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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 ...

Lucille Harris’s only request for her 90th birthday was to go dancing. She assumed her family had forgotten when November 14 rolled around and the only invite she got was a lunch date with her granddaughter, Bianca. “We went to the restaurant and I h...

It’s hard not to panic when your oxygen supply is cut off. Warren De Klerk was diving in a Bermuda cave when his oxygen tank knocked against the ceiling, jarring a vital valve. “I managed to stay calm,” said the 35-year-old. “For about 20 seconds I w...

Clarence “Tootsie” Bean always had time for youngsters and Nathan “Nate” Lucas never forgot that. The 47-year-old jazz musician met the Bermudian drummer through his father, Maxwell “Max the Sax” Lucas. The two would regularly play in Harlem nightclu...

Chalsey Symonds started a baking business for fun — and then she lost her job. Fortunately for her, she had a hit on her hands: a line of boozy desserts that were definitely not children-friendly. Clients gobbled up her ginger snap cupcakes infused w...

Matthew Oliveira was speeding along at 25mph when he somehow crashed into a closed gate. He suffered severe bruising and minor internal bleeding in the fall, but insisted on getting back on his bike. He was, after all, in the middle of a race for cha...

They don’t allow footballs on the field during playtime at Victor Scott Primary School. The children were getting into too many fights over the balls. Principal Valerie Williams is hoping Bermuda national football team coach Andrew Bascome will help...

The most mundane tasks seemed impossible after Otives Doars’s leg was amputated six years ago. It was a frustrating period, but the 89-year-old is now grateful that her children encouraged her independence. “I still drive,” she said. “My children wou...

Birdwatching seems tame until the cops show up. One day, Andrew Dobson was using binoculars to look at shorebirds on the LF Wade Airport runway when he was stopped by a police officer. The avid bird-watcher quickly pointed to the whimbrels he’d been ...