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First of all let me share something with you that has left me somewhat baffled. I often start a wine tasting by telling folks that we are really having a “wine smelling”. Our taste buds can only detect sweet, sour, bitter, salt and umami, whereas o...

Kara Simmons always loved cooking but never thought about it as a potential career. She was a good student in high school and felt pushed towards international business. Then two years ago, during a break in her MBA, a friend asked her to cook for ...

Jasmine Simons and Diamond Dill enjoy going to work. They’re part of a teen volunteer programme at Kinetix Natural Movement. Students are taught yoga for free and get guided meditation in exchange for cleaning, setting up and assisting with classes ...

Women were falling out of their seats when Jesse Seymour took to the stage for this year’s Bermuda Idol competition. The singer credits his girlfriend for his competition-winning track list. He planned to woo the crowd with a tender ballad by John L...

Young Observer met up with the Heron Bay Eco Club last week. The students have just completed a waste audit at their school and are now composting throughout the school in preparation for starting a garden. Abbie Caldas of Greenrock told us: “Heron B...

Last week, along with musicians from every year level, we paid our annual visit to perform for the seniors and staff at Westmeath. It’s our tradition to visit them twice a year, at Christmas and Easter, and they are always glad to see us. They we...

The African Diaspora Heritage Trail hosted a slew of activities this past week in commemoration of the United Nations Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. This UN commemoration is about celebrating the pos...

Michael McFadden found his calling at 16 — and stuck with it. He’s spent the past 30 years travelling the world with hit plays. Bermuda’s next on his list. Hopefully The Colour Purple will go down better here, than his production of 42nd Street did ...

TABS founder Rebecca Hanson has just returned after a week at Rachel Roy’s design house in New York. She didn’t hesitate when the Bermuda Fashion Festival presented the opportunity. Ms Hanson’s maxim?: Good opportunities don’t come around twice — ta...

After poring through episodes of Project Runway it was a wedding dress that grabbed Michelle Laylor’s attention. Made entirely of Hallmark cards, it was striking in its simplicity, but it was the designer’s back story that reeled her in. “That made m...