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Tyler Brule

Tyler Brûlé writes the weekly Fast Lane column for the FT Weekend Life and Arts section. - -

The wisdom of my accumulated air miles

Tyler Brûlé dips into the Fast Lane mailbag and answers a number of aviation-related questions from readers

Loco locomotion locations

A new transit link might stimulate growth, but if there isn’t a strategy for neighbourhood revitalisation, trains won’t be able to help, writes Tyler Brûlé

Touching the void

Never mind operating systems, apps and battery life, the most appealing thing about a BlackBerry is its keyboard, writes Tyler Brûlé

Screened out and isolated

Tyler Brûlé notices people are now immune to the clatter of finger nails on a keyboard but so easily disturbed by a newspaper unfurling before them

Best case for a new scenario

A new travel regime requires new equipment. Tyler Brûlé purchases a carry-on version of a steamer trunk

If I ruled the Commonwealth ...

As the Queen’s press secretaries might be taking some time off, Tyler Brûlé has taken the liberty of jotting down his own New Year’s Day Manifesto

Christmas plans turned upside-down

Tyler Brûlé was all geared up for a period of extreme relaxation, but then it all changed between last week’s party and this weekend

Window dressing

Tyler Brûlé bemoans the fact that in much of North America and Europe the holiday retail experience smacks of miserliness and spending freezes

A new chapter for the bookstore

It takes a lot to get Tyler Brûlé out of bed at 5.30am but this particular shop opening was quite a special day in the world of retail

High anxiety and buses on stilts

Of all the routines in global travel, fighting for positions at the front of the buses at Dulles is one of the most annoying, writes Tyler Brûlé

A seasonal offering

The pleasure and pain of Japan

Oops, there goes the neighbourhood

When charm takes flight

It’s time to curl up with a magazine

Through being cool

How to defeat treadmill-hogs

Happy countries, good business

Can one wear boots in the office?

The ordered versus the odoured