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DJs Jibri Lewis and Bakari were 16 the first time they played at a party. They chose Young Men’s Social Club for their public debut as King Jyrus. The bar was locked, and soda was the only drink the teenagers could offer. To their surprise, they “fil...

Jessica Fellowes loved everything about the hit television show Downton Abbey: the costumes, the characters, the time period. Some may argue that she had to. Her uncle, Julian Fellowes, wrote it. “While he was writing it, I remember him telling me ab...

Pauletta Francis has an uplifting message for her students at Elliot Primary School every day. It’s been her practice to have her primary five class use words such as “smart” and “strong” to describe themselves. She’s so confident about the effect th...

Carla May Bean had big plans for her 40th birthday. She was going to Jamaica, where she’d party the night away with some of her best girlfriends. Instead, when December 3, 2014 rolled around, she was here. Doctors had found a small, but aggressive t...

Sally Perinchief was in her twenties when she started volunteering at Packwood Home. Sixty years later, she’s the same age as many of the residents — and still helping. “I turned 83 last week,” she said. “I can’t believe it.” She was asked to join a ...

Andy Detzer knew he was facing an uphill battle when he took over Azu Beastro. The restaurant is located far off the beaten path, at the back of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo. Adding to his woes, lunchtime diners must pay the Aquarium admission...

Sometimes it takes a friend to kick your dreams into high gear. Alicia Resnik always wanted to publish a children’s book, but work and her three sons kept her busy. And then she had a talk with her best friend, Silvia Darling. The Spanish teacher, w...

Zina Zuill’s heart broke the day her son brought home a report card full of Fs. No matter how much Solomon agonised over school work, his teachers kept asking him to “work harder”. “I fell into the trap of thinking he was just lazy,” said Dr Zuill. ...

Matthew Nester fainted when his doctor mentioned removing his large intestine. It was a solution to the bowel disease that had plagued him since he was 22. It meant walking around with a bag full of his waste, for the rest of his life. “Like a lot of...

Edith Eve almost stopped traffic the day she took her bus driving test. Heads swivelled and people pointed as she drove along the North Shore. It was 1969. “They just couldn’t believe there was a woman driving the bus,” the 81-year-old said. “When we...