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Much has already been written and said about my former colleague and good friend Mrs. Louise Jackson, all of it complimentary, all of it deserved, and today, on the eve of her funeral, I want to begin the column with my own special tribute.
Louise wa...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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John Barritt
“Mummy”, said Belle with a very serious face (as I got to the crucial part of my story), “Don’t be so dariculous!” There is nothing funnier than a stern three year old getting her words in a tangle. In all the parenting madness, it’s the little momen...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
By Clay Smith
Have you ever sat and wondered why people support the sporting teams that they do?
If you were to ask a few friends who they support and why I bet you would be amazed at some of the responses.
While most Bermudians have local teams t...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Clay Smith
Most of us are tightening our belts after all that seasonal spending so, luckily for us, Bermuda Tourism are running an initiative to let us dine at many local restaurants for a reduced cost! Over 35 of Bermuda's top restaurants are participating in ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2014
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Nothing to do in Bermuda?
Tex Beneke, singing with the Glenn Miller orchestra, had a song about his gal in Kalamazoo — zoo — zoo. My mother and father loved Glenn Miller. When my dad was in the army during the Second World War, Glenn Miller’s orchestra was practicing on the b...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Philip Brownell
I’ve just returned from two weeks in the UK, pootling around the countryside. There was the usual awkward scene at the car rental place. A last minute booking for the busiest part of the holiday, I was given one of those adorable, ‘bijoux’ European t...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Julia Pitt
Most of Bermuda was engulfed in grief with the sudden passing recently of not just an elder stateswoman, but one who was a true champion for those with little or no voice in affairs of the Bermuda they helped to build. She displayed no fear in speaki...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
In January of last year I laid out 13 unexpected events or surprise situations that were currently outside of the conventional consensus opinion that I felt had a reasonable chance of occurring (http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130114/COLUMN05/7...
DATE: Jan 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Nathan Kowalski
Dear Carla: So my daughter who is 17, is an honour student always abides by curfew. She works and pays for her own phone, participates in community service etc. She asked me if she can go to a hotel for New Year’s Eve with friends. I said, “no”. She ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Carla Zuill
Happy New Year! How are those resolutions coming along? I seem to have limped into 2014 weighed down by a surprising amount of chocolate and an unsurprising lack of sleep. The excitement in our house has been somewhat out of control, but ‘tis the sea...
DATE: Jan 03, 2014
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Catherine Burns
