by Donna Every | Aug 6, 2016 | My Blog
The featured photo is actually of my character Sarah in “Free in the City”, but in the same way Sarah was the mistress of Thomas Edwards in that novel, Molly Harry seemed to have been in a similar relationship with Henry Peter Simmons. In my blog, The Will, I...
by Donna Every | Aug 1, 2016 | Barbados Today Articles
Entrepreneurship in Barbados is in good hands and those are the hands of the women at the top, or in key positions, of some of the organizations in the island whose mandate is to help develop entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Barbados. I was privileged to have...
by Donna Every | Jul 28, 2016 | My Blog
It would be impossible to write Vaucluse without including the Bussa rebellion. For one thing, both took place in 1816. Well at least the Bussa rebellion did and I am yet to ascertain if Henry Peter Simmons actually bought Vaucluse in 1816 or the year before. One of...
by Donna Every | Jul 19, 2016 | Barbados Today Articles
I am really happy to announce that very soon women entrepreneurs across the Caribbean will have a new way to raise much needed capital for their ventures. FundRiseHER™, the first ever Commonwealth-wide crowdfunding initiative was announced on 05 July...
by Donna Every | Jul 19, 2016 | My Blog
“This is the last will and testament of me Henry Peter Simmons of the parish of Saint Thomas and island abovesaid Esquire hereby revoking and making void all former and other wills and codicils by me at any time heretofore made. I direct my just debts and funeral and...