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When Robert Bassett started showing his artwork 40 years ago, people were baffled. Pink cottages and seascapes were the norm; he was painting figures with elongated necks and exaggerated facial features. Critics called his work “childlike” and “untra...

Carlene Spencer started writing poetry to cope with the frustrations of a rocky romance. She said they were dating; her boyfriend “Hash” said they were just friends. “He said he’d be ready to commit in 2017,” Ms Spencer said. “It was 2013. His life ...

Santa, you’ve lost weight! So exclaimed the children when the jolly old elf popped in at the Frog & Onion Pub and Restaurant. He’s been visiting the Dockyard venue every Sunday in the run-up to Christmas for the last 18 years. He attributed the weigh...

Jabari Hayward knows exactly what he wants under his Christmas tree: enough food to feed the hungry. It’s a tall order that he and his friends at Victor Scott Primary School aren’t waiting on Santa to fulfil. “My Christmas wish is to give food to peo...

The new Star Wars characters are fun, but they’ve got nothing on Yoda, according to Kathryn Mullen. She’s admittedly biased. Ms Mullen was a puppeteer for the famed character in the 1980 hit, The Empire Strikes Back. “I loved the new movie,” she sai...

All Evan Farrow wants under his Christmas tree this year is $14,300. It’s for a good cause. The 15-year-old wants the cash to pay for 13 solar panels at his school, Somersfield Academy. “I still have a ways to go in fundraising,” he said. “When I sta...

Tara Kessaram decided enough was enough. The 33-year-old doctor was tired of losing patients to preventable diseases. She left clinical practice to study public health in 2011 and in April, moved to the Solomon Islands to reduce the impact of cigaret...

Cecil Smith believes strongly in the healing power of music. He was the director of the Bermuda Police Force choir in 1977, when residents rioted after Erskine “Buck” Burrows and Larry Tacklyn were hanged for the murders of Governor Richard Sharples ...

Cristela Alonzo’s family were baffled when she became a comedian. They wondered why she would waste her time on comedy. Years later, the 36-year-old has more than proven the worth of a comedy career. Last year, she became the first Latina to create...

Shipwrecks, dangerous caves and exploding icebergs are all in a day’s work for Jill Heinerth. The 50-year-old diver, underwater photographer and film-maker has spent decades exploring some of the world’s most dangerous waters. She’ll be giving a lect...