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Calum Marsh

Calum Marsh is an essayist and critic born in England and based in Toronto. His writings have appeared in such periodicals as the New Yorker, the Village Voice, and Esquire.

July 2023

  • Bomb Rush Cyberpunk

    Summer games previews
    Bomb Rush Cyberfunk: streetwise graffiti gangs paint the city wild

    The latest release from Dutch studio Team Reptile sets adventurers loose in the futuristic metropolis of New Amsterdam

August 2018

  • Laughable horror … Night Trap.

    So bad they’re good: five terrible video games that people loved anyway

    From the cliched slasher Night Trap to the hideous Superman 64, these are some of the worst-ever video games

July 2018

  • Chef preparing dish in kitchen

    Not 9 to 5: mental health initiative targets 'toxic' pressures for restaurant workers

    For many restaurant workers, kitchen culture makes it impossible to recognize the pain, but new services open the dialogue for seeking help

April 2018

  • Vegan Protest outside Antler Kitchen and Bar, Toronto, Canada - 31 Mar 2018<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock (9486119e) Vegan protesters gather outside of the Antler restaurant in Toronto on Saturday, March 31, 2018. The protest comes after the owner of the restaurant butchered the leg of a deer in front of protestors during their last demonstration. Vegan Protest outside Antler Kitchen and Bar, Toronto, Canada - 31 Mar 2018

    Chef who butchered a deer leg in front of vegan protesters: 'We won't change'

    Chefs say they source animal products with care – but opponents argue there’s no such thing as ethical meat. Is there any hope for common ground?

May 2016

  • Scott Blake, influencer

    Say hello to menswear influencers: the male fashionistas of Instagram

  • Bernie Sanders<br>Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally, Tuesday, May 10, 2016, in Stockton, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

    The 2016 campaign, minute-by-minute
    Sanders and Trump win West Virginia primary – as it happened

  • Screen Shot 2016-05-10 at 12.02.37 PM

    Maple Match: service helps Trump-fleeing Americans find love in Canada

  • Norm Kelly

    Meet the '6 Dad': how Norm Kelly became the Drake of Toronto politics

January 2016

  • Jonathan Blow: ‘the Thomas Pynchon of gaming’.

    Jonathan Blow: 'I want to make games for people who read Gravity's Rainbow'

  • Mila Kunis in Jupiter Ascending: about to get razzed?

    The man behind the Razzies: 'Brian de Palma had no talent'

December 2015

  • Leonardo DiCaprio<br>This photo provided by Twentieth Century Fox shows, Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from the film, "The Revenant." (Twentieth Century Fox via AP)

    The Revenant and The Hateful Eight leaked – and awards season is to blame

    Given the way the film industry widely distributes DVDs to Oscar voters while hyping new movies to the skies, it’s amazing that they don’t leak more often
  • Canada Justin Trudeau youth Vogue interview Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau

    A charm offensive: conservative Canada irked by the magnetism of Trudeau

    Trudeau’s charisma and popularity on social media has drawn unprecedented global interest in Canadian politics but at home, the traditionalists are unamused
  • Anonymous food critic

    ‘The chef started crying’: the Toronto critic who can make or break a restaurant

    As Canada’s most notorious food critic, Nuttall-Smith carefully guards his anonymity – but it can be hard when your picture is hung in the kitchen

November 2015

  • Drake - 2013 press image. sent from Monique at Umusic

    Drake's restaurant: don't expect Pound Cake at this Fancy establishment

    References to the rapper at Fring’s in Toronto – which he co-owns – are few and far between, but its meals offer an internal logic reminiscent of his best work

October 2015

  • bubble soccer

    The growing appeal of bubble soccer: 'One tap and you go flying'

    A facility in Toronto offers 12,000 square feet notionally to play soccer – but mostly to knock other participants around like bumper cars

August 2015

  • A bike rider in London

    Testing Favor: app aims to bring users whatever they need – but does it deliver?

    Do you need your dry cleaning dropped off or some cat litter picked up? Capitalism insists you shouldn’t bother – pay a startup to do it for you
  • A worker tends to cannabis plants.

    Five tips for growing and selling marijuana like a pro – from a university instructor

    The developer behind a Canadian university’s online course for prospective cannabis professionals offers key advice for success in the newly legal business
  • rage room

    Rough day? Time to visit the Rage Room, where destruction is encouraged

    Toronto visitors are encouraged to ‘project their hatred and rage’ by selecting a weapon, donning protective gear, and demolishing furniture and crockery

July 2015

  • Hipsters at Coachella

    Osheaga's headdress ban shows festival's zero tolerance for cultural appropriation

    The Montreal music event’s decision to ‘respect and honour’ First Nations people was praised for taking an uncompromising stance toward the ubiquitous offence

June 2015

  • erotica

    Gay vampires and bisexual cowboys: why erotica has e-readers to thank

    Few benefits of the e-reader are as attractive as the privacy it affords, and so after the launch of the Kindle, that’s when erotic romance really took off
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