As a little boy, Danny Simmons hid whenever his grandmother boiled flaxseed on the stove.
“It tasted terrible,” the 53-year-old said. “She said it cooled the blood. I said what do I need cool blood f...
Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, but business as usual for Bermuda. There’ll be no official turkey pardoning or Thanksgiving parade down Front Street. Still, many Bermudians find their own ...
David Gonzalez wasn’t too thrilled the first time he saw the movie Sleeping Beauty.
He found the characters boring: Sleeping Beauty spent much of the story asleep, and not much was known about the pri...
Danai Hongwanishkul was one of Marcus Samuelsson’s big fans.
He collected the celebrity chef’s cookbooks and basically “kept up with everything he did”.
So when a recruiter called looking to hire him ...
Disaster brings out the writer in Shawn Murphy.
After 9/11, the American put pen to paper protesting in the local media the call for violent revenge against his country’s enemies.
In March, a week aft...
Sylvia Hayward-Harris was 8 when a family friend started molesting her.
He stopped four years later, when she developed breasts.
“I think he preferred little girls,” said Ms Hayward-Harris, an ordaine...
If you’re in a submarine, always remember to close the hatch before going down.
Prospect Primary pupils learnt the lesson before they went on a virtual dive last week.
Twenty-eight students used viewf...
Don’t be alarmed if you see Paul Alves on his hands and knees, his wheelchair littered nearby.
The 37-year-old, who was born with a spinal defect and is paralysed below the waist, is used to overcomin...
Teaching in New York, Richard Sutton often encountered violence.
Sometimes there were fights outside his school; once he had to save a student from gang members.
“The student was surrounded on the sub...
The next Miss Junior Teen Great Britain might just have a Bermudian accent, and a passion for bright colours.
Ziye Burgess is hoping a win will kick-start her modelling career.
It’s one of the oppor...
