Eduardo Galeano: Remembering a Forgotten Continent
In the last days of his presidency, José Mujica visited the Casmu Hospital in Montevideo to pay his respects to Uruguay’s foremost historian and...
WEF: Setting Bright Minds to Work
As a concept, the idea of gathering together the world’s leading thinkers in a Swiss playground for a few days of eating, drinking, and...
Tracey Curtis-Taylor: Taking to the Skies in Pursuit of Dreams
An intrepid aviator and adventurer, Tracey Curtis-Taylor has made a name for herself recreating the ground-breaking solo flights of the first female aviatrixes at...
Prince Janek Zylinski: Pen or Sword? Your Choice, Mr Farage
“Are you up for it, Mr Farage,” demands an aging aristocrat of Polish descent brandishing his sword and demanding a duel to settle a...
Cathay Pacific losing altitude
Once held up as a benchmark of luxury long-haul air travel, the company’s determination not to jump on the low fair bandwagon looks like...
Etihad Swoop For Tony Douglas As New CEO
Former military defence expert is to take up the role in January, but can he stop the rot in Abu Dhabi where the airline...
Emirates order keeps A380 in production
Giant airliner’s future had been under a cloud
The Emirates airline has pulled the Airbus A380 back from an early grave with an order for...
Uber über alles? Ride-hailing firm damaged by leaked files
By HEATHER LEAH SMITH
DISTURBING details have surfaced surrounding ride-hailing service Uber’s chaotic global expansion period.
Uber was founded in the US in 2009; within three...
EV News Round-up Autumn 2019
By RICHARD THOMAS
THREE months have passed since the last issue of BV, each bringing more developments in the Electric Vehicles world — on the...