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It is a nice coincidence that Rishi Sunak won the leadership of the Conservative Party, and hence the premiership, on the most important day of Diwali, the “festival of light” celebrated by Hindus, along with Sikhs, Jains and some Buddhists. Diwali s...

I think most people have heard the term “floating a balloon” — and I need to float one now. Politics is about people, and gaining political thrust requires a healthy percentage of a population’s support. Having great ideas is good, but great ideas al...

Increasingly, we are being warned that our long-held definition of feminine beauty is not merely amoral, it is also unhealthy. The latest piece of evidence comes from a National Institutes of Health study: women who frequently use chemical hair strai...

In 1990, I volunteered to do a series of oral histories for the National Museum of Bermuda on Bermudians involved in our maritime history. With their permission, I have selected George Fielding Swan, whose story I have rewritten and updated to includ...

In 2022, Latin American and Caribbean countries are facing the effects of a series of shocks that have deteriorated their investment and production conditions, including the global financial crisis, economic tensions between major poles of the global...

“It’s time to say goodbye” — Andrea Bocelli Inside two months, British prime minister Liz Truss has sealed not only her own fate, but the future of the Conservative Party. Owing to immense public pressure, she fired Kwasi Kwarteng as chance...

The newly formed LIV Golf league has garnered months of headlines, both for how it has disrupted the sport and also because the organisation is financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The billions of dollars sunk into the league to recruit...

“I know lots of folks will hate you and not because they want to. But sometimes they don’t even know why…for when you fall along the way, people will have lots to say, they don’t really care if you make it through the day…” Warriors Don’t Cr...

The first and only debate between David Burt and the challenger Curtis Dickinson took place on Saturday night with neither expressing any bombshells or knockout punches. However, in a rather evenly contested debate, there were differences between the...

Now that our Caribbean governments have launched a serious effort to secure the payment of reparations for the tremendous damage inflicted on the people of Africa and the African diaspora during the centuries of European-orchestrated slave trade and ...