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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 ...

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...