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by John Lee It is 8.30 a.m. on a chilly September in 1940. While Londoners struggle to mop-up after yet another overnight Blitzkrieg bombardment that reduced many homes to twisted rubble, Prime Minister Winston Churchill is propped up in bed in his favourite gold and green dressing gown, puffing on the first of the day’s dozen or so cigars. But this is no ordinary lie-in. Two secretaries sit hunched over their notebooks on either side of the bed, straining to take dictation from the British leader’s famously [...]

Federal Sculptor Maurice Joanisse translates a concept into a finished sculpture. “One of the best things about this job is helping to show the history of the country so people realize what we have here,” says Maurice Joanisse, Canada’s current official sculptor. As he speaks, on the second-floor gallery above the entrance to the House of Commons, one of an unending flow of school groups chatter noisily below. Looking up from their vantage point, the huge, vaulted space is alive [...]