Mr. Popular
Why Rob Ford’s winning over Toronto
Published: October 2010
Gerald Hannon
Articles on torontolife.com written by Gerald Hannon.
George Smitherman vs. Himself
The political pit bull with a hard-partying past and a notorious temper now wants
us to believe he’s a sentimental family man with a righteous ambition to make this city truly great. It might be the perfect CV for our next mayor
Published: March 2010
The Power of Frank
He’s the most connected man in the country, a confidante of Bill Clinton and Matt Damon, and the expert hobnobber who made TD a major player in the U.S. Why Frank McKenna doesn’t need to be prime minister
Published: January 2010
The Resurrection
If orchestral music is dead, why is Peter Oundjian conducting
for ecstatic crowds? The behind-the-scenes story of the Toronto
Symphony’s miraculous comeback from crippling debt, bad
reviews and an empty house
Published: April 2009
Art = Money
Thrush Holmes makes a fortune selling his big, crass, egotistical paintings. What bothers Queen West royalty most of all is that he might deserve it
Published: July 2008
Drama Queen
Playwright, advice
columnist and now
novelist Claudia Dey
is her generation’s
quirkiest storyteller
Published: May 2008
The Cult of Measha
The city’s biggest opera star is more famous for her bubbly personality and gastric bypass surgery than she is for her voice. How Toronto went gaga for Measha Brueggergosman
Published: May 2008
The Prince of Little Mogadishu
He escaped Somalia’s bloodbath, ran with a Toronto gang and spent time in jail. But he never stopped writing music that was often political, always hummable. How K’naan became rap royalty
Published: December 2008
The Shape-shifter
Personal trainers are the new shrinks, more likely to hear clients moan about
lovers than leg lifts. George Chaker, co-owner of Diesel Fitness, and one of the city’s most beloved trainers, muses on the art of workout therapy
Published: February 2008
Yes, Minister
Cheri DiNovo is the NDP’s best hope for a strong leader, even if she won’t admit it
Published: June 2008
Close to Home
Alison Sealy-Smith goes back to the islands in a new stage version
of Austin Clarke’s The Polished Hoe
Published: February 2007
African Queen
It takes guts to report from wartorn, disease-ravaged sub-Saharan villages. The Globe’s Africa correspondent, Stephanie Nolen, has the ego to match
Published: July 2007
Sophie's Voice
She’s touring the world, topping the charts and squeezing in a commerce degree at U of T on the side. Sophie Milman’s uncompromising career
Published: December 2007
The Alchemy of Pork Fat
What Women Want
As Chatelaine’s newest editor, Sara Angel has been charged with
updating a Canadian icon
Published: January 2007
Arrested Development
Harry Stinson is Toronto’s answer to Donald Trump—big talk, big stakes, big ego.
He built one of the city’s most dazzling condo towers, right at King and Yonge.
He wants his next project—the Sapphire—to be the tallest residential skyscraper in the country,
but city hall won’t approve it and the bankers haven’t backed it. Vision is a tough sell
Published: June 2006
Retro Man
He wears ’40s suits and hides away in his basement concocting a comic book town called Palookaville. For Seth, it can be hard to tell where the fantasy ends and the real world begins
Published: January 2006
Seth Slide Show
In "RetroMan," writer Gerald Hannon delves deep into the fantastic world of comic artist Seth. Here, in an audio slide show, Hannon talks further about Seth's life and work, accompanied by images from the graphic novels, Palookaville and It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken
Published: January 2006
The Dreamer
The Candidate
Michael Ignatieff on politics, baseball and the delights of deep-fried dough
Published: January 2006
The Fabulously Strange Life of Shinan Govani
It took a lot of partying, a little mischief and a feud with an ogre to climb atop the gossip heap. Not to mention at least one night of sex on a piano with “a famous Toronto personality”
Published: September 2006
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