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The first thing you notice at Perform to Learn preschool is the puppet theatre. The North Street school is all about self-expression and the arts. But since September, in between the puppet shows and the dance, children have been learning more high-t...

When Kandra Dears says she is a psychosexual therapist, not everyone gets it. Last week, a guy called expecting she would hook him up with a prostitute. Rather than slam the phone down, she stayed on the line. “I felt he had to be asking for a reaso...

Retirement isn’t something 84-year-old Edwena Smith has ever considered. She was a teacher at the Berkeley Institute for 25 years and then worked in insurance. For the past 18 years she’s run a business teaching English as a second language, out of...

When inspiration knocks, writer Eric Murphy answers. It’s not unusual for the Canadian writer to be hammering out a chapter at 4am. “If you don’t answer when the muse knocks, she leaves,” laughed Mr Murphy. It’s a formula that has worked well for hi...

What woman hasn’t occasionally wanted to put a spell on her husband? Julia Kempe might have her chance as the witch in the BMDS pantomime, Adventure in Pantoland. Her husband William is the baddie and her daughter Billie-Rose, 8, is in the chorus. I...

Jennah Robinson is obsessed with baking. She spends long hours making pastry at Mario Batali’s New York restaurant Babbo. In her spare time she does pretty much the same thing. “I love to bake when I’m off,” said the 32-year-old. “That’s how I know...

Victoria Mello knew she was in for a challenge when she offered to make dresses for orphans. She’d never made one in her life. Still, her final project at Somersfield Academy required her to do something she loved, and she loved stitching. “I had an ...

Do you dream about alligators night after night? It might be because of the nature show you watched, or there could be a deeper meaning. Holly Paiva wants to help you figure it out. She believes dreams can serve as a warning about the future and eve...

Late at night, snuggled under blankets, Claudine Crockwell often thought of the homeless. The 81-year-old was warm and realised that others weren’t so lucky. Determined to do something, she put her knitting needles to work making blankets for the ne...

Sofie Schrum imagined building a bike would be hard but bravely took up a wrench for needy children. To the ten-year-old’s surprise the exercise turned out to be “actually kind of fun”. She was one of approximately 60 students at BHS involved in the...