All posts in Wednesday Nights

The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our late Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #1750
September 16, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1750

The week started with a bang – the news that Australian PM Tony Abbott had been ousted by an internal party vote. ...

Wednesday Night #1749
September 9, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1749

The Syrian refugee crisis It is hard to believe that it is only a week since the heartrending picture of the lifeless bo ...

Wednesday Night #1748
September 2, 2015, 1 Comment

“Although the calendar always says January 1 is the beginning of the year, the real year — school year, univ ...

Wednesday Night #1747
August 26, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1747

Reuters makes it official: China, one of the main engines of the world economy, has overtaken Greece at the top of the w ...

Wednesday Night #1746
August 18, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1746

The current heat wave does not contribute to creative thinking and that appears to include most of the media sources on ...

Wednesday Night #1745
August 12, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1745

Gerald Ratzer and Tom Haslam-Jones remind us of the importance of 1745 to the Scots because of the Jacobite uprising ...

Wednesday Night #1744
August 5, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1744

FINALLY, on Sunday morning*, Stephen Harper put an end to the conjecture about WHEN the writ would be dropped. As far as ...

Wednesday Night #1743
July 29, 2015, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1743

Following last Wednesday’s excellent SRO discussion of Greece and the EU with Kimon, plus the excitement of the wo ...

Montreal couple’s weekly discussion nights are legend
July 25, 2015, 4 Comments

Diana Nicholson stands behind her husband, David, during their discussion night, where well-informed guests are invited ...

Wednesday Night #1742
July 22, 2015, 1 Comment

An SRO group that included a number of prominent members of Montreal’s Greek community gathered to hear and debate ...