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Maxine Esdaille dreamt of becoming a nurse until a frank talk about blood changed her mind. She then considered becoming a scientist, but didn’t receive much encouragement. “Black women weren’t scientists in those days,” she said. “Someone so nicely ...

As change goes, Michelle Ingham’s was a radical one. The 42-year-old left a well-paid job in Bermuda last October, to work with a dog trainer in England. She swears she wasn’t having a midlife crisis. “That sounds so extreme,” said Ms Ingham, a forme...

Jeane Nikolai finds trips to the grocery store difficult. She believes in fresh food, and seeing carts packed with processed items horrifies her. “I know so many people who use a boil-in-bag rice,” said the 50-year-old. “You don’t have to live like ...

Three years ago, Craig and Jackie Scott were determined to get fit. The couple signed up for fitness programme Beat the Couch, and changed their diet. Ten weeks later they were thrilled to find they could run 5K without stopping. “Afterward, we vowed...

At 18 Renee Kelly put college plans on hold to have her first child. And then two more children came along. For a long time, supporting her family as a single mother was her top priority. Last year, she decided it was finally her turn. With the he...

When Andrew Trott-Francis’s grandfather developed cancer, his first thought was “not again”. His grandmother had died from pancreatic cancer six years before. Doctors suggested Dale Gibbons use a trial drug to fight the cancer they’d found in his liv...

You better really like your spouse, if you’re going to run a business together. Mark and Ally Tatem have learnt that in the two years since opening Two & Quarter Photography. They’re together almost 24/7. “We have friends who say, ‘You guys are crazy...

When MacDonald and Eunice Tucker vowed to cherish each other until death do us part, they meant it. Nearly 65 years have passed since they married, on May 28, 1953. “Divorce has never even been thought of with us,” said Mrs Tucker, 90. Although they...

There are men who would rather have their teeth pulled than shop for clothes. Thanks to Megan Pitman and Chloe Brasier, they don’t have to. The pair will “detox” a client’s wardrobe of ratty clothing, advise on colours and styles and even hit the sto...

When he was 17, Henrik Jeppesen travelled from Denmark to Egypt. The trip was part of his plan to become the first person to see all of the world’s 325 countries and territories. In 2014, eight years later, he checked Bermuda off his list. “It was fa...