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“We have royalty in the house this morning.” That was the straightforward declaration made by Reverend Howard Dill of Allen Temple AME Church at the start of Sunday’s 11am worship service. The pastor was alluding particularly to the presence of Vivie...

In recent days a man, whom one official described as the new Nelson Mandela voice during very challenging times, was able to penetrate an atmosphere of discord, politically and socially, in a manner that left many seasoned observers deeply moved by a...

A groundbreaking new initiative that pairs prisoners with victims of crime is helping inmates turn their lives around and victims come to terms with their ordeal. The Sycamore Tree Project has seen 16 prisoners complete the eight-week-long series of ...

The men and women who have suffered at the hands of criminals are perhaps the last kind of visitor you would expect to pass through the succession of bolted doors and corridors of Westgate. But for eight weeks this summer five victims of crime travel...

Feeding children is a minefield. Mainly because we give them “children’s food” rather than just “food” in general. Do you ever wonder if cave babies rejected the sustenance their parents dragged in? I doubt there were many fussy eaters in our hunter...

American costume designer Edith Head said it best: “Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.” Such was the case on the Emmy Awards red carpet on Sunday night, when black and white tuxedo suit...

Michelle Weldon’s decadent cupcakes have become a hit in the past five years. The 29-year-old has created a range of unique flavours in her home kitchen that she peddles under the name Xquisite Treats. She can give you chocolate but prefers more orig...

As a teenager in the 1970s, Stephen DeCosta thought there was nothing cooler than cruising on his moped. Some might say he never grew up. The 51-year-old is still passionate about mopeds and has been collecting vintage bikes for the past 20 years. A ...

Every generation likes to consider itself to be more intelligent, more capable and entirely more virtuous than the one which preceded it. And every generation likes to think it has either attained or is close to attaining the very pinnacle of human p...

Dear Sir, This is a response to the comments on the letter “I have never witnessed such kindness”, published on September 17, saying that all the letter-writer needed was a map. Perhaps the comments came from someone who has never been a visitor in B...

Carolyn Soares didn’t know how lucky she was until she went to South Africa. She taught English to 10-year-olds without computers or sufficient textbooks in Mpumalanga, eastern South Africa. Huge numbers of children were jammed into tiny classrooms i...

Five years ago Judy Baum was semi-retired and enjoying life when out of nowhere came a curveball. Her 38-year-old daughter, Lori Correia, suffered a massive stroke. Mrs Baum stepped in as her caregiver. “You don’t expect your children to have a te...