Barring the invention of a stupidly cheap and non-polluting superfuel (or better still but more unlikely, some kind of antigravity propulsion system), the age of cheap and ubiquitous air travel is going to have to end, by choice or otherwise. Continue reading “Armchair Travel”
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Author Margaret Atwood has had someone make her a device with which she can ‘virtually’ attend book-signings across the world, without having to stray out of her home. Continue reading “Atwood autographs by remote control”
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