this mischievous dog transformed both his daily routine and his emotional landscape.

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I’ve come to understand Kurt Vonnegut, who, in his later years, was rarely seen without Pumpkin, his Lhasa apso

I’ll go no more a-hunting

Robert Rigby reveals his journey from childhood curiosity about rural traditions to a profound ethical stance against hunting for sport. Revisiting poignant memories of watching Boxing Day hunts and his devastating experience shooting a robin with an air rifle, Rigby connects his personal awakening to today's global trophy hunting debate, calling for urgent legislative action.

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I was horrified. I got up and stumbled on trembling legs to the dead bird, which was lying on its side

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