Eight months after graduating from Ryerson, there I was in West Berlin working with Marlene Dietrich and David Bowie and Kim Novak. Rory MacLean berlinbowiedavid Change image and share on social
Shakespeare and Co dedicates itself to a shared, heady and outdated ideal that is scarce in our protective and fearful age. Rory MacLean agededicatefearful Change image and share on social
The process of communication with the afterlife - more of an exchange than a conversation - has always fascinated me. Rory MacLean afterlifecommunicationconversation Change image and share on social
Bricks and mortar Berlin has become a kind of network across which visitors and residents interact as if on some sort of comfortable global platform. Rory MacLean berlinbrickcomfortable Change image and share on social
To me, Berlin is as much a conceit as a reality. Why? Because the city is forever in the process of becoming, never being, and so lives more powerfully in the imagination. Rory MacLean berlincityconceit Change image and share on social
Berlin inspired Bowie and stirred him to write about real, important matters. Rory MacLean berlinbowieimportant Change image and share on social
My favourite places on earth are the wild waterways where the forest opens its arms and a silver curve of river folds the traveller into its embrace. Rory MacLean armcurveearth Change image and share on social
The travel book is a convenient metaphor for life, with its optimistic beginning or departure, its determined striving, and its reflective conclusion. Journeys change travellers just as a good travel book can change readers. Rory MacLean beginbookchange share on social
Mandy Sutter's 'Bush Meat' triumphs in its lean prose and true dialogue, in its disarming humour, in its evocation of a family divided by sexism and racism in 1960s Nigeria. Rory MacLean 1960sbushdialogue Change image and share on social
In the Sixties, there were no guidebooks to Asia, at least none that suited young shoestring travelers. No one on the hippie highway carried a copy of Fodor's 'Islamic Asia.' The route to spiritual enlightenment wasn't revealed in the pages of the latest Baedeker. Intrepids were on a journey of spontaneity and reinvention. Rory MacLean asiabaedekercarry share on social