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The notorious pirate Blackbeard once threatened to turn Bermuda into a pirate’s den. So claims historian William S Zuill in his new book, The Pirate Menace. “He was a rogue with a vivid personality,” said the 84-year-old. “In the height of battle, Bl...

BIFF is 18 years old, so bring on the romantic encounters, the mischief and the drama. Coming of age is the theme for this year’s Bermuda International Film Festival. “Many of the films explore the difficult divide between childhood and adulthood, a...

Eron Woods is helping other students pay for college — and he isn’t even finished with his own education. The 19-year-old recently gave $500 to help a culinary student at his alma mater, the Bermuda College. Mr Woods graduated from the culinary art...

Edith Hollis Mann’s uncle drove her to Mount St Agnes Academy from Shelly Bay in a horse and buggy in 1927. “When I got older I bicycled to school whether it was sunny, wet or there were gale force winds,” she said. “Sometimes, when I was late, I wou...

Shari-Lynn Pringle weighed around 250lbs. She had high blood pressure, type two diabetes and was on several medications including insulin. The warning bells didn’t go off for the 51-year-old until she caught a surprise glimpse of a picture of herself...

Onika Best got fed up with Bermuda’s music scene and left to make her way in Barbados 23 years ago. The 47-year-old is now performing all over the Caribbean nation. She was the drummer in a band that opened for Maxi Priest in St James last year and r...

A young Bermudian dancer has won a much-coveted place in a prestigious summer dance programme. Ravi Watson, 10, will be attending the Royal School of Ballet’s intensive course in Surrey, England. His mother, Sophia Cannonier, is excited because it ma...

A Caribbean beauty competition was well worth it for Asha Galloway, even if she didn’t bring home the crown. The 25-year-old was named third runner-up in the Miss Plus Size Universe pageant in Trinidad and Tobago last month. About 100 people entered ...

People who get their children vaccinated are “sheeples” who follow the flock. That’s the belief of one parent who hasn’t inoculated her kids against diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella. Her opponents call her a lunatic. The vaccination debate...

After three decades championing the cause of cancer patients, Ann Smith Gordon is leaving PALS. The 79-year-old is ready to take a breather — she’ll walk away from the charity’s Point Finger Road offices as soon as a replacement is found. “I am not r...