Berna Cox bows to pressure and swings her club on the greens at St Andrew’s before embracing her inner Olympian, Chariots of Fire-style. You can’t,” she scolded me, “come here and not do it.” ‘She’ in this instance is daughter No. 2 who is now a resident Scot; the ‘here’ in question is St Andrew’s [...]
Berna Cox is not one to steal the limelight, but her important part in Ireland’s great victory in Cardiff must be acknowledged. Wasn’t it fantastic? Abso-blooming-lutely marvellous? Did your heart nearly stop with the excitement? And did it nearly burst with pride when they won? Unless you were on Mars last month, you’ll have twigged [...]
Berna Cox gets herself in a knit over jumpers, scarves and hats but finds that while it is a bit of a challenge to learn, on those long winter nights, knitting can be good therapy for the soul. What would you think if I said ‘k2 p2 sl 1 psso k2t’? Some sort of secret [...]
Berna Cox writes about her love-hate relationship with her Wii Fit after Mr Miyamoto, the Wii chipmunks and even her own body all conspire against her in her efforts to get fit the virtual way. I love it. I hate it. Love it… hate it… love, hate, love, hate. Can’t make up my mind. Sometimes [...]
The Olympic Games will comprise of 302 events in 28 sports, with the motto, ‘One World, One Dream’. Dr John Wallace looks at the spirit of the eternal games, which are taking place this month in Beijing, China The appeal of the Olympic Games is a curious thing and does not appear to lie in [...]
Shirley Lanigan writes that despite all the effort it takes to fight nature and the elements, the rewards that can be gleaned from seeing that perfect rose or enjoying a salad fresh from the garden make it all worthwhile. Those who do not garden will trot out all manner of justifications for avoidance of the [...]
For most football enthusiasts FIFA’s ruling in May this year that international matches could not be played at altitudes above 2,500 metres was nothing more than a random fact. For many living in South America however, where the ruling disqualified Colombia from playing in Bogota and Quito as a venue for Ecuador, it had enormous [...]
The beautiful Gothic city of Siena, Italy, as well as its inhabitants, are probably best understood through the Palio. Twice each summer in July and August, this popular festival takes place in the city’s central campo. Most of the thousands of visitors who fill the shell-shaped campo assume that this is merely a bareback horse-race. [...]
For the last few weeks, I’ve been doing a little bit of personal research about camping. As we approach summer and everyone starts looking forward to their annual break, I find myself becoming more and more nonplussed by it all. It seems to me that “holidays” have become hard work. Planning, paying, packing, plastic-bagging liquids [...]
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