Wednesday-Night

3 October 2007
We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Director of the Technology and Innovation unit of the Canada Conference Board. Last week’s introduction to the work of the NRC through the eyes of new Council member, Margaret Lefebvre OWN, was not only enlightening, but […]

Dedicated Wednesday Nighters celebrate 25 years
By Martin C. Barry
A quote by former CBS News president Fred Friendly helped mark the 25th anniversary of Wednesday Night. Describing the task faced by broadcast news reporters, Friendly — who is considered a towering figure in the history of journalism — once said that the job “is not to […]

The Wednesday Night Silver Anniversary
Diana’s version
Prologue
Jeremy Jonas’ brief account sums up a remarkable evening the origins of which started some months before when it was realized that Wednesday Night would soon be twenty-five years young. With Brian Morel taking the lead, a self-appointed committee of valiant souls was formed. In mid-January, Margaret Lefebvre and […]

WHOM TO INVITE, NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT?
Or, David and Diana demonstrate they are never listless
(Written with the appropriately polysyllabic apologies to Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan)

My name is David Nicholson, the dean of Wednesday Night,
And I’ve got a little list - I’ve got a little list
Of guests at our salon I am inclined to dis-invite
Who […]

25 January 2006

Dear Group of Seven,
Following intensive deliberations, the Committee of the Whole of the Order of Wednesday Night under the skillful direction of Peter Trent, the most tenured member of the august group, has considered nominations and submitted its recommendations to us regarding the elevation of new members to this unique body.
It […]

OWNership and the Group of Seven
Under the skillful direction of Peter Trent OWN, the senior member of the Order of Wednesday Night, the Committee of the Whole (all members in good standing) has carefully scrutinized nominations, consulted and submitted to the Chairman and Leader of the Opposition (Mouse) the names of […]

G reetings Courtiers Of Wednesday Night
# 1066 (and all that)

Peter 1 of Prestwich (Peter the bald) Lord High Admiral RCN
(Usurper of Count David Of Westmount’s fiefdom)
You my loyal (and any disloyal) Courtiers are hereby commanded to attend The Court to be held on Wednesday 7th August […]

May 9, 2001
PROLOGUE:
The first Wednesday of the new Millennium brought a sparkling – and highly eclectic, international - mix of old friends of Wednesday Night and new faces. Hans and Janet Black, benefactors of the Millennium Wednesday, returned from Switzerland bearing a magnificent bottle of Chateau Latour and accompanied by Malcolm Thomas of […]

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Thank You
Dear Nonymous and A-nonymous Members
of the Self-appointed Committee for the Millennium Wednesday Night
and Honourable Guests - both present and absent
The horse designed by this committee was most certainly not a camel, but a pure Arabian steed of noble appearance and spirit.
What a MAGICAL evening you gave us […]

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Maybe we are witnessing the death, and none too soon, of the old left/right dichotomy. On the face it you could hardly get more leftish than Julius Grey nor more rightist than Peter White. As a general rule, opinion among the group tends run a little to the […]