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Julia Frith was performing in a lead role in a West End production. Her husband, Adrian Kawaley-Lathan, was enjoying his job with the Bertha Foundation, a social justice organisation also in London, England. When the pandemic threw up challenges the...

Last weekend we went on a Christmas lights drive with the kids drinking hot chocolate in the back of the car. It’s an annual tradition and we always stop at the Hamilton Princess to take a look at their gingerbread masterpiece. This year it’s a life...

If you are having roast turkey with all the trimmings, then we have plenty of all the usually recommended wines in stock such as a lovely Drouhin white or red burgundy. The New World counterpart of chardonnay or pinot noir would be fine as well. Per...

TABS owner Rebecca Singleton recently had her third child and published her second book. Ask how she balances it all and the clothing designer is quick to say it would be difficult to do on her own: having a supportive work team is a huge help, multi...

Sweat in the AM; party in the PM: this is my Christmas season mantra. If you love the Christmas season and are as committed to your fitness as I am, then you understand. It's so important to know yourself and remain honest with your efforts. I refus...

At the age of 14 Grace Aubrey had a monster of a job – making 1,000 doughnuts a day. It was one of the first posts she held after her parents ran into financial difficulty and she was forced to leave school. The teenager was fortunate to find work ...

Instead of gifts for her sixth birthday, Tazara Pitcher asked for non-perishable foods. Her idea was to donate them to the Family Centre – through government’s Covid-19 press conferences, the Somersfield Academy student learnt that there were people ...

In my last word before a break for the holidays you were going to get a few words of nonsense about my dog, but then I received the following comment in an e-mail from my 87-year-old dad. “I think that when we come into the world, whatever our circum...

It's that month again … Yes, it’s December – which presents the challenge of presents to come; hopefully they are useful and functional! If you dig Christmas there is, fortunately, very little to do in the garden. You could, however, consider Mother ...

On Friday, Suzanne Dunkerley sang a final song on Zoom with her students, most of whom were too young to understand she was saying goodbye. Covid-19 had hastened her planned retirement from Kindermusik with Suzanne, the music appreciation programme s...