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“Len Evans did more to advance the cause of wine in Australia than any other individual,” so says The Oxford Companion of Wine.
I’ll always remember his sense of humour. At a lecture in New York City, he told us that once he was returning to Austral...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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Michael Robinson
The story begins in utero. Audrey McLean’s mother was bleeding while pregnant. It’s the start of the memoir that parallels the Jamaican’s struggles and triumphs from childhood to adulthood.
“The story starts with a bang — life or death,” said the au...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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There is always a frisson of anticipation before a live concert, but there was a special warmth emanating from the packed audience the night these two young Bermudian-born virtuosic pianists performed.
The Bermuda Cann clan were naturally out in for...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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Six of the seven CedarBridge Academy students who make up Brothers in Music were seated and one was missing.
When the last member of the band who finished runners-up in the Bermuda Festival's On Stage Competition arrived, his bandmates did not let hi...
DATE: Jan 25, 2018
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How did Bermuda become the focus of a Romanian’s YouTube travel series?
Well, Sorin Mihailovici threw a dart at a map, and it landed squarely in the middle of the Atlantic.
Tiny Bermuda became his only choice.
“I was actually happy when I saw the dar...
DATE: Jan 24, 2018
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Freeman Trott lights up when he gets a drum in his hands.
To him it’s not just an instrument, but an old friend.
For 70 years he played the bongos and other instruments, and sang in hotels and nightclubs. Although glaucoma took his sight 25 years ag...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Dear Heather,
I am looking to sell my house and I have been told by some that it is a buyer’s market.
Is that true and what does it mean to me? Does it mean that my property will sell for less or not at all?
I have plans I need to make, how long sho...
DATE: Jan 23, 2018
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Heather Chilvers
You could have your cousin’s wedding or your auntie’s funeral — it doesn’t matter, you have to play the gig.
Commitment sits at the heart of the band’s ethos since Red Hot Chilli Pipers began 15 years ago.
Then five members, now a rotating group of 2...
DATE: Jan 22, 2018
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Nuclear-powered bagpipes, I suppose, are yet to be invented, but if there are any prototypes out there, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers have surely begged, borrowed or stolen them.
Bagpipes were originally designed to inspire kilted clansman to slaughter a...
DATE: Jan 22, 2018
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With the Regional just around the corner, I have news of another initiative to attract young players to the game being launched at the event — Minibridge.
The idea is to introduce young newcomers to the game, to get them to understand it and hopefull...
DATE: Jan 20, 2018
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