Radio … and Me - 27

Last evening, CBC Radio One presented a special program on 'Ideas,' because today marks the 75th anniversary of the scariest radio drama in history: 'The War of the Worlds.'

Airing of the Orson Welles CBS 'Mercury Theatre of the Air' adaption of the H.G. Wells novel led to panic and outrage by those who heard it as a description of a real event, during the tense years and months that would lead to the beginning of World War II.
Photo: KPCC, Southern California Public Radio
According to a comprehensive article in Wikipedia, 'most of the play was a contemporary retelling of events of the novel, presented as news bulletins interrupting another program.' It began with an introduction from the novel, and went on to relate an alien invasion of Earth, beginning in a small town called Grover's Mill, New Jersey.
The story grew more and more ominous, as Martian war

The Holy Land

Dear Reader: Here is a Local Cultural Fact:
When a Cape Bretoner casually tells you: 'I'm going to the Holy Land next week,' he/she is not referring to the land where Jesus walked, but to the island on the other side of the Causeway.
Here are a few reasons:

1. At this time of year, it is even more fitting, because of the Fall colours, which are at their glorious best wherever you travel , and the Celtic Colours International Festival, a two-weeks stretch of concerts, displays, and kitchen parties, currently in full swing, literally, all over the island.
2. Recently, I had a chance to read a book -- that was in short supply this summer on the mainland, The Promised Land: A Novel of Cape Breton, by Bill Conall (Boularderie Island Press).
The stories recount the adventures of many 'characters' living on the island, including: