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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 ...

Barbara Frith’s encouraging words can be heard throughout the rehearsal. In response, the students light up. It’s a role the dance teacher at Jackson’s School of the Performing Arts has played for half a century. “It would be safe to say I have taugh...

Lee-Ann Liles is always awake from 3am to 4am. It used to bother her until she realised it was when she was most creative; she decided to make the most of it and started using the time to write. It’s one of the many quirks she explores in The Hunger,...

The opening of the Bermuda National Gallery 30 years ago was the realisation of a decades-long campaign by artists, says Dr Charles Zuill