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Sam Bean clearly remembers a time when he was not as confident as he is now. His parents were going through a divorce and, having lived in the US for five years, the plan was to return to Bermuda. All the change brought anxiety which impacted his aca...

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson This past week at Olderhood Bill Storie and I were fortunate to spend some time chatting with John Neal, CEO of Lloyd’s of London, for a t...

The frigid freeze in Texas last week wasn’t part of Vicki Maiato Pace’s relocation plan. A devastating winter storm caused temperatures to plummet to -2F. Unused to that degree of cold, Texans turned up the heat and overwhelmed the state’s power grid...

Death is the only guaranteed thing about life and somehow, the hardest thing to accept and understand. Last week my friend Kevina Santucci died and I truly have not been the same since hearing the shocking news of her passing. Kevina was a strong war...

Following on from last week’s column I will in future try and include, in the results section, success by our members in non-bridge club online games. For now, if you finish top three in any Open game with more than 100 pairs taking part, or any 99er...

On January 29 I wrote of the vintage chart for Bordeaux, an area where the Romans found vines growing when they arrived some 2,000 years ago. I then said how between 1959 and 2016 there were only two years that rated 99/100: 2000 and 2016. “2005 and ...

Oooh here’s a good one for you. This one-pot pumpkin Thai curry recipe has been a huge hit and is one of the most versatile recipes I have up my sleeve. It comes from one of the ladies in the office – this time we have Sara to thank. The end-of-meet...

A sad day for Mark Raynor is when he sees his “little brother” begging on the streets of Hamilton. Ian was a champion swimmer who proudly represented Bermuda until he started using drugs in his early twenties. Since then he has been in and out of pri...

As thrilled as Zola French-Ray was to finally win something, she decided that the 70” smart TV should go to the grocery store cashier who insisted she fill out the raffle ticket. The West Pembroke Primary School teacher felt it was the right thing to...

It is not quantity, it is quality. I learned this important rule after years of studying and participating in countless seminars and lectures. If I could learn only one thing from an entire day in class that I can apply in my life, it is worth all my...