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For anyone who does not know, Linda Bogle-Mienzer is gay. Family, friends and colleagues tiptoed around her sexual orientation for years until her then 15-year-old nephew Rakeem woke her up to the fact that it was up to her to hold them accountable. ...

How much is your hair worth? Brittany DeMelo got more than $21,000 from friends, family and co-workers when she shaved her 14-inch locks. She passed the funds on to local cancer charity Pals, after Salon Pink stylist Chelsea Nelmes took to her head w...

Paul Maddern’s not-so-secret hope is to have talented Bermudians join him in Northern Ireland for a residency at his writers’ retreat, The River Mill. Covid-19 halted a plan he had been hatching with Kim Dismont-Robinson, the director of the Departme...

On the way to her first chemotherapy treatment in October 2017, Nina London vowed that at some point in the future she would do something to help others with cancer. Pals can confirm she has done that, and then some. Three years after that trip to Mi...

Troika Bermuda is back and preparing for the stage. The pandemic put the performing arts group on pause. This summer it’s offering a series of workshops ahead of a huge production next year. Its last was in 2019. Work in Progress #7 celebrated Troika...

Five days a week Runelle Darrell is up at 5.30am typing an inspirational message into her phone. It’s something she started a decade ago to get through a difficult period. Thinking it might also help her friends she started sharing – and then they st...

To Emma Wilson, Bermuda smells of sea salt and citrus. She combined the scents in a candle she called Bermuda; fittingly, she released it on Bermuda Day. “Being born and raised in Bermuda, creating a candle inspired by my home felt like a necessity t...

If Eugene Bullard was a fictional character his story would likely be easier to believe. Abandoned by his family at eight years old, he decided to leave the US and head to France. For four years he walked through Georgia, working along the way, until...

If you’re into fine jewellery and want to support a Black-owned business, Lezlie Bailey has a list for you. The Bermudian gemologist started compiling names while under lockdown at her home in London last March. With no experience she built a website...

With her own relationships with seniors in mind, Lakshmi Magon was saddened by all that Covid-19 was doing to people in care homes. Sixty per cent no longer had visits from family or friends; people who once volunteered their time to read or sit and ...