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Tiffany Austin only signed up for Argus’s fitness programme because she thought she might win a trip. It was a fair mistake, the eight-week challenge the insurance group was offering was called European Expedition. Ms Austin was disappointed to learn...

Kathlyn Dyer had to rely on old-fashioned elbow grease for a good part of her life. She had two choices if she wanted to get somewhere: walk or pedal. It wasn’t until she’d had her seventh child that she got a washing machine; prior to that she had w...

Roger Sherratt took to wearing his pyjamas under his police uniform to stay warm as he walked his beat outside Birmingham in 1963. Two pairs of gloves and two pairs of socks completed his outfit. It was one of England’s coldest winters — temperatures...

Super Bowl Sundays in Bermuda have been a little ho-hum for Texan Dick Reno. He’s from Houston, where football fever is rampant. “Out there, the Super Bowl is a big event almost as big as Christmas to some people,” he said. “Out there, all the bars h...

In today’s frenetic world, even children sometimes long for peace and quiet. Nathaniel Thomas tried to skip a tennis lesson three weeks ago because he wanted to learn how to meditate. The six-year-old didn’t inform anyone ahead of time; he just wande...

The worst thing a person can do to comfort someone with cancer is tell them they’ll be fine. It’s a common mistake, according to radiation oncologist Rob Rutledge. He tells people to just keep it real. “You shouldn’t say words like, ‘You’re going to ...

Albert Churm is a lifelong sports junkie who has won trophies for everything from boxing to golf. But his proudest achievement is his jockey career which spanned the 1950s and 1960s. “No bragging, but I was one of Bermuda’s best,” said the 83-year-ol...

Hamilton Town Crier Edward Christopher is used to telling people what to do, loudly. No surprise then, that following orders proved a bit of a challenge when he joined the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society’s production of Stick Fly. Another strugg...

Beatnik Rubaine moved to the UK for what he jokingly calls “DJ world domination”. Reality hit when he arrived in London in 2005. The gigs he was hired for didn’t bring in enough money, and then he was turned down for a slew of menial jobs including ...

Imagine spending an eight-hour flight with an angry cat on your lap. Sara Graham learnt a lot when she moved from Canada to the Czech Republic in 2014. Lesson one: find a safe way to sedate your animal. Both Ms Graham and her cat would’ve been a lot ...