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Entertainer Tiny T struggled to find an outlet for her energy as a child. She tried the school choir but was thrown out for singing off-key, loudly. She eventually found her niche with Richardson’s Gombeys. “My uncle ran it and invited me to join,” s...

It’s a rare day that Johnny Eatherley doesn’t watch a few episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. The 58-year-old is so hooked he incorporated the cartoon into the ice-cream business he runs with his wife Patricia, Scoops N Cones. SpongeBob and his friend...

Kerri Seymour got blank looks when she told her Canadian friends the food tasted “well”. When she “axed” a question they corrected her pronunciation. When she said she was “vaxed” they were at a complete loss. “I was surprised as I thought I spoke...

If you’ve missed Norman Furtado on the greens at Mid Ocean, well, he’s been busy. The 59-year-old has been in and out of hospital for the past two years, battling a rare form of leukaemia. He’s lucky to be alive. His wife Lynn dragged him to King Edw...

It was a birthday party to remember: 18 dogs dressed to the nines, in bow ties and outfits. Everyone had cake and the birthday boy, Casey the Yorkshire terrier, got lots of presents. His owner, 85-year-old Lola Beane, decided to hold the party last m...

Five hours playing video games? The time can pass in a millisecond for Derek Simmons if he has the controls in hand. The 26-year-old is a hardcore gamer who loves battlefield shooters and football simulators. He believes it’s opened doors for him wi...

The screaming started when Khadijah Shakir was asked to model for her favourite fashion magazine. She screamed again when her photo became the cover for the swimwear article in Nylon’s May/June issue. “My colleagues at work kept asking what was wrong...

Making a video can be difficult. Unless you are Emily Ross, Hannah Collins and Kelly Gilmour. Their parody of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Baby Got Back has achieved a cult status, of sorts. It received more than 6,000 views in the first 24 hours after it was po...

Brennan Watkins’s parents thought he had a mild case of the flu when he fell ill in April. The three-year-old had a low-grade fever and was sleepy. His mother, Denise, was away on business at the time. “His nanny called and said she thought he was ge...

Some people wonder how they will fill their days once they have retired. Not Leon Simmons. The former accountant has always loved photography. “It’s not unusual for me to pull the car over suddenly because I saw something interesting to photograph,”...