Q. We know the art of music-making is (🧐 can be) a beautiful thing. How have renowned painters captured musicians on canvas? . A. So many gorgeous painting options. Here’s a first set… Rosso Fiorentino. Musical Angel.  1522 . Caravaggio. The Lute Player. 1595 . Caravaggio. The Musicians. 1597 .

Q. Happy Canada Day Weekend! For those who live in Canada: what will you be eating to celebrate? What are some foods that were ‘invented’ in Canada? . A. Since we’re writing from BC, we’ll start in the deep woods… If you are hiking in the forest and want to

Q. Two questions: i. What possessed me to buy this one-of-a-kind outfit? ii. Why did I think it was worth stuffing it into my suitcase, just in case the ‘perfect’ occasion should magically present itself while we’re on vacation? Probability? 🍩 Which items do travellers most often pack and then

Q. Do leaders’ communication skills get better and better as they ascend the power rungs? No. But, according to studies, plenty of these ascendant leaders mistakenly believe that they are knocking their speechifying and one-on-ones out of the park. Why the disconnect? What aren’t these bosses saying, hearing, and doing?

Q. You’re feeling peckish; you’ve got a hankering for a snack. Which flavour are you most likely to crave? How do your cravings compare to others? . A. One Poll surveyed 2,000 American adults about their fiery food cravings. Which flavour won? Hint: Augustus Gloop fell into it, Lucy, Ethel

Q. Time to spill the beans about ‘spilling the beans’ (shameless). How did revealing juicy secrets come to be known as spilling the beans? . A. If so-and-so ‘spilled the beans,’ chances are good that they did so by accident. Or perhaps they were strongly encouraged (🗡️) to do so.

Q. It always feels like a balance: take jillions of photos to remember/share this magnificent destination, or take a breath to revel in the moment and the beauty. Which travel spots are people most frequently snapping, sharing, and viewing? . A. Enjoy Travel analyzed Instagram and TikTok data to unearth

Q. It’s a tragically beautiful scene in a strikingly beautiful movie. In Milos Foreman’s 1984 masterpiece Amadeus, we see Mozart in bed, dying, while feverishly voicing his beautiful Requiem. Confutatis. Maledictis. It’s a haunting look into his genius and the toll it has taken on him. As each note takes

Q. What was the most common first name amongst your high school friends? Beware the person asking you that question. Particularly if they are smoking a pipe, wearing a trench coat, and shadowing their eyes beneath a herringbone cap. Well, perhaps, beware this person in general. But know that, here,

Q. Which flower has the most entrancing scent?   A. ‘The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live….’ So writes William Shakespeare in Sonnet 54. Does the rose have an uncommonly sweet odour? Do we deem it fairer because of