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A few cherished photos are all that remain of Dany Pen’s family history in Cambodia. One of them was snapped the day her mother, Yean Chham, arrived at a Thailand refugee camp in 1979. She escaped there after fleeing from the Khmer Rouge. The picture...

Ally Lusher Tatem cracked open the Bermuda Historical Society’s photography collection and was stunned by the gems she found. She is now helping to share the treasure by making reprints available for sale for the first time. “Most of the work in this...

Marielyce Watner has seen a lot of strange offerings at jumble sales, but the pasties at this year’s Trust event were still a shock. “I think the person who donated the pasties was taking a pole dancing class and then decided she didn’t need the past...

Marq Rodriguez packed 1,500 grocery bags to buy his first movie camera. It opened a world of opportunity for the 18-year-old. His short film, The Last I Heard Your Voice, screens as part of the Bermuda International Film Festival this month. “The sto...

An 11-year-old Bermudian who is terminally ill with cancer has been given new hope. Neehari Robinson moved closer to raising the £20,000 necessary for the alternative treatment his parents, Otis and Shakira, believe can help him to recover. The money...

Joan Gillan’s life was almost cut short by a cockroach 83 years ago. “When I was 14 years old I disgraced myself on my bike,” the 97-year-old said. “In those days, Grey’s Bridge in Sandys had wooden planks. You could see the water below as you rode o...

A former Masterworks’ artist-in-residence has won a prestigious European cartoon award. The Economist cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher had his work selected as the best published in any European country. As the winner of the Grand Prix Press Cartoon Europ...

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...