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44 per cent of respondents opted for a nice dinner out of a list of 60 simple pleasures.- ST SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A nice dinner, listening to ones favourite songs and payday. These are Singaporeans top three simple pleasures, a poll has found. The online poll of 1,000 Singaporeans aged 18 and above allowed respondents to pick multiple pleasures out of a list of about 60 items: 44 per cent opted for a nice dinner, 40 per cent enjoy tuning into their favourite songs and 37 per cent ...

Vanessa Obioha writes that ‘New Day,’ the impending EP from Bahamas-born, melodious songbird, Brettina, exhibits her creative genius and holds a lot of promise to establish her as the New Face of Jazz She could have capitalized on her natural physical attributes, which assured her a place as a beauty queen. Perhaps, she did. After all, winning the Miss Bahamas Talented Teen opened the door for a scholarship to study at the University of Washington in Seattle, United States of America. With ...

TODAY January 2, 2021 Los Angeles-based jazz singer Brettina has not visited Nigeria for the first time in life. But she’s constantly in touch with the country’s music, which she has come to describe as the future of the world music. According to singer, Nigerian music is an embodiment of freedom of expression. “I’m also hearing a lot of instrumentation, which seems more appreciated and is sometimes lost in other mainstream genres,” the songstress added. Brettina, who was introduced...

Los Angeles-based jazz singer, Brettina has not visited Nigeria for the first time in life. But she's constantly in touch with the country's music, which she has come to describe as the future of the world music.

In the minutest detail, artist Sally Anne Lambert captures enormous character in her creatures and faeries An artist renowned for her paintings of small animals, who illustrates children’s books, who moved from the city to enjoy a more rural life, who loves her home in the Lake District where she likes to be among nature… sound familiar? Having grown up on a diet of Beatrix Potter and being an admirer of her work, Sally Anne Lambert probably wouldn’t be offended by the comparison. A...