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In his younger years, Bernard Brangman played everything from football to billiards. He was competitive at every turn, most likely because he came from a family that took sports seriously. His brother, George, was “one of Bermuda’s best footballers”...

The Open Pairs Championship took place at the Bermuda Bridge Club last week and at the end of the two-session event, Alan Douglas and David Sykes finished on top, narrowly ahead of Marge Way and Misha Novakovic in second and first-round leaders Charl...

TODAY • Women Aglow Int: Celebrate our monthly fellowship service with a light breakfast at 9.45am when the guest speaker will be Rev Dr Madeline Hayward of First Church of God, Angle Street. The theme will be “The Glory of God” based on John 11:40. ...

Some 23 artists visited the island last week for the Bermuda Plein Air Festival. Held biennially, the event stems from a humble offer 20 years ago. It was then that Jonah Jones opened up his garden, inviting fellow artists to paint there. Their meeti...

A mermaid’s tail got Samantha Hill started. Three years later, the requests continue to come in. The 30-year-old has created everything from bags to skirts in that period. A 7ft by 9ft blanket is one of her more recent accomplishments. “I didn’t inte...

Children have always been Ezra Turner’s inspiration. The bartender would tell them stories as they sat around at Coral Beach Club waiting for their parents’ tennis lessons to finish. Encouraged by their response, he decided to write the tales down a...

You name it and Horst Augustinovic collects it — walking sticks, books, stationery from hotels long gone. “This is what you do when you don’t have children,” the 80-year-old joked. But by far, his favourite is his collection of postcards, stamps, e...

The Open Pairs Championship starts today. It would be good to see a big field and hopefully all the top pairs will take part. Unlike past years, there does not seem to be a core of established pairs at the top and there are a lot of partner switches...

This month, it seems as if we have had more visits from winery owners and marketing people than usual. We always learn something from them and they make my goal of “learning something new every day” a little easier. The first to arrive was Jeff Cairn...

While James Bond possessed impeccable skills as a British Secret Service agent, he was useless at ordering cocktails. According to Tiffany Swann, shaking a martini creates a watery drink that ruins the entire experience. It is one little gem in the ...