Pre-emptive biometrics and the jelly doughnut
E legant in a new Armani suit, hair coiffed and manner suave, Hamish MacBannock adjusted the microphone.
Back to the Future?
n light of recently announced changes in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International
We Are Those Who Ride Faster than Fate
indeed, before the invention of firearms Yuicide terrorists are not new to this world; and explosives, few terrorists had any hope of escaping alive after an attack. With the exception of Samson, who reportedly killed 3,000 Philistines when he brought down the…
Yvon Langlois 1928–2000
Ceux d’entre nous qui l’ont connu ne diront jamais : « Yvon Langlois n’est plus ». Pour nous sa présence demeurera. Comment en effet pourrait-on oublier l’intensité et la sincérité de son action, l’humour parfois cinglant de ses remarques, la chaleur de…
P.M.R. (Rod) Johnson 1947–2003
The following is from a tribute to Rod Johnson at his funeral service on 30 October, 2003.
Stop and Taste the Wine
Can you think of a better way to retire, after more than thirty years in the foreign service, than to become a wine writer and, what’s more, buy a vineyard? That’s what Terry Sheehan did and his new book tells readers about…
The Last Kaiser: William the Impetuous
A biography is often read with the hope of discovering some untold truth or a dirty little secret. A new biography can often help change our view of an historical figure and shed light on an entrenched reputation leading us to a…
On Six Continents: A Life in Canada’s Foreign Service, 1966–2002
The review in bout de papier last winter of James Bartleman’s account of his early life, Out of Muskoka, expressed the hope that some day we might be given a full account of his professional life. Now we have it.
La fin de l’histoire ou la renaissance?
du Mur de Berlin. Lors d’une visite à Ottawa, le regretté Brian omme beaucoup d autres choses, tout a commencé avec la chut
On Six Continents
I first saw Dhaka on a sweltering afternoon in June 1972. The two-hour flight from Bangkok over Burma and the Bay of Bengal gave me time to sit back in air-conditioned comfort and feel that everything was going my way. Here I…
