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Virginia McKey dreamed of representing Bermuda in the Pan American Games for years. She was almost there when tragedy struck. Her horse, Wolkenglanz, got nervous and threw her as she trained in Canada for the 2011 games. The accident shattered one of...

Norma Latham never would have guessed that her rotis could raise thousands of dollars for charity. She’d been making the flatbread since she was a child in her native Guyana. Five years ago she learnt about the work Bermuda Overseas Missions was doin...

Mark Twain got mischievous at his first Bermuda cricket game, deliberately peppering his host with silly questions. The exasperated host, probably US vice consul William Allen, told him wickets were for the umpire to sit on when he got tired. Twain, ...

As a child, Jeanine Glynn would spend hours watching burials at the cemetery near her home. She’d hide behind a headstone and stare, and wonder why people got so upset. It’s something she still doesn’t really understand. The 74-year-old from Poole, D...

Chelsea Smith’s family moved five times when she was growing up. She changed schools every time they moved. Each time there were new friends to make and new routines to learn. “The experience was stressful,” said the 38-year-old. “Although I didn’t l...

Phillip Ingham hasn’t worked in five years. He’s filled out hundreds of applications but things often tank at the interview stage. The 45-year-old suspects it’s not a problem with his credentials or how he presents himself, it’s his cerebral palsy....

Al and Regina “Ginger” Curl thought they were going to New York for their 60th anniversary. The North Carolina couple broke down in tears when their four children told them they were coming here instead. They’d raved about the Island since they spent...

Dorothy Esdaille was widowed at 47. She had four children to support, a heap of hospital bills, and a mortgage. All she could do was sit down and pray. “I asked God to please keep me well so I could pay everything off,” said Mrs Esdaille, who celebra...

Wayne Eagling was once the heart-throb of the ballet world. As a principal of the Royal Ballet in the 1970s, he was famous for his energetic leaps and twists; enthralled students hung his poster on their bedroom walls. After a long career in dance an...

Amanda Harkness’s preschoolers did not understand the link between vegetables and gardens. The Kaleidoscope students thought all their food came from container ships, and were surprised to learn it could be grown in their backyard. “Children today ar...