For Your Interest: The Henley Passport Index. Real Travel. Real Access.
Image: RCA. Map, Attanatta. Passports, Craig James. Passport Control, Bobby Hiddy.
Every year the travel industry releases a…
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February 8 2021 Columns Back in BC after 7 years
It felt reassuring to see the “two-metre” marks on the ground at the London Heathrow Airport. In late October, I was travelling from Paris to Vancouver with a layover in London. Back then, …
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January 25 2021 Columns From West to East, quirks and all
I never would have imagined experiencing such different weather conditions in a single year, and even less to be discovering them in Canada during lockdown. Last summer, as the heat increased and …
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January 11 2021 Issues & Ideas For Your Interest: The Urban Dictionary. Real Language. Real Communication.
Image, RCA. Aaron Peckham. Photo, Justin Hall. Urban Dictionary, Fularious. Urban Dictionary, Ridonkulous.The Urban …
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January 11 2021 Columns An increasingly virtual world?
I think it’s safe to say that most of us are ready to leave the year 2020 behind. It was the year that kept on giving. Month after month, there was always some type of new unpredictability. As a …
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December 10 2020 Columns For Your Interest: Luxury Handbags. Real Style. Real Money.
Image: Louis Vuitton, Erwin Soo. Internet Neon, Julian Burgess. Flower, VIppng. Bags, YNAP.
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December 7 2020 Columns British Columbia as an example
In 1964, French novelist and former spy Pierre Nord wrote in essence that “if there was one thing that we should recognize in Anglo-Saxon culture, it is the genius of pragmatism. The proof is that…
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November 28 2020 Columns For Your Interest: Brad Pitt and George Clooney. The Winemaker and the Distiller.
Image: Brad Pitt, courtesy Nasa. Bottles, Jason Kuffer. George Clooney, Melanie McDermott.Brad Pitt and George Clooney are…
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November 23 2020 Columns Pandemonium and a rebirth
As we near the nine-month mark since COVID-19 took hold of what feels like every aspect of our daily activities, it’s beginning to feel like life as we once knew it is nothing more than a distant …
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November 2 2020 Columns Losing it: a privileged rant
When lockdown was first announced, I think I had the same thought as many in the world, “Great, more time to myself.” My mantra was: “I finally get time to do all the things I never had the …