Lancette Arts Journal is a Canadian general creative arts web magazine

Luckily for me, novelist Chris Cleave is not the kind of person who takes himself seriously. Instead . . . . More	It takes mental energy to admire German artist Jorinde Voigt's swirling lines that she used to create a distinctly personal view of Ludwig van Beethoven's . . . More	The Impossible Dead is the second of the Inspector Malcolm Fox crime dramas. Fox and his colleagues from the Edinburgh police Internal . . . . More
When Charles Dickens comes to mind we tend to think or talk about his novels, which in their subject seldom . . . More	The Last Empress - Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China by Hannah Pakula is not merely a biographical sketch of May-ling (Mei-ling) Soong (Madame Chiang), but a fascinating . . . More	There is a new interest in a seemingly forgotten novel by the late William Lindsay Gresham. Aptly named Nightmare Alley . . . . More
Anne Boleyn had as her greatest asset her daughter Elizabeth I. Yet, she never witnessed the Virgin Queen's . . . More	Sophia Tolstoy, wife of Russia's most widely read author, is the subject of a well-researched biography by Alexandra Popoff. Sophia has more often than not been portrayed . . . More	Author Beth Powning, in her latest novel, The Sea Captain's Wife, brings those final years of the sailing ships powerfully to life. . . More
A major exhibition of works by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh will make its appearance at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) this summer. Called Van Gogh: Up Close and . . . More	It may not necessarily follow that if one enjoys Peking Opera that one will also enjoy Kabuki, for each not only . . . More	The mention of the island of Tahiti brings a dreamy look of something desirable but impossible to reach crosses just about anyone's face . . .More
. . .Without a doubt, there is little difference between a bawdy Shakespeare comedy, a French comedy, say by Molière, or the piece being reviewed here, a Japanese Kabuki comedy dated from the late 18^th century. . . .More	The Paper Garden is an extraordinary biography about an extraordinary woman. Poet Molly Peacock has used her writing skills and gift of observation . . . More	John Donne's poetry arouses either adulation or scorn. There appears to be no middle ground that allows for the liking of some of his poems and the dislike for others. So, to be up front . . . More
Just who was Picasso? Does he really deserve the appellation "Genius" that generally pops up in conversations about him? This question . . . More	If you like to be delighted by art and you are not a Luddite, then take yourself off to the Royal Ontario Museum . . . More	Sometimes one stumbles across a gem of an art exhibit while concentrating on a seemingly more important show in the same institution. This happened while I spent a morning at . . . More
The Canadian Opera Company's (COC) 2011/12 season might well be described as 'something old, something new, something borrowed, and something of undefined color'. . . . More	If I had failed to persevere in reading the first story of Sleeping Funny I might well have missed . . . More	BIG may not be seen as one of the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM) largest exhibits, but it definitely lives . . . MORE