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When the wrecking ball hit The Haven in 2000, Eugene Stovell and Timothy Sousa felt crushed. The building was once their refuge, Mr Stovell in the 1950s when it was a children’s home, and Mr Sousa in 1981 when it was a home for young mothers and thei...

Damn, I’m still alive. That’s what Tania Stafford thought when she awoke from a failed suicide attempt in October 2010. She’d neatly cut an artery in her arm, hoping to quietly slip away from the world. Luckily, her cat woke her up. “At first I thou...

They’re either going to really, really love it, or really, really hate it. That’s what Afnan Farooqui’s teacher said when she entered a Canadian high-school essay competition in January. The teacher was worried because the CedarBridge Academy student...

It’s difficult to pass by Leslene Daniels’s home without stopping for a look. Her garden is filled with toilets and sinks the 86-year-old has repurposed as plant pots. It’s a stunning image that has put Mrs Daniels’ Paget home on the tourist map. She...

Booze, soca and bikini-clad women ­— it’s party time in Fiyah Marshall’s latest music video. Til De Sun, released today on YouTube, celebrates young and sexy Bermuda. “It’s Bermuda like you’ve never seen it before,” said artist Mr Marshall whose real...

It’s not always easy talking to children about black history. Some parts of it are very grim and it can be hard to know what to reveal and what to hold back until the child is more mature. But historian Melodye Micere Van Putten says there is also lo...

Most parents feel overwhelmed at times. Andrea Lightbourne-Webster is offering support through the mayhem: a one-day conference at which parents will learn they are not on their own. “Very often parents suffer in silence thinking they are the only o...

Something about Ghana tugged at Lynelle Furbert’s heartstrings. The pace, the people, everything seemed so familiar that in 2007 she decided to make it her home. Years later, she is the designer of a fashion line inspired by the West African nation. ...

You can find Rosheena Shamsid Deen’s jaw wrapped in gauze, in a plastic bag she keeps in her closet. Her purpose-built replacement is made entirely of metal, crafted after a near-fatal accident last year. She keeps the original as a reminder not to ...

Why be limited by a number? Ruth Vallis certainly hasn’t let her age stop her. At 89, she decided it was time she exhibited the paintings she has created over the past 20 years. They are now on display at a temporary gallery on Bermudiana Road. “I’ve...