"The light that comes from wisdom never goes out"
I described in my Aug. 30 commentary, “A VI wedding and Captain Wagner,” how an amusing incident after my wedding on Tortola in 1983 led me to discover my Virgin …
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In my Aug. 17 commentary “Captain with VI links remembered,” I described how Polish sailor Wladek Wagner’s epic voyage to promote the reborn Poland started in summer 1931 when he …
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I was introduced to Poland’s tragic history in my early teens when I read about the origins of the Dulwich Picture Gallery (as I recounted in my July 20 commentary, …
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In celebrating the inauguration of direct flights between Miami and Beef Island and the reopening of Marina Cay, let us salute the pioneering work of Captain Wladek Wagner. The Polish …