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Bermuda has a new podcast, Crockpot Convos, which last month stirred the pot with an episode on faith. It’s a family affair – my nieces Selita Daniels and Chelsea Crockwell and I launched it as a no-judgment, safe space where topics of personal and c...

Something this week to not only test the grey cells, but also to enchant and amuse. You are playing in a high stakes rubber bridge game against opponents that are not only good but have enough money to back their judgement, and you pick up this hand ...

Seventy years after their wedding day and Kenneth Simmons still describes his wife Gloria as his true love match. “I have the feeling it was sort of meant to be,” the 95-year-old said. “Everything sort of fell in place for us to be married but the ma...

All being well I’m still away, nestled into the Welsh countryside and without wi-fi. Hopefully we’re surviving and the kids are busy cooking dinner as planned …. This is another recipe that’s easy for ten years and up, although I’m always keen to he...

I know that some folks must consider sparkling wines to possibly not really be wine at all, hence the amusing question: “Would you like a glass of wine my dear? Or how about champagne?” As sparklers trap and store the natural carbon dioxide bubbles ...

Recent studies have shown that the grief we feel when losing a family pet is equal to, or greater than, the grief we feel when we lose a parent. This seems staggering but, when you speak to anyone who has recently lost their pet about their feelings...

Theatre games, improvisation, voice, movement and Shakespeare …. Venture Theatre is using every tool it has “to foster and inspire the next generation” of local actors. Mornings are spent in the classroom; in the afternoon students hit the stage to r...

It’s almost Cup Match! Congratulations if you have made it till July on a steady workout plan. However there may be some that have either come to a complete halt because of Covid, the heat or just a pure lack of motivation. Sometimes getting in sha...

With Mary Prince as his inspiration, Greg Morrison wrote a song and took it to the “incredible” John Woolridge to put it all together. He has released it in time for Bermuda’s annual celebration of the famed abolitionist who, in 1831, shared the horr...

As we navigate yet another week of upheaval in our new normal, the question I have been asking myself is what am I learning that is new about managing fear? This has been on my mind because, thanks to the pandemic, people everywhere appear to be livi...