Prof @JSchool_CU. Write @thewalrus @MotherJones @BW @torontolife @globeandmail @macleans etc. Author, latest book is called “Outsider” @harpercollinsca
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Two days after its launch my new book - “Outsider: An old man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past” - has made it onto the national bestsellers list. Thank you everyone who has supported the book. 🙏
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Check out this week's SLR featuring @GiniaNYT, @b_popps, @markbinelli, @ejdickson, @shellykittleson, @mellymeldubs, @noahhawley & more! mailchi.mp/sundaylongread.co…
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“What we understand of Greenland has long been distorted and coveted by powers from afar,” writes @b_popps. Its name was invented to lure settlers. Its size on our maps is a cartographic illusion. And now a foreign power wants to claim it—again. thewalrus.ca/i-went-to-green…
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The Walrus contributing writer @b_popps travelled to Nuuk at the height of Greenland’s crisis. What he discovered on the ground was a story of resilience, resistance, and reconciliation that the dominant narrative kept writing over. thewalrus.ca/i-went-to-green…
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Looking forward to this event. @JSchool_CU colleague Brett Popplewell @b_popps will be moderating the event and leading a conversation with His Excellency. Get your tickets ASAP.
We're pleased to host His Excellency Whit Fraser on the evening of May 5 to talk about his new memoir, From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall. The event at Carleton's Dominion-Chalmers Centre is free, but participants are asked to register in advance. carleton.ca/sjc/cu-events/an…
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“Most of all, I listened as Greenlanders shared elements of their culture and described their efforts to ignore the commentary coming from abroad. Over and over, people told me they longed for a stronger bond with Canada.” @b_popps
A must read!
“What we understand of Greenland has long been distorted and coveted by powers from afar,” writes @b_popps. Its name was invented to lure settlers. Its size on our maps is a cartographic illusion. And now a foreign power wants to claim it—again. thewalrus.ca/i-went-to-green…
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Glad to see journalism students @JSchool_CU take the initiative to catch up with Premier Doug Ford after he helped launch Carleton's new nursing program. When the Premier slipped out a side entrance with no media availability, journalism students scrummed him in the garage. Bravo
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In the studio today with @b_popps for a special project. It was an absolute blast!
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A portrait of Winston Churchill used to hang in one of the most famous buildings in Canada’s capital — until it was stolen. @b_popps tells the story of how The Roaring Lion was lost, then found again link.chtbl.com/UYIyzPYC
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Just finished reading @MikeFinkel's excellent THE ART THIEF, and found the perfect digestif...
Here's @b_popps on the theft of one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century, Winston Churchill's Roaring Lion portrait, from the Chateau Laurier.
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Journo job alert: Permanent journalist position in @TorontoStar's Ottawa bureau is open jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Tor…
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It wasn’t the cheap frame that gave the forgery away. Nor was it the photocopied image of the scowling Winston Churchill inside. “It was the way it hung, crooked against the dark oak-panelled wall—a slight tilt, down and to the right,” writes @b_popps.
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In this new investigative story for The Walrus, @JSchool_CU professor @b_popps begs the question: Why did the theft of an iconic piece of art take so long to solve?
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In the eighty-three years since it was taken, The Roaring Lion, a portrait of Winston Churchill, has become one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century. Its theft and forgery sent shockwaves through the art world. thewalrus.ca/churchill-portr…
On August 19, 2022 a security officer at the Chateau Laurier called police to notify them that a priceless photo of Winston Churchill had been stolen from a wall in the hotel and replaced with a fake. A media frenzy ensued, then it died down.
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It turned out police had tracked the portrait halfway around the world but were struggling to get it back, until now.
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My latest #longread can be read via @thewalrus. I’m a bit biased but I consider it the definitive read on what has been called the most scandalous art heist in 21st century Canada.
