Gerald Hannon

Articles on torontolife.com written by Gerald Hannon.

Drama Queen

Playwright, advice columnist and now novelist Claudia Dey is her generation’s quirkiest storyteller
Published: May 2008

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

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

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

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

And other medicinal uses for a mother’s cooking
Published: June 2007

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