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Wilma Bristol Scruggs wanted to see the world, but just going to the beach was hard. She was a child, living on Pembroke’s Curving Avenue, and plagued by asthma. “Going to the beach seemed to trigger it,” the 73-year-old. “I think it was brought on ...

Competitive paddleboarder Joanna Bilancieri didn’t expect Bermuda’s waters would provide such a challenge. The 41-year-old from Oahu, Hawaii had faced everything from enormous sharks, to 20ft waves in her paddles at home. The Bermuda experience, how...

Tania Stafford used to make dog treats for fun, now she’s using them to rebuild earthquake-torn Nepal. Violent tremors killed 9,000 people in the region in April, and left many more without shelter and food. According to the United Nations, roughly 2...

If you think you have a lot of Cup Match cooking to do, think again. Wilbur “McLaren” Lowe III will cook more than half a ton of fish this week. That doesn’t include all the shrimp, shark hash and fried mussels he expects to serve at Wellington Oval...

Helle Patterson spent her childhood outrunning the horrors of wartime Europe. The semi-retired Bermuda teacher was born in Rakvere, Estonia in 1938, the younger daughter of Karl and Meeta Nurk. The Russians invaded when she was 19 months old. “Then w...

Girl, you’re not really going to do it!” That’s what people said when Hannah Eggen slipped her resume to Grammy Award-winning musician Wyclef Jean. She was working at a spa when the Haitian-American rapper and music producer came in for a treatment. ...

“I need a miracle.” That is what people say when they walk through Roseann Alick’s door. The 49-year-old has been stitching up fashion emergencies for the past 18 years. “This lady came in who had abdominal surgery,” said Mrs Alick, owner of REA Fash...

“Oh my God, we’re actually doing this!” This was the thought that kept running through Leidy Sinclair’s mind as she played her violin for BBC Radio 3 yesterday. The 22-year-old was performing as part of Halcyon Quartet, a group of string players. “I ...

It is easy to judge fat people. The thin among us assume they sit around stuffing their faces with junk food, and that they are lazy and never exercise. According to Ayesha Peets Talbot, those preconceptions are not fair. The 34-year-old medic is the...

Sylvia Lightbourne never thought she would be working well into her seventies. She spent nearly 40 years employed as a barmaid at various venues across the Island but quit all of those roles in 2006 — except one. Ms Lightbourne, 76, could not give u...