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Thanksgiving is not an official holiday in Bermuda, but many people here still find a way to celebrate, either by cooking a big family meal at some point during the week, or by ordering takeout from a restaurant, hotel or grocery store. Rick Olson at...

One hundred cedar trees grow on the side of a steep hill on Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Darling’s property in Warwick. The 92-year-old says the grove is not in the best location, and yet the trees are doing well, standing at ten to 15ft high after 15 ...

Kalea Walker, 14, is headed to Carnegie Hall to play violin. She was selected from 10,000 musicians eager to join the 2023 Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. The prestigious weeklong programme invites 500 high school students to take lessons...

Having visited Bermuda for more than 30 years, Marjie Smith thought she knew the island. On moving here in April, however, the “wildlife” was a huge surprise. At breakfast one morning, Mrs Smith was shocked to see her oatmeal moving. “You know that l...

In early 2020 there were a lot of questions about Covid-19. How the disease spread and how it affected people were huge concerns for Lunette Castillo, who had a newborn baby and had just been hired as a medical consultant at Westmeath Residential and...

David “Dai” James’s first television commercial for Lindo’s grocers was meant to be a simple assignment. The floor manager had to lead a cow across a pasture, go into Dunkley’s Dairy and come back with a carton of milk. But nothing went as planned. “...

To take preliminary photographs of ship pilot Kristen Greene, Henry Ward hung over the side of Spirit of Bermuda tethered by a rope. He met Dennis Fagundo and John Pereira, the founders of D & J Construction, in a large, very dark warehouse. As one m...

Gary Fray was 20 when he joined the board of Warwick Workmen’s Club. Shy, and “not used to club life”, he recalls how he kept his mouth shut during their regular meetings around a long, wooden table. “The only things I said were ‘good evening’ and ‘g...

Darrell’s Island was once a critical hub for seaplanes crossing the Atlantic; today, it’s a sleepy picnic ground. For the past three years Bermuda Institute students have been reimagining it. Their 11ft by 3ft model has a seaplane museum, glamping ar...

There are those senior citizens who relish a slower pace of life. Leon “Sparky” Place isn’t one of them. For more than 60 years he’s helped to keep Bermuda’s gombey tradition alive. As a young child he got hooked by the colours, the music and the cro...