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The two session Men’s and Ladies’ Pairs were held at the Bermuda Bridge Club last Saturday and when the smoke had cleared, Stephanie Kyme/Judy Bussell and Alan Douglas/David Sykes were sitting on top of the two divisions. The margin of victory in the...

At 8, Astoria Smith became a magician. A huge part of the thrill was the make-up she put on before she went onstage. Despite that, she made business her focus at Nipissing University in Canada. “I went to Bermuda High School for Girls, and my parents...

The On Stage Competition was a tribute to the talents of our young people and also to their grit and perseverance. Some of the contestants were very young — I thought no more than 11 — and it took real courage for them to stand up in front of a capa...

A 79-year-old schoolmate of mine will celebrate his twentieth birthday tomorrow. Yes, he was born in 1940, a Leap Year. Anyway, as we compensate for our planet taking 365.24219 days to circle its sun, I am thinking of appropriate Leap Day wines. The ...

For years, Elroy Ratteray waited for someone to invite him to join the Freemasons, not realising his brother Vincent was a high-ranking member. The secret men’s society grabbed his attention at a funeral it organised for one of its members. “I was re...

Colita Cook-Shillingford’s go-to look is all black, her hair in a bun. The colourful designs she debuted at the Nova Mas International launch seemed a little out of character — to people who didn’t know her that well. “Anyone who knew me from high sc...

Gil Tucker was the only black student in his class throughout his years at Saltus Grammar School. Both welcomed and teased, he refused to let anyone set limits on him. At Harrington Sound Primary School, where he’d studied earlier, he’d been inspire...

As the years pass, memory fades and sometimes, photographs, too. Worried by that, Nicky Gurret decided a book would help preserve the art she and others had created in sand over the years. Beach Art: Bermuda Beach Therapy is an ode to the designs th...

Red Priest at the Ruth Seaton James Auditorium Bermuda’s own Violin Sisters, Naphisa and Sari Smith, opened this evening with their subtle and energetic interpretation of the Allegro from Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Violins in A minor. A good choice ...

Antonia Holder is trying to build a community, one event at a time. She laid her first brick last year, an empowerment tea for mothers and daughters that was so well received, she’s holding another this weekend. Most important on Sunday is that a mes...