When reggae artist Giles “Sir Dudley” Spurling wrote his new song Born Bermudian, he wanted to celebrate his culture.
The first words out of his mouth when he started composing were: “Mi a born Bermud...
When Milos Damjanovic took over the Tavern by the Sea in St George’s, he thought it would take a month or two to turn around.
But when he opened the place up he found the plumbing was dying, the kitch...
As a youngster Jahroy “Kidd Clazzic” Richards often felt like it was himself against the world.
He was bullied so badly in middle school because of his weight, he was home-schooled in high school.
He...
Growing up in the 1950s Joan Friedman did everything with her twin.
They wore matching outfits, had alliterative names — Joan and Jane, and were always the life of the party.
“Twins were unusual in ...
There’s nothing fun about being called a geriatric. Golden-ager and senior citizen aren’t much better.
Bill Storie and Robin Trimingham realised that when they started a retirement blog in 2013.
“May...
For 20 years Florence Dearing was a faithful Meals on Wheels volunteer. Then she fell and broke her pelvis. “I just turned on a mat and went down,” said the 88-year-old.
Recovery took months and sudd...
Colin Duerden has always been fascinated by crime.
As a child he loved his father Floyd “Happy” Duerden’s stories of policing Bermuda in the 1940s and 1950s.
He thought of becoming a police officer hi...
Rosemarie Kley has her Bermuda “rituals”. She wears a T-shirt purchased the trip before on every flight to the island. And she’s a regular at Coco Reef Resort, where she always stays in the same room....
The ink was barely dry on their marriage certificate when Charles and Ann Mulraine moved to Bermuda. It was 1962. They were fresh out of university and ready to start new lives together.
The couple s...
Te-Che’ Minors saw Up With People on stage and was immediately hooked. The performances, the backstage work and the organisation’s community spirit were all hugely appealing to the 17-year-old.
In a m...