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Love rhymes Modern rap ballad celebrates old school romance

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celebrity

The Weekend Fashion Report 74th annual BAFTAs

With Karin Herig and Cara Hunt

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Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton”)

Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”)

Priyanka Chopra Jones (“Isn’t It Romantic”)

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Loki”)

Karin says: “She looks nice, but the dress is just so staid, so boring (and has probably been done a hundred times before). It swallows her up. She should have worn something fresh and colourful, and leave the black velvet one-shoulder gowns for when she’s much older.”

Karin says: “This babydoll style dress does not work for her. I like the contrasting silver and gold, especially her with hair, and all the lovely embroidery, but the high waist is not a good look here; it’s just not very flattering.”

Karin says: “I love this! It’s very ‘20s… that is the 1920s. This sequin dress literally dazzles us. And the soft finger waves! She looks every inch the movie star in this Old Hollywood-meets21st-century design by Louis Vuitton.

It’s pure decadence.”

Cara says: “Well, this is quite an unfortunate choice. It looks like she borrowed this from her very stylish, slighter larger grandmother. It’s a lovely dress, it’s just not the right choice for her. She needed a younger look.”

Cara says: “I think this is a lovely fabric, but I agree, the babydoll style doesn’t really work here. I think it would have been gorgeous as a fitted sheath dress. The dress seems to ‘jam’ her up a little bit. Loving the shoes though.”

Karin says: “Her main accessory – her husband Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers – is not seen in the photo.

But she doesn’t need him to look fab. The embroidered short jacket is gorgeous and daring (she wasn’t wearing anything underneath) and the whole look is unique.”

Cara says: “I think the jacket is amazing and she is just honestly so pretty she could probably wear a garbage bag. I like the jacket paired with the white pants, but I have to say I am not feeling the black shoes and hose with it.’

Cara says: “This is stunning, and the fit is perfection, which is an absolute necessity when wearing this type of gown. I love her hair and the bold lip colour suits her so well. I want those shoes! Now, I could be picky and say I don’t like where the hemline falls, I wish it were an inch higher or lower, but that’s just a personal choice and takes nothing away from her look.”

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Weekend Inside

My Perfect Bahamian Weekend Vanessa Clarke Gospel artist

“Martinelli’s or nothing.

Actually, I have become addicted to the health drink Sorrel. That thing really makes me feel good.”

Interview 4 – 5

Yolanda Rolle has been on a mission to transform women’s ministry into something meaningful for modern Christians

Puzzles 6 Community 7

Tyree, known as the “Little Bowtie Guys”, finds success with his lemonade stand

Art 8-9

Junkanoo veteran transitions from 3D to 2D art and back again

Music 10

Dro-Capone takes a modern sound to express traditional ideas of love

Q: What’s on the weekend menu?

“We will have stuffed Cornish hens, potatoes au gratin, crunch slaw (not cole slaw), macaroni and cheese, and peas and rice... Help us Lord, it’s going down.”

Entertainment 11

What’s new on streaming services and TV this week

Literary Lives 12 – 13

The adventures of a Victorian feminist

Forgotten Facts 14

Remembering Prince Philip and flag flying protocols

Animals 15

How new space tech is helping wildlife, plus Pet of the Week

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Gardening 16

Springtime fruits and flowers

Cover I Farreno Ferguson

THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY April 16 • In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticised him for leading street protests; King defended his tactics, writing, “Injustice anywhere is a

threat to justice everywhere.”

• In 1977, Alex Haley, author of the best-seller “Roots,” visited the Gambian village of Juffure, where, he believed, his ancestor Kunte Kinte was captured as a slave in 1767.

• In 1996, Britain’s Prince Andrew and his wife, Sarah, the Duchess of York, announced they were in the process of divorcing.

April 17 • In 1492, a contract was signed by Christopher Columbus and a representative of Spain’s

Q: Beach or sofa?

“Oh, I wish I could get to the beach... to feel that salt water all over me again and just chill.

Because of physical limitations, I am going to the beach in my head but I will really be on the sofa.”

Q: Wine, rum, Kalik or cocktail?

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, giving Columbus a commission to seek a westward ocean passage to Asia.

• In 1961, some 1,500 CIAtrained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the incursion by the third day.

• In 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts James A Lovell, Fred W Haise and Jack Swigert splashed down safely in the Pacific, four days after a ruptured oxygen tank crippled their spacecraft

Q: If you had to be in quarantine with a celebrity, who would it be and why?

“I would love to quarantine with Dave Chappelle or Eddie Murphy, because in these times, if you don’t laugh you will cry. They are the greatest comedians on earth and between the two of them they would keep my spirits up. The Bible says laughter is just like medicine.”

Q: Where would you go for a COVIDfree weekend?

“On a COVID-free weekend I would get on a plane and travel to Nassau to see my dear mother.

I haven’t seen her since 2019 because of COVID. That’s more important to me than going out to eat anywhere. But I do love my stomach, so second place goes to The Upstairs Restaurant or Pisces Restaurant in Freeport. My husband and I always loved it there.”

while en route to the moon.

April 18 • 1906, a devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000.

• In 1955, famous physicist Albert Einstein died in Princeton, New Jersey, at age 76.

• In 1966, Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Boston Celtics, becoming the NBA’s first Black coach.

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interview

Yolanda Rolle She is on a mission to transform women’s ministry into a meaningful institution that suits the needs of the modern Christian woman. An attorney and wife of a minister, she tells Cara Hunt about how important it is to positively impact female church members of all ages.

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s the wife of a minister and as someone who grew up in church, Yolanda Rolle knows the integral role a women’s ministry can play in worship and in the lives of female congregants.

However, she also knows that in many cases this ministry can feel like “just another Sunday service with people preaching at you.”

So, when it came time for the women’s ministry at her church, the Kingdom Discipleship Centre International Embassy, Yolanda knew that she wanted to do things differently.

“I wanted to create a platform where women can be inspired and mentored into kingdom living,” she told Tribune Weekend.

“And I wanted them to be able grow into their purpose and assignment in an atmosphere of good, clean fun. I believe that strong Christian women can still have a great time while celebrating their womanhood.”

Eight years ago, she started P31:30. The name is a reference to the Bible verse found in Proverbs, which reads: “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”

“We have two arms of our women ministry. P31:30 is for women 25 and over, and we have about 80 women who take part – about 50 in our church and about

30 ladies who attend from outside our church.

“The main issues that we deal with is how to be a kingdom woman while still remaining relevant in a secular society,” she explained.

“A lot of people feel that to be ‘a good Christian woman’ you need to dress dowdy or stale and not wear make-up, but you can be fashionable and still be modest.”

Relationships are also a big part of discussion.

“As Christian women we are called to submit to our husbands and some women do have a problem with that. You get women saying, ‘Well, I know that I am supposed to submit to this man, but I see his flaws, because men are not perfect, and so they have that reconciliation in choosing to honour that submission. But what we try to establish is that the submission is really to God and a way to honour Him, and God will deal with their partner.”

In the case of married women, Yolanda said, another major issue is ensuring that the love and attachment remain strong after years of marriage.

“In addition to the older women’s group, there is also a separate ministry which caters to schoolgirls – the TEAN movement, (which stands for) The Esther Abigail Network,” she said.

Esther is a reference to Queen Esther of the Bible who is noted for her courage in approaching

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her husband, King Ahasuerus, to save the Jews.

Meanwhile, Abigail is described in the Bible as a woman of good understanding and of a beautiful countenance.

“We have taken the TEAN movement to about 10 schools on the island and we cater to students who are in grade six and grade nine,” she said.

Yolanda explained that those grade levels were specifically chosen because they are periods of transition in a girl’s life.

“In grade six, the girls are about to graduate primary school and enter high school where they will be the small fish in a big pond, and in grade nine they are about to enter senior high, and so we wanted to really work with them during these milestone years.”

Yolanda added that just like with the older ladies, relationships and boys are a big topic of discussion.

“Even in grade six they are all into getting a boyfriend, which did take me by surprise, and we try to tell them that they have a lot of time for that, but they are a different generation from me, where we primarily focused on work.”

For many of the girls, absentee fathers are another big issue.

“It has a big effect on them, because they see where their mothers are single and having to do it all by themselves and they don’t want to get into relationships where men may take advantage of them.”

With the older girls, Yolanda noted, sexuality is a huge deal in the school sphere.

“There are a lot of issues with same sex relationships within the schools. The word they have taught me is that many teens are ‘bi-curious’. I think what it is, is a lack of identity and a lack of purpose, and so they fall into other people’s identities and purpose,” she said.

Pre-pandemic, the women’s ministry hosted a number of special events throughout the year.

“For our young girls we had a special banquet to celebrate them graduating from grade six and grade nine, and we would also have special events during our regular weekly school meeting times,” said Yolanda.

“For our ladies, we try to have unique and fun events. So, for example, we have character dressup day where we follow a particular theme. One year we did superheroes or Disney or cartoon characters. We also do a wacky sports day, and we also have our living room session, which is like a conference where my husband (Ambassador Devon Rolle) speaks to us and we have a prayer breakfast, as well as a masterpiece session where we take everyday objects like toilet paper and turn them into works of art. And we do community outreach as well.”

Yolanda said that Covid-19 has reduced the numbers of persons that can attend events, but she and her committee have still tried to host as many events as possible following Covid-19 protocols.

The highlight of the year is the Dining Out Experience.

“The dining experience is a chance for the ladies to have a special formal dinner. For many of them, it’s one of the few times in the year where they

THE LADIES of P31:30 in Atlanta for their annual Dining Out Experience cancel our plans this year, although of course we had to adjust things to be sure that we remained safe. This year we had 29 ladies travel and we stayed to ourselves as much as practical.”

Rather than stay at a hotel, they rented out a huge, beautiful home in Concord, about a mile outside of Atlanta. And rather than dine in a communal dining room, they chose to rent out the entire top floor of the Four Seasons for their Dining Out Experience.

The women were also able to do some sightseeing as well, including a visit to the Georgia Aquarium.

“And of course, you know when you have a group of women who have not travelled in a year, there was some shopping,” Yolanda added.

She said that she has seen a definite change in the women who have been a part of the P31:30 movement over the past eight years.

“I have a seen a transformation of timid women YOLANDA and her husband, Ambassador Devon becoming bold women of God. Even in our younger girls, they are seeing that transformation Rolle is possible, and they are realising their worth and their potential.” can get dressed up and A lot of people And the women in turn have had an impact on I wanted them to have Yolanda as well. feel that to be ‘a that belle of the ball “It has been a blessing seeing so many women experience. We rotate good Christian with so many different personalities come the experience each woman’ you together. Seeing them transform to a new level of year so that one year need to dress belief fulfills me,” she said. it is in Nassau and the Moving forward, Yolanda said she would love to following year it is held dowdy or stale see P31:30 expand. overseas, and each year and not wear “I would love us to be able to build a transition we pick a colour (for make-up, but home for abused children and I would love to see the theme). positive, modern changes to our legal system,” “So last year we held you can be Yolanda, who in her professional life is an it at Palm Cay, and fashionable and said attorney at law. we were the ‘Brown still be modest.”

For example, she said that she would love to Belles’. This year we make a difference in the lives of the young resiwent to Atlanta, Geordents of the Willa Mae Pratt Centre for Girls. gia and we were the “I would want them to have a real opportunity ‘Orange Blossoms’. to change their lives around, perhaps learn to cook “I was adamant that COVID-19 would not and bake, have etiquette classes,” she added.

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“Little Bowtie Guy” finds success with lemonade stand as he battles serious illness

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features Writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

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t’s never too early to start pursuing your dreams. And nine-year-old Tyree Simms, who suffers from a serious blood disorder, is proving that even in the world of business there is room for youngsters to try their

hand.

He may be very young, but Tyree is serious about his passions: bowties, suspenders, lemonade and baked goods.

With the help of his parents, Thyra and Angelo Simms, Tyree, also known as the “Little Bowtie Guy”, made his first foray into entrepreneurship with his lemonade stand when he was just seven years old.

This proved to be just a little too challenging for one so young. While the will was there, the discipline, quite understandably, was not always present.

“He was seven years old when he started his stand. So, when it was time for business he wanted to go and play video games or watch YouTube videos,” said Thyra.

However, two years have passed since then, and even though Tyree is still very young, the relaunch of his Tyree the Little Bowtie Guy Lemonade Stand has been a success.

“He has been so much more involved and hands-on,” said Thyra. “Two years later and he is so much wiser and more mature, and it is amazing to watch him shine. Besides collecting some ‘mula’, as he says, he really likes the idea that he is in charge of something so grand. He likes calling the shots, well most of them, and delegating.”

Tyree’s accomplishment is even more impressive when one considers that he has had to face challenges others at his age can’t even fathom.

He was born with sickle cell anaemia, an inherited red blood cell disorder which causes there not to be enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body.

Thyra said she has observed that people with this disease often have difficulty working and she wanted her son to learn some entrepreneurial skills as early as possible.

“I wanted this so when he gets older this would already be instilled in him so he can potentially own his own business that can provide for him in the future,” she said.

As to why the family decided on a lemonade stand, Thyra said: “Tyree always liked homemade drinks, and lemonade and fever grass in particular. He loves baking, and he likes to dress up wearing bowties and suspenders. So, when I told him that he could choose a business to start, he

MAKING bowties and suspenders cool again: 9-yearold Tyree sells fresh lemonade and baked goods from his stand in Pinewood Gardens immediately wanted to incorporate homemade drinks, baked goods, and bowties and suspenders in it.”

Tyree’s home-based business in Pinewood Gardens offers lemonade in flavours of mango, strawberry and fever grass. He also sells chocolate chip, oatmeal and sugar cookies, as well as cupcakes.

“If Tyree had it his way, he would have 100 flavours of lemonade on his stand. We were able to convince him to try one new flavor at every event,” said Thyra.

“There have been many memorable clients visiting the stand. One in particular was the Member of Parliament for our area, Pinewood Gardens, Reuben Rahming. It was such a surprise. He said he saw a flyer for the stand and came out and supported it, which was so commendable. We have had persons we do not know sending messages of encouragement, sharing the flyer on social media, and coming out and supporting the stand. Tyree loves the feedback, and it motivates him to keep pushing.”

She said Tyree has many influences in his life, including herself and his dad, his grandmother Tommi, aunts Toni, Pem, Yasmine, Tereah, his uncle, Tarran, and many others. Thyra believes a village is truly raising her son.

“The overall goal is to keep building his business. Tyree wants to show the other little guys that wearing bowties is cool and being a business owner at a young age is possible. Tyree has been taking tremendous strides to show that he is interested in the business and is becoming business minded. He googles ideas for lemonade stands and looks up items he can buy from Amazon to jazz up his stand a little more all of the time,” she said.

For the remainder of the year, the Simms family hopes to have popup events in more central locations throughout New Providence.

“We are also working on making our presence felt on social media. Tyree is more excited than ever about his business, and it is exciting to watch him do his thing, so watch out for Tyree the Little Bowtie Guy Lemonade Stand this year,” said Thyra.

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music

Hip hop love Rapper Dro-Capone and Adria release new single

By CARA HUNT | Tribune Features Writer cbrennen@tribunemedia.net

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ahamian hip hop artist Dro-Capone, known for his hit single “Island Boy, kicked off this year’s Easter weekend with a bang by premiering his brand-new song “If I”, featuring R&B singer Adria.

The new song is all about love, Dro-Capone told Tribune Weekend.

“It’s a song about the way a man should show love to a woman. To me, that means in an honest and traditional way. I want people to have

that real love story vibe when they listen to it,” said the artist who has opened for some of the ‘90s biggest stars.

The new single “If I” was produced by Farreno Ferguson and has been recently registered for Billboard placement on the Hot 100.

The song is the second single released from Dro-Capone’s upcoming album “10”.

The first single, “Trappin on the Bay”, was released last October.

SCENES from the music video for “If I” by Dro-Capone and Adria (Photos/Farreno Farrington) The lyrics tell of his life before music and entertainment.

That album, which is scheduled to be released later this summer, is very special to Dro-Capone, as it will mark his 10th anniversary as a solo artist.

Music has been his passion ever since he was a teenager.

“I started singing with a few friends in high school in Nassau.

Then I eventually moved to Grand

Bahama and had another group, and we were able to open for some big acts that came through, such as Busta Rhymes and Naughty by Nature.

And then 10 years ago I branched off, moved back to Nassau and started my solo career,” he said.

The name Dro-Capone was given to him by a neighbour when he was very young.

He describes his style as “hip hop with a street base.”

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New this week:

‘Big Shot,’ ‘Mare of Easttown’ and ‘Monday’

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV and streaming services.

MOVIES • Sebastian Stan’s devoted followers are certainly getting a fair amount of him this spring on Disney+ in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” But for anyone

“Big Shot,” premiering April 16 on Disney Plus, left, Mare of Easttown,” a limited series premiering April 18 on HBO Max and “Monday,” and IFC Film premiering April 16. (Disney+/HBO/IFC Films via AP) looking for something outside Bucky Barnes and the Marvel universe, he’s also starring in the steamy new romance “Monday,” both in theaters and on video on demand starting Friday. Stan stars opposite Denise Gough as a pair of strangers who start an intense summer affair in Greece in director Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ film.

• If the Athens club scene is a little too intense for your quarantine addled brain, perhaps Sofia Coppola’s 2010 masterpiece “Somewhere” is more your speed. Coming to Amazon Prime Video on Friday, the mesmerising and meditative film stars Stephen Dorff as a jaded movie star living in the tabloid-ridden Chateau Marmont who finds himself caring for his young daughter Cleo (a breakout performance from Elle Fanning). Like all Coppola films, the sensational and glamorous setting is just a backdrop for her acutely observed and humane portrait of a father and daughter at a tender time in her life. If you haven’t seen it, now is as good a time as any to check out what AP listed as one of the best films of the last decade.

• A modern and youthful spin on the Arthurian legend, writer-director

“The Kid Who Would Be King” Joe Cornish’s “The Kid Who Would Be King” didn’t get nearly enough attention or praise when it came out two years ago. But the family can get a chance to check it when it hits Disney+ on Friday. Andy Serkis’s son, the charming Louis Ashbourne Serkis, leads a charismatic British cast of fresh faces and veterans (including Patrick Stewart as “old” Merlin). I wrote in my review that the time that, “It’s an Amblin-esque movie about fantasy, geek culture and outcasts that’s actually been made for modern kids.” Gough also co-stars in this as Serkis’s mom.

— AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr TELEVISION • “Big Shot” stars John Stamos as a hot-button NCAA basketball

coach who’s bounced from the league and ends up coaching girls at an elite private high school. Will the tough guy acquire the sensitivity to connect with his teen players?

Will students learn important lessons about the game and themselves? Odds are good on all counts with the Disney+ series, which co-stars Yvette Nicole Brown, Jessalyn Gilsig and Richard Robichaux. It debuts Friday.

• Kate Winslet stars in HBO’s limited series “Mare of Easttown” as a police detective investigating a murder possibly linked to a friend’s missing daughter. She’s also divorced and a bereaved parent in the crimecum-human drama debuting Sunday.

Julianne Nicholson co-stars as Mare’s longtime friend, with Jean Smart as her mom. Guy Pearce, who played opposite Winslet in HBO’s 2011 miniseries “Mildred Pierce” (both won Emmys) does so again in the Pennsylvania-set series.

— AP Television Writer Lynn Elber

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literary lives – Lady Florence Dixie

The adventures of a Victorian feminist Sir Christopher Ondaatje writes about the Scottish writer and feminist whose travel, children’s, sports and political books all dealt with feminine themes.

Lady Florence was a wild young girl – a tomboy who matched her brothers in every activity – swimming, riding, or hunting. She wore her hair short and rode astride. She refused to conform like other debutantes when she was presented to Queen Victoria. She was fearless and opinionated – like her eldest brother John.

However, her young life was shrouded in disaster. Her father killed himself – although it was reported as a shooting accident. Her mother, Lady Queensberry, shocked her Protestant family by converting to Roman Catholicism, taking her youngest three children, including Florence, then seven, to France. English law prevented such an action and she risked having her children taken away from her. However, the British Consul at Nantes offered her somewhere to stay, and Emperor Napoleon III offered her his protection. Eventually, Lady Queensberry returned to England with her children where rebellious young Lady Florence was separated from her twin brother and educated at home. She was nine. She consoled herself by writing poetry, The songs of a child and other poems, published much later.

On July 14, 1868 another tragedy struck. Her 18-year-old eldest brother, Lord Francis Douglas, fell to his death after achieving the first ascent

The couple shared an outdoor life – full of adventure, but her husband’s addiction to drinking and gambling eventually had catastrophic consequences. Although happily married, they were reportedly referred to by their contemporaries as “Sir Always and Lady Sometimes Tipsy”. In 1885. their ancestral home at Bosworth was sold to pay his gambling debts.

“For some time ... I have been fighting against the terrible consequences of my husband’s immense losses on the Turf and at gambling ... the last remnant of a once splendid fortune must at once go to pay this debt. Ruin! He has been so accustomed to have heaps of money at his command that he cannot understand that it is all gone ... By selling Bosworth and the property these debts could be met.”

– Lady Florence Dixie (1885)

“A remarkable characteristic of Dixie’s writing, and one that sets her apart from others, is that whenever she writes herself as viewer, she herself is also looked at, viewed, and defined.”

– Monica Szurmuk Author Women in Argentina,( 2001) Lady Florence Douglas was born in Cummertrees, Dumfries, Scotland on May 25, 1855 to Caroline Margaret Clayton, the daughter of General Sir William Clayton, 5th Baronet, Member of Parliament for Great Marlow, and Archibald Douglas 8th Marquess of Queensberry. She had a twin brother, Lord James Edward Sholto Douglas, an older sister and three older brothers.

and two inches. She was, however, the dominant partner in the marriage. The young couple had two sons – George Douglas, who later became the 12th Baronet, and Albert Edward Wolstan, whose godfather was the Prince of Wales.

After the loss of their estate. Lady Florence moved to Glen Stuart, Annan, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, a house on Lord Queensberry’s Scottish estate of Kinmount – which had been the home of Lady Florence’s mother, the dowager marchioness.

BORN FLORENCE DOUGLAS, Lady Florence Dixie was a writer, feminist, big game hunter, war correspondent and a suffragette of the Matterhorn. His brother, the future Lord Queensberry, travelled to Zermatt in Switzerland hoping to bring his brother’s body back home – but found nothing but a few tattered shreds of clothing. He had climbed the mountain alone by moonlight and was miraculously discovered in “the Hut” or else he would have perished in the cold.

“I thought and thought where he was, and called him, and wondered if I should ever see him again.

I was half mad with misery, and I could not help it.”

– Lord Queensberry, 1865 Letter to Lady Florence Dixie The next year Lady Florence accompanied Lord Queensberry to Zermatt and he showed her the slopes where her brother died.

On April 3, 1875 the 19-year-old Lady Florence married Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie (1851 – 1924), who had succeeded his father as the 11th Dixie Baronet in 1872. He had an income of £10,000 a year, a seat at Bosworth Hall in Leicestershire, and a London townhouse in Mayfair. The diminutive Lady Florence, only five feet tall, had married a husband who stood six feet

By then Lady Florence had published her first novel, Abel Avenged: A Dramatic Tragedy (1877).

She published other books too: Waifs and Strays: The Pilgrimage of a Bohemian Abroad (1880); In the Land of Misfortune (1882); A Defense of Zululand and its King from the Blue Books (1882); Redeemed in Blood (1889); Gloriana; or the Revolution of 1900 (1890); The Young Castaways (1890); Aniwel; or The Warrior Queen (1890); Isola; or The Disinherited: A Revolt for Woman and all The Disinherited (1902) and The Story of Ijain; or, The Evolution of a Mind (1903).

The books were for both adults and children – and there were other shorter works for magazines – and introductions to other people’s books.

However, Lady Florence Dixie is best remembered for her travel books: Across Patagonia (1881) and In the Land of Misfortune (1882), both of which are still reprinted. In these books she presents herself as the protagonist of the story and thus she created a unique feminine style of writing in the 19th century.

Two months after the birth of their second son, in December 1878, Lady Florence and her husband, together with her brothers, Lord Queensberry and Lord James Douglas, and Julius Beerbohm, a friend, travelled to Patagonia. Beerbohm was included in the party because he had been to that part of South America before. Very few Europeans had ever been there.

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the Blue Books (1882) and In the Land of Misfortune (1882) – were instrumental in the King of the Zulus Cetshwayo kaMpande’s brief restoration to his throne in 1883.

In England, she was an early advocate of women’s soccer and was appointed president of the British Ladies’ Football Club, playing a key role in establishing the women’s game.

LADY Florence was the sister of the Marquess of Queensberry, who gave his name to the Marquess of Queensberry rules in boxing, and an aunt o In Patagonia, Lady Florence described the land as uninviting and feared, but described the landscape with emotion and physical sensation.

Survival required both strength and courage, rejecting Victorian attitudes that women were the weaker sex. More than this she presented herself as the expedition’s hero, outsmarting the men with instinct and stamina.

In her early life, Lady Florence was an avid sportswoman, an intrepid horse-woman and shot.

Part of the appeal of hunting in Leicestershire was her opportunity to compete on an equal footing with her male peers.

“The merry blast of the huntsman’s horn resounds, the view–halloa rings out cheerily on the bright crisp air on a fine hunting morning; the fox is ‘gone away’. You have a good start ... Side by side you fly the first fence, take your horse in hand, and settle down to ride over the broad grass country. How distinctly you remember that run, how easily you recall each fence you flew together ... and above all, the old farm-yard where the gallant fox yielded up his life.”

– Lady Florence Dixie (1880)

“Her first encounter with a real Patagonian Indian is marked by mutual gazes and by Indians and Europeans being all on horse-back, and thus at the same physical level.

– Monica Szurmuk Author of Women in Argentina (2001) She did not say much about the natives of Patagonia, although later criticised Charles Darwin’s description of the Tuco-tuco for saying that they were nocturnal and lived mostly underground. Lady Dixie had seen the Tuco-tuco during the daytime.

However, during the 1890s, Dixie’s views of blood sports changed dramatically, and in her book The Horrors of Sport (1891) she condemned hunting, which had been one of her early passions.

Returning from Patagonia she brought home a jaguar which she kept as a pet that later had to be sent to a zoo as the jaguar had killed several deer in Windsor Great Park.

The Patagonia experience inspired a great deal of her future writings, both for children and in the women’s suffrage movement. Her two children’s books The Young Castaways and Aniwee take place in Patagonia.

“The really amazing thing about the book is the prowess, skill and prudence of the two girls, Topsie and Aniwee, the child of an Indian chief ... the figures of Topsie, whose expertness as a stalker might put a veteran Highlander to shame, and of Aniwee, who teaches her tribe that a woman may be just as good a hunter and warrior as a man, and

“In 1883, Dixie became the focus of sensational news coverage when it was alleged that at Windsor where she and her husband were living, she had been the target of a dastardly Fenian murder attempt. Doubts as to the veracity of the incident were raised, questions were asked in the House, and Queen Victoria dispatched John Brown to look into the matter. Her faithful Highlander caught a chill while investigating and died. Dixie sent a wreath of African Immortelles to his funeral, and insisted her kidnap was true. The Queen graciously responded with a Landseer print. The actual facts of the case were never ascertained.”

– John Sutherland Lives of the Novelists, (2011)

THE OPENING pages of “Across Patagonia” so revolutionises the whole social fabric of Indian life ...”

– Monica Szurmuk Author Women in Argentina (2001) On her return to London, Lady Florence was appointed war correspondent for the Morning Post – the only woman to cover the Boer conflict of 1880 – 1881. Her reports, followed by her books – A Defence of Zululand and its King from

Lady Florence Dixie died of diphtheria on November 7, 1905. She was buried beside her twin brother in the family burial ground on Gooley Hill on the Kinmount estate.

Her novels are now unremembered, but in the rugged wastes of Patagonia the three-star Hotel Lady Florence Dixie helps keep her name alive.

• Sir Christopher Ondaatje is the author of The Last Colonial. He acknowledges that he has quoted liberally from Wikipedia; Across Patagonia (1881) by Lady Florence Dixie; Women in Argentina (2001) by Monica Szurmuk; and Lives of the Novelists (2011) by John Sutherland.

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history

Remembering Prince Philip and proper flag protocols

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had almost finished this article when the death of Prince Philip was announced and the Governor General ordered Bahamian flags to be lowered to half-mast as a symbol of national mourning. This was sad news, indeed, and I join the world in expressing my heartfelt sympathy to the British royal family.

It is not by accident that the flag was lowered, for protocol is that in half-masting the flag it is first hoisted to the peak, then lowered until the top edge of the flag is approximately one third the height of the pole. On lowering, the flag is hoisted to the peak and allowed to stay there for a moment, before being lowered.

You can read the details of flag etiquette in Cheryl C Strachan’s 2010 book “Flying the Pride – A protocol for the proper display of the National Flag and Official Flags of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.”

In 1985, I had the honour of flying Prince Philip to Rock Sound, then flying him back to Nassau the next day. Air Traffic Control gave us special permission to enter the no-fly zone around Nassau’s harbour and I realised how human this prominent world figure was when he reached into his pocket, took out his Minolta Minox camera and photographed his wife’s boat.

Talking about boats, friends of mine were surprised to see a Bahamian flag being flown by a foreign yacht entering the Lyford Cay harbour.

Strachan tells us that “privately-owned vessels, not registered in the Bahamas, are to fly the national flag of the Bahamas, as a courtesy, while underway in Bahamian waters”.

She goes on to say that “the Bahamas Civil Ensign is the correct flag to be flown by all privately-owned vessels registered in the Bahamas and underway in Bahamian waters.”

Vessels of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force fly the Bahamas Naval Ensign on land. This

THE NATIONAL flag must only be displayed with the triangle pointing upwards as a signal of dire distress, in instances of extreme danger to life and property

BAHAMAS ensigns

PRINCE Philip on The Island Airman ensign may only be flown over RBDF bases.

The flag of the Bahamas, seen in the top left corner of the two ensigns, is to be flown the correct way up, except when used as a signal of distress, in instances of extreme danger to life or propFORGOTTEN FACTS erty. Displaying the national flag with the triangle pointing upwards is an SOS signal.

There are 72 pages in Strachan’s book, all worth reading, but I would ask you think about how she explains the use of the flag as a signal of distress.

PAUL C ARANHA

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animals

How space technology assists wildlife

By KIM ARANHA Animal Matters

So much of what we have learned in the space race has trickled down to the environmentalists and the conservationists. Much of the technology used to launch space rockets for experiments, and satellites for reconnaissance, can be adapted to benefit wildlife around the world.

Last February, the installation of the CubeSat Wild Track Cube – SIMBA (System for Improved Monitoring of the Behaviour of Animals) was completed, developed by students and lab researchers of the Sapienza (Rome) Space Systems and the Space Surveillance in collaboration with the University of Kenya, and the Machakos University in Kenya.

I quote directly from a press release from the La Sapienza University in Rome: “This animalmonitoring satellite, developed by students and researchers at the S5Lab - Sapienza Space Systems and Space Surveillance Laboratory coordinated by Fabrizio Piergentili and Fabio Santoni of Sapienza University of Rome, was launched on March 22, from the Baikonur base (a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to Russia). The cutting-edge tracking system will allow, through the collection of health and location data, the monitoring of wildlife in Kenya’s national parks and the study of animal behaviour.”

The WildTrackCube-SIMBA is actually the third in a series of satellites made for Kenya by the Sapienza University, and follows two others launched in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

The two Kenyan universities and the Italian university came up with the idea of creating a satellite tracking system that could monitor the nations’ wildlife parks in Kenya, sending back vital information to enable them to study animal behaviour more closely.

This technology would also help farmers, because eventually solutions could be found to limit the dangers associated with encroachment, in particular serious damage to crops.

THE CUBESAT Wild Track Cube will allow the monitoring of wildlife and the study of animal behaviour.

The animals will be fitted with a collar and information will be send back to ground stations pinpointing where the animal is located, and the health of the animal, this information will then be processed and analysed by the participating Kenyan universities.

This very modern technology will assist the Kenyan wildlife official’s fight against the constant threat of poachers trapping and killing protected wild life for the black market where exotic meats, pelts, horns, and of course, elephant’s magnificent ivory tusks are, objects that bring in the big bucks.

Man never fails to amaze and disappoint me. The willingness to slaughter an entire, large, magnificent rhinoceros, who is on the endangered list, for his small horn, under the terribly misguided

impression that it will make them “perform” better….Oh please!

Kenya is certainly not the first to make the most of modern technology. Many other groups around the world tag and track animals to monitor them and to learn more about their habits.

One such site that I absolutely love following is Ocearch, where they tag and track a selection of sharks, mostly Great Whites. Very interestingly though, we all thought that the Great White shark remained north and never came into Bahamian waters. We were wrong! We were under the misguided impression that they only liked cold water.

Well, thanks to organisations such as Ocearch we are able to see where some of these sharks travel to during the year. I am here to tell you that quite a few of them are tourists in

our waters, though they are not frequently sighted. Many of the Great Whites that pass through the Bahamas are on their way to the Gulf of Mexico. They cruise around in the Gulf and then stop by the Bahamas on their way back up north. Their tracks are a maze of zigzags and back and forths.

How fortunate we are to have these tracking mechanisms of the 21st century that allow us to know more about the more elusive animals on this planet of ours.

It is interesting to note that 20 years ago a Great White sighting off the coast of the United States was unusual and very exciting. Now they are not even exciting enough to be reported. The sharks do appear to be a little braver, in so much as they swim close to shore, but then again, maybe they were always close to shore and we, poor ignorant fools that we are, splashed around with no clue that we were being watched.

There really are very few shark attacks around the world every year.

Another species that is largely tagged and tracked are sea turtles.

This is absolutely essential as all six turtle species in US waters are classified as threatened or endangered. It is essential to monitor them in order to protect them from their greatest threat: man.

Thank goodness I was able to lobby and make enough noise that in 2014 an Act was passed to protect them in the Bahamas. And can you believe some people complain that there are now too many turtles?

But that is another article.

pet of the week

A sweet companion

By THE BAHAMAS HUMANE SOCIETY

“Need something sweet in your life? I’m just the boy for you! Hi, my name’s Caramel, and I’m currently snoozing while I wait for you to come and adopt me. I’m a bit of a snuggler and love to purr, but I really think I’d do better as a single cat. In fact, grumbling at the other cats in my community is what landed me at the Bahamas Humane Society in the first place. I’m about two years old and I’d really like a new spot to call my own. If you

Photo/Linda Gill-Aranha think I’ll be the right sweet for you, come into the BHS to meet me or call 323-5138 for more information.

I’ll be here waiting for you!”

• The BHS Thrift Shop sells gently used items to raise money for the shelter. If you’re spring

cleaning, please consider donating to the shop. Shop hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11am to 3pm, and Saturday from 10am to 2pm. Donations can be left at the main shelter if the shop is closed. Thanks!

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gardening

Springtime fruits and flowers

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pringtime is in full swing and there are several lovely fruit trees that are giving it all they’ve got right now. Mulberry (Morus spp) is in full fruit and will be for the next few months. The common and typical mulberry in our region is the everbearing mulberry, which has small, sweet fruits that turn from a bright pink, through red to dark purple or black in colour. They are prolific fruiters and tend to be a favourite of the kids, although make sure they are wearing clothes that can get stained!

Mulberry can leave the hands, mouth, and clothes with a purple stain that is very difficult to get out of fabric.

The everbearing mulberry tend to not get very large and could be considered a large shrub or a small tree. The mulberry can be trained as a shrub or into a tree shape, depending upon the space available or the desired effect. Easy to grow in pots on a patio or in the ground, not only is the mulberry a favourite of the kids but the birds enjoy them as well. Fortunately, they are such heavy fruiters that there is normally more than enough to go around.

Mulberry are generally not very demanding.

They use a lot of water when they are young and growing, or in pots, but once established in the ground they pretty much take care of themselves and do not require much if any supplemental watering. Their nutrient demands are relatively low as well, although they respond very well to a fruit fertilizer applied in late March or April. An occasional cutting back can benefit the fruiting if being grown as a shrub or a tree, by promoting fresh branching, and the more branching there is, then the more fruiting there will be.

Another type of mulberry that we grow is the Pakistani mulberry, which has much larger fruit than the everbearing, it is seedless and sweet with a more subtle taste than the everbearing. The Pakistani mulberry grows a lot larger than the everbearing and can reach a height of 20 feet or more if left unpruned. As with the smaller growing everbearing mulberry, the Pakistani mulberry responds very well to an occasional pruning to promote further branching and increased fruiting.

The everbearing begins fruiting a bit earlier than the Pakistani, which typically begins fruiting at the end of April or in early May, and it has a shorter fruiting period than the everbearing. The larger sized fruits and slightly different flavour makes the Pakistani worth having, just as much as the everbearing is worth having.

Mulberry are very tolerant of wind and salt, but I would suggest not planting mulberry from cuttings in a location that is prone to wind as the root system is shallower and much weaker when grown from cuttings. Every mulberry we have had blown down and destroyed by winds was grown from cuttings, whereas trees propagated from tissue culture have a much better developed and stronger root system. I’ve been told that the leaves

LEMON guava

LEMON guava of mulberry are also edible, but I have no experience with the leaves being used as an edible food.

Mulberry pie is a crowd pleaser, mulberry and apple pie even more so! The flavours complement each other very well and make an amazing desert.

Another lovely fruit tree that is setting fruit right now is the lemon guava (Psidium littorale, or syn. P. cattleianum lucidum). Much hardier than a typical guava, the lemon, or cattley, guava is a treat, to be sure! Closely related to the strawberry guava, the lemon guava fruits in abundance and are delicious eaten out of hand or in jams, jellies, preserves, and the likes. With a darker green,

shinier leaf then the typical guava, the lemon guava is an attractive landscape plant, and also does very well in large pots. Slower growing then typical guava, the lemon guava will not disappoint.

They are well acclimated to alkaline soils and have a relatively high salt tolerance. As they are relatively slow growing, they are much easier to maintain to size than typical guava, and they are less prone to having the fruit destroyed by moths laying eggs in the fruit. For a different flavour with some zing, lemon guava is another fruit tree that I highly suggest, they are not only beautiful but they’re delicious too!

It is a wonderful time of year in the garden, and we have several more weeks to enjoy the springtime fruits before the oppressive heat and humidity of summer begins to kick in! Give one of these fruit trees a try and I assure you, there will be smiling faces around. As always, I wish you all happy gardening!

• Adam Boorman is the nursery manager at the Fox Hill Nursery. You can contact him with any questions you may have, or topics you would like to see discussed, at gardening242@gmail.com.