"It is not night when I do see your face"

So says Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and when the world sees yet another alleged portrait of her creator, we expect it to reveal something. The Bard's work explains why it never will. Read it here.

"I did big wooohoo for Justice Ginsberg"

That was the substance of aU. S. senator's tweet and an explanation of why politicians are taking over Twitter: If you need to talk but have nothing of substance to say, 140 characters are all you need. Read it here.

The man who ruined the novel

Alain Robbe-Grillet turned the masses against inventive fiction. Now that he's dead, will experimental writing make a comeback? Read it here.

"You bring dishonour even to the white shirts you wear"

So snarked Michel Houellebecq to Bernard-Henri Levy, proving once more that there's no literary feud like a French literary feud, and that a terrific insult opens the possibility of genuine dialogue. Read it here.

The state of the culture is... scared?

Wall Street isn't the only place with a fearful lack of understanding these days. Whether it's horror in Hollywood or Mumbai, the digital era has become boxed in to the unknown. Read it here.

"Prophet of the New World, I"

Here's why Louis Riel's defiant stanzas and the battle of the Plains of Abraham deserve to be recited and re-enacted: They're national moments of madness in a country that has precious few of them. Read it here.

Canada: Horatio to Obama's Hamlet

We have the best seat in the house for America's dramas, but for them, we barely register – that's something for Britain to think on. Read it here.