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Visiting the Isle of Wight in 1949, Kay Latter wanted to build a sand castle. “I was probably about seven,” the 79 year old said. “There was a lovely, sandy beach, but it was so full of litter that I could not build a sand castle. I was digging up tr...

People often crane their necks as they drive past Robert ‘Ice Water’ Smith’s house on Vesey Street in Devonshire. They are not looking for him; they are checking out the clock on his balcony. It is not a particularly big clock, or a fancy one, but it...

Growing up on Cox’s Hill, Pembroke, Wilma Frith longed to become a nurse. “When I was playing with my dolls, they were always my patients,” the 85-year-old remembered. But she had to wait a long time to see her dream become reality. After high scho...

Rashida Godwin’s Black history bus tours have gone through many stops and starts because of Covid-19. For a while they were even virtual; she is thrilled they are now back on the road. The Mary Prince tours are particularly popular. “I think it is b...

Laurie Zuill had been on the lookout for a message in a bottle her whole life. So when she spotted one floating in Bailey’s Bay last month, it was a dream come true. “I was out taking photos of long tails,” said the photographer, who frequently po...

Thanks to Covid-19, Sue Moench has had a challenging final year as principal of Mount Saint Agnes Academy. Her work day begins at 6.10am, when she has to ensure that traffic can move freely around the school. She then turns her hand to helping take...

A South African hit with the words ‘save me, save me, save me’ has become the anthem for restaurant recovery on the island. Waiters, bartenders and restaurateurs have laid out their appeal in a YouTube video as part of a dance challenge inspired by t...

Every Halloween children descend on Raymond Madeiros’s Devonshire home “like locusts”. So many come to trick or treat and see the goblins, headless horsemen and snakes in his Melville Road yard, he has someone stand at the front gate to make sure the...

Rosemary Outerbridge lives just over the hedge from Manor House on Harrington Sound Road. Standing in her back garden, she can see the beautifully manicured grounds, the pools, the property’s iconic bridge and tower. Although the 93-year-old is not ...

In high school, because she was good at maths and sciences, Meshellae Payne decided to become an actuary. It turned out archaeology was a better fit. She considers herself fortunate that she worked that out before she embarked on years of study in a ...