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When Colin “Dusty” Hind takes his eternal “dirt nap”, forget heaven, his spirit will be wandering the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Kath Davis had never lived abroad by herself until 1979, when her mother dropped her off at college in England. She was 17. Her dormitory mates at Chelsea College of Physical Education got her through her homesickness. “It was great because everyone...

As a child, Dianne Carlson thought she had found paradise. She was living on Agar’s Island in the Great Sound, where her grandfather, James DeSilva, was the caretaker. “We went swimming every day and there were caves to explore,” she said. Television...

At ten, Rylee Lightbourne knows just how difficult it is to write a song. It took her a month to complete her first song, Stand Tall. “The hardest part was writing down the words,” she said. “Sometimes I would go blank.” But she persevered and in Jun...

Sometime around the age of 40, Armando Moniz was told that if he didn’t get his health on track he would be dead in six months. His older brothers had all “died young” and he was a heavy smoker. Mr Moniz took his doctor’s advice and gave up cigarette...

Janita Burke wrote Just Believe after Somerset’s resounding ten-wicket victory over St George’s last Cup Match. A dedicated supporter of the West End team, she meant it to be a gentle poke at St George’s fans. Her hope is that it’s played at the fiel...

Inspired by a class trip to Nasa’s tracking station on Cooper’s Island, Donna Mizell set her sights on becoming an astronaut. It was the 1970s. A boy who shared her dream called her “stupid” for thinking a girl could accomplish such a feat. Meanwhile...

Tina Nash is to spend 12 days climbing her way through England’s mountainous Lake District. It’s all in the name of charity. She’s hoping people will sponsor her efforts to the tune of $27,500 – the money will be used to buy a pony for WindReach. The...

When she was 11, Kate Fetigan would “borrow” her father’s prized Francis-Barnett and “lick up and down the North Shore”. Tommy and Margaret Dill had no idea that their daughter frequently took the motorcycle for a joyride around Devonshire. “We did n...

Inspired by the classical music in Japanese cartoons, Dennajye Paynter taught himself to play piano. In only five months he mastered Rondo Alla Turca, a Mozart composition that takes most people years to learn. “They play a lot of classical music in ...