Are you ready for the summer? Are you ready for the sunshine? Are you ready for the birds and bees, the apple trees, and a whole lotta foolin' around?   That catchy refrain from June 1979 introduced cinemagoers to the little Canadian summer camp movie that could: Meatballs, which grossed $70 million (all numbers in…

Family stories are a way of capturing important historical events and they pass this knowledge on to future generations. As memoirist Nancy K Miller says, family stories are not just personal but an “aid or a spur to keep cultural memory alive.” Hazel Barrett’s grandfather came to England on the HMT Empire Windrush in 1948.…

It should come as no surprise that writing stories with a nostaglic approach is one of Zoomer’s specialties. This doesn’t mean we’re rooted in the past. Instead, we look back on historical events, personalities and celebrities and provide fresh perspectives through the lens of the present. So whether we’re writing about the creative reunion of…

In 1969, my father took me to the première of the blockbuster movie Battle of Britain. I was blown away by the realism. After nearly a lifetime of researching and writing more than a dozen military histories, I was compelled to write about the Canadians who had actually fought the Luftwaffe in the Battle of…

To Hitler, she was the most dangerous woman in Europe. Queen Elizabeth, the charming consort of King George VI (and mother of our current queen, Elizabeth II), had plenty of common sense, a sympathetic nature — and a backbone of steel. Her reaction to bomb damage at Buckingham Palace even garnered the admiration of Londoners…

Baseball, it's often said, is a game of numbers. With this in mind, we honour the Toronto Blue Jays remarkable 2025 post-season run by bringing you this special Zoomerology, highlighting the key statistics that shaped their magical journey, from first game of the season right through to the crushing loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers…