Peter Porter News Today

The City Of London Series for trotters continued on Friday evening, May 24 at The Raceway at Western Fair District with the Mark Etsell-trained Mass Money repeating in the fillies and mares division.

Martin Bax, who has died aged 90, combined a career as an internationally renowned paediatrician with work as founder and editor for more than 50 years of Ambit, a distinctive and often controversial literary quarterly; he even found time to write novels.

New York Rep. Joseph Morelle heard from tribal leaders during a fact-finding tour for a Native voting rights act he plans to introduce in Congress.

"It's a great honour being respected by your peers. A lot of hard work is involved in this, a great staff behind us too, you know, it's not just me. We've got a good bunch of grooms and second trainers that help us along so it's a great accomplishment for us all."

Spokane International Film Festival turns 25 this year, and you’re all invited to come to its birthday party. No seriously, actually come out. After years...

Australian composer long resident in Britain whose music uses complex means to produce a direct result

Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2023 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, at the Black Tie Gala in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. 

Mark Etsell will have a number of opportunities to make appearances on stage at the 2023 O'Brien Awards, and that's not a surprise to Standardbred owner Peter Porter.

Poet and editor of the magazine Aquarius who was a charismatic figure in literary London from the late 1960s

Melbourne writer Alex Skovron has been recognised with a national award at 75. Alongside his own work, Skovron’s quiet impact on poets and poetry in Melbourne has been immense.