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Jennah Robinson is obsessed with baking. She spends long hours making pastry at Mario Batali’s New York restaurant Babbo. In her spare time she does pretty much the same thing. “I love to bake when I’m off,” said the 32-year-old. “That’s how I know...

For many years I have told the story of how British sailors fortified red Portuguese wines with neutral grape spirits (brandy) so that they could better survive the rough trip to England. It seems now that this is not true, as it really started back...

There is all sorts of festive stuff left to do at the Bridge Club, with the major of tournaments all decided. The prizegiving will, as usual, take place at the Christmas Party on the 10th ... just before the bridge game. As mentioned before, all the ...

In October, teams from Warwick Academy headed to Vancouver to take part in the International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Competition, which also included Saltus and Bermuda High School. Over a four-day period, 156 students from eight differe...

Clarence Maxwell came upon his area of expertise “by accident”. While studying West Indian history at the University of Warwick, the subject opened up for the historian, now a leading expert in the early slavery period. He might also say he was pus...

Lola Pimentel-Barker is 8 and has already plotted her future. There’s a lot of dance involved. First, she wants to teach it. And then she wants to take over In Motion, the company her mother Lizz Pimentel started nearly two decades ago. It’s not a p...

Generation Z and iGen is this week’s Young Observer focus. Here are the top ten Generation Z and iGen questions answered. What is the name for the generation born after Millennials: Gen Z, iGen, Centennials, or something else? Generation names often...

Victoria Mello knew she was in for a challenge when she offered to make dresses for orphans. She’d never made one in her life. Still, her final project at Somersfield Academy required her to do something she loved, and she loved stitching. “I had an ...

Do you dream about alligators night after night? It might be because of the nature show you watched, or there could be a deeper meaning. Holly Paiva wants to help you figure it out. She believes dreams can serve as a warning about the future and eve...

Caroline Bartlett moved to Bermuda looking for a place to swim. She was used to paddling in Ilfracombe, a small coastal fishing town in her native Devon. Icy dips in the local pool were bracing, but laps soon became her workout of choice. “We had a ...