The Faster Lane
from Tyler Brûlé
From Beirut’s backstreets to a London menswear staple – Trunk turns 15
Let’s go all the way back to summer 2010 and a warehouse on the edge of Beirut’s Bourj Hammoud district. It’s all a bit dusty and scrappy, the buildings are a jumble of architectural…
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From print shops to piña coladas, it’s party time in Lisbon
There’s nothing like an 80th birthday, in this case Mom’s, to jolt a household – in this case the new apartment in Lisbon – into action. While the planning got under way sometime over…
There’s something lurking at gate 65 – and it’s not your flight
1. We start this weekend with a health and security warning for all of our UK readers venturing out for a last blast of summer sunshine, for our Canadian and US audience gearing up for…
Charming, yes – but the Portugal-Galicia corridor is in need of a paint job
You will have noticed that I’m going through a bit of an Iberian phase. It’s not quite the same as the one my colleague Mr Tuck is living through but there are surely a…
Fancy a proper escape before summer slips away? I know just the place
Has a proper summer escape so far eluded you? I’m not talking one of those selfish wedding weeks that cost you thousands and you didn’t even manage so much as a tan line. Those…
Fireworks dazzle over Switzerland but killjoys want to mute the celebrations
It’s Friday afternoon in the heart of Lisbon and it’s 34C and perfectly cloudless. Mom has just returned from the salon sporting a bouncy coiff’ and I’m plating lunch, which was prepared minutes earlier…
We took the long way to Lisbon and the wine made it all worthwhile
I’ve been plotting a Zürich to Lisbon road trip for the better part of six months. In its original form, it was going to be something of a delivery mission to transfer fragile objects…
We missed the party because a cat mistook mom for a canapé
First, an apology. For all of those who travelled from near and far for our Merano summer party last Saturday, I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to put in an appearance. If you give…
Swiss summer, a stuck shutter and how to AI-proof your career
My Zürich apartment building is a solid Swiss 1960s affair that has the odd twist of Japan (landscaping and terraces) and maybe a bit of Palm Springs (angular modernism and plenty of concrete). This…
Amid sprawling news deserts, the future of fine print is in our hands
What a difference six days and 6,000 kilometres makes, especially in the business of selling newspapers. On Saturday morning, I woke up at my mom’s place in the Old Mill district of Toronto and…
A glass box is not a bathroom and other observations from pintxos to urban planning
Buckle up, pens at the ready, tighten those laces and stay alert. The Faster Lane has spent the past week crisscrossing cities, dashing over nations and jumping the Atlantic. We start on the small,…
