Callumlangham@gmail.com His big, bold inspiration
We may never know who first uttered the words “big, bold novel” to describe the...
For aviation romantics
First flown on this day (May 29) in 1940, the carrier-based F4U Corsair became an...
View from the heavens
The 36th item in Reeling Back’s 38-part series recalling the cinema of Vancouver’s Expo 86 reviews Balloon Safari and A...
The name not spoken
Opened yesterday (July 1), The Legend of Tarzan is the latest feature film to be inspired by...
Shout not without style
Today (April 17), nightwing enthusiasts mark Bat Appreciation Day. We’re likely to hear flying-mammal fanciers...
Excellence is elementary
The product of a Jesuit education, Edinburgh-born Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle entered medical school an...
I never drink water . . .
William Claude Dukenfield never planned on becoming an entertainment icon. When he ran away from...
Tuned to an inner voice
Today (May 16), according to those Internet sites that take an interest in such things,...
Paperback heroics
Celebrating his 75th birthday today (Nov. 17), Gordon Lightfoot first recorded If You Could Read My...
Pipe dream a nightmare
Less than two weeks have passed since the U.S. and Chinese Presidents shook hands on...