June Famous looked forward to hurricanes when she was a child in Tortola. Storms were an exciting time for her and her young cousins. The entire family would shelter together, under one roof.
“We’d s...
Why use a handsaw on your girlfriend when an electric one is so much easier?
Illusionist Reza Borchardt does not go easy on his assistant, Christa Kemnitz, just because they’re a couple.
She has been ...
Bartenders will next week battle it out to see who is the best on the island.
Ryan Gibbons, of Baracuda Grill, will defend his title, having won the City Food Festival Bacardi Bartender Competition la...
Lennette Warner’s hair was long and thick when she was little.
Nobody wanted to touch it.
Her family eventually tasked hairdressers with the job. First it was straightened with a hot comb and chemical...
Candy Ray’s plan: to stop learning when she’s dead.
The 72-year-old has never been afraid to try new things.
Cliff jumping, however, made her hesitate.
“I worried for two weeks ahead of time,” she s...
Diana Fearis was annoyed to get home and find a pile of old roof slate.
Her partner, Chris Dakin, had collected it while diving off Dockyard and delivered it as a present.
He thought it might come in ...
It’s not easy doing yoga in the middle of a flock of goats.
Sometimes the goats poo where you want to do a pose, and sometimes they chew on your yoga mat.
But Katie Titterton is determined to bring th...
There are not many fitness classes open to newborns.
But Lynette Colvin aims to change all that with Zumbini, a Zumba class for children aged four or younger.
“Sometimes it turns out to be more of a ...
Family, friends, employers or complete strangers, there’s no one Laverne Scott won’t hit up for Pals.
The Pembroke grandmother has raised $9,000 for the cancer charity in the last 14 years.
“It’s simp...
At 10, Lowdru Robinson was amazed to learn his grandmother was white. Until a classmate called her a “white codfish”, he’d never thought about it.
“She was just grandma,” said the 81-year-old.
And in...
