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As I am writing, I am keeping a close watch on Florence and thinking about atmospheric pressure or, more importantly, the lack of it! It was sometime in the 1980s that my wife and I were sitting on a garden bench chatting with a most respected winema...

So much in life depends on your outlook. Within weeks of her father Eugene’s death from cancer in April 2017, Kim Hendrickson learnt she had the dreaded disease. Chemotherapy and surgery transformed her but then doctors said it appeared the cancer th...

Trying out for a step team at Georgia State University was a really big deal for Tori Cariah. She was a shy 18-year-old, an education major whose dream was to become a middle schoolteacher; step-dancing with Quiet Storm took her way out of her comfor...

Dear Heather, I want to sell my house. I know that the seller pays the agent’s commission, which is five per cent, but what other costs can I expect to pay? Seller Dear Seller, That’s a great question and one most sellers tend not to think about unti...

The cha-cha, the samba, the waltz — Rosalie Davis does them all on Friday nights. She’s part of The Jasmine Dancers, a group of ballroom lovers who dance in the Jasmine Lounge at the Fairmont Southampton each week. Restaurant patrons often think the...

Chris West and Deni Hlavinka were having a drink in a Boston bar when another couple caught their attention. From their nervous awkwardness, the musicians deduced they were on their first date. Now engaged, it took them back to the breathlessness of ...

If you’ve read this column even occasionally you will know that I think bridge is the greatest mind sport ever. Today’s column talks about the advantages of introducing bridge to young and inquiring minds at an early stage, and is aimed not only at t...

Ever since she could remember, Mahkai Outerbridge wanted to be an actress. In January, she thought she was on her way when a Los Angeles agency took her on as a client. Three months later, everything changed. She found out she was pregnant. “My first...

We should start our journey in the north of Spain as this is where garnacha was born. Its lovely strawberry and raspberry flavours, along with a touch of pepper, has resulted in it being the seventh most planted wine grape worldwide. It is even ahead...

If any child had a reason to grow into an angry, hate-filled adult it would have been Zak Ebrahim. At 10, his father was convicted of terrorism and murder. As a teenager, his stepfather beat him. At school, his classmates teased him mercilessly. How...