Bikini Swimsuits
The bikini was invented by Louis Reard and Jacques Heim, in Paris in 1946. However, due to its skimpiness, hardly anyone had the courage to wear a bikini until the late 1950s, when actress Brigitte Bardot created a splash by…
“I can’t stop talking”
Do you know a programme to help people who can’t stop talking? I do, its called, “On and on anon.” Yes, that is a joke, although excessive talking is not funny because it is never accepted socially. Our social norms…
Storms damage country music resort town, kill 13
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A powerful storm system that produced multiple reports of tornadoes lashed the Midwest early Wednesday, roughing up the country music resort city of Branson and laying waste to small towns in Illinois and Kansas. At least…
Go Red for heart health
Cayman women will be dressing in red for heart health on Friday, when the Cayman Heart Fund (CHF) is partnering with Baptist Health International to bring the 3rd Annual Red Dress Learn & Live Luncheon, to mark Heart Awareness Month….
Ex fire chief sets garden ablaze – with colour!
Ever since retiring from the fire service in 2005 as Cayman’s top fireman, Kirkland Nixon has been attending to very different kinds of ‘flame,” – the beautiful and delicate flowers of orchids which grow in his shade-house in Savannah. “My…
National Gallery’s CineClub
The National Gallery’s CineClub, held every second and fourth Monday each month at their new building, is just the place for foreign and art-film lovers who want an experience of great movies from around the world. The movies begin at…
UK police arrest 20 as they dismantle Occupy camp
LONDON (AP) — Authorities dismantled Occupy London’s camp outside the famous St. Paul’s Cathedral in a dramatic early hours raid Tuesday, clearing away one of the longest-surviving encampments inspired by the New York protest against capitalist excess. The City of London…