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The No Trump bid at bridge is often at the centre of many bidding sequences — in most cases it is a very exact and descriptive bid and as a result should hand over “captaincy” of the auction to your partner. For instance, when you open 1NT you tell ...

Model Sophie Fraser-Smith died tragically last summer, but her memory lives on in the London fashion world. The Sophie Fraser-Smith Models Model Award is now part of the annual Top Model Worldwide competition. It will be given to the finalist most no...

There are quite a few fortified wines available. By this I mean that distilled spirits, (mostly grape brandy), are added to bring the alcohol level up to 20 per cent or thereabouts. Well-known examples are port and sherry, but madeira and marsala s...

An agent, a modelling contract, her picture in British Vogue — it’s all a possibility for Jaime Proctor. She’s one of 42 finalists hoping to win Top Model Worldwide 2018. “The runway show in the competition is watched by agents and photographers,” s...

Making music was second nature to Kevun Arorash. He grew up in Jones Village, where he was immersed in the dancehall scene. Three years ago, after people began singing along to his songs, he began to take his talent more seriously. “The feedback I’v...

Jason Sukdeo wants Bermuda to feel the carnival spirit all year long. There are about 8,000 people who’d likely agree. At least that many hit St David’s for Bermuda Heroes Weekend’s Parade of Bands last year. A fête, an industry-led panel and a blac...

The world doesn’t sympathise when temperatures fall in Bermuda. As our thermostats dropped to 56F last week, people on the US East Coast battled a bomb cyclone. With it came more than a foot of snow; Mount Washington, the Northeast’s highest peak, r...

At 19, Abuwi Rasool lost his sight. He was working in the government quarry when dynamite he’d laid a month before exploded in front of him. Most of his clothing blew off and the burns covered his right side, “from my knee to my forehead”. Doctors an...

Dear Heather, When my mother passed, I inherited her house. It is an old house but has some lovely traditional features such as hardwood floors, brick fireplace, lovely porch. Naturally, I have some sentimental attachment to the property and would l...

There are some jokes Greg Proops just will not make. When it comes to politicians however, it’s no holds barred. “It’s my job to make fun of the people in power,” said the comedian, who has a list of names for US President Donald Trump: Mango Mussol...