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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...

Psoriasis is a skin condition that usually only leads to scratching. For Charles Knights it led to his first solo art exhibition at Masterworks. “Last year, I spent nearly a month in bed,” Mr Knights said. “At one point I could barely turn over. “Wh...

In the middle of an American tour, rocker Mia Chambray awoke with a terrible virus. The Mohawk Radio singer debated whether to cancel her evening concert and stay in bed. Then she thought about her mother, Jennifer Page, at home in Bermuda. “My mom i...

Sometimes a simple comment can send a life spirally in a new direction. Wanda Ray Willis’s aunt once remarked that she sang “just like that Dorothy girl”, meaning actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge. Ms Ray Willis was a small child and barely knew w...

When Austin Riley started racing go-karts, he never imagined it would bring him to Bermuda. He was 7 and only agreed to try the sport after his father pleaded with him to do so. “All right,” Austin said, “I’ll do one lap around the track and then we...

The bark of an endangered African tree might prove a salvation for men with enlarged prostates. Bermudian Quincy Burgess has certainly bought into the theory. He started shipping the herbal remedy pygeum to the island from Africa two months ago. He ...

Charo Hollis loved singing but couldn’t get out of the shadow of her talented mother, Alice Lowe Green. She would hear the whispers whenever she got on stage: “That’s Alice’s daughter.” It made it difficult for her to make her own way; for a very lon...

Lunch service had only just begun when the bread rolls ran out. Hungry patrons buzzed with irritation, before a young waitress appeared. “Don’t worry we’ve met a snag, more rolls will be coming shortly,” she told them, a little nervously. The diners ...

Zuri Darrell knew next to nothing about children, but signed up for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda anyway. He was 22, and a recent hire at Butterfield Bank where employees were encouraged to do community service. The stockbroker wanted to make ...