Drip, Drop, Flush
A quick-and-dirty tour of the history and politics of poop
Someone wipes her bottom, drops a pre-moistened flushable wipe into the toilet bowl, and watches the swirling mess sloosh south. In a restaurant down the street, an employee pours the dregs of a kettle of fryer oil into a sink drain and watches the warm, lardish goo...
Nova Scotia journalist Lezlie Lowe has traveled around the world exploring the past and present of the humble public loo. This month, Julian Sterling presents an exclusive excerpt from her new book, No Place To Go, available now from Coach House Books.
The Urban Plumbing Crisis
From the Great Stink of London in 1858 to the emergence of modern "fatbergs" in our sewer systems, our relationship with infrastructure is fragile.