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Introduce new foods to your child, slowly, but surely. Do not make the dinner table a battleground. Make it a pleasant space. If they do not like something do not force them to eat it. Have your child help in the kitchen so they get used to being ar...

As a child, Fiona Hatfield’s family dubbed her “little Mary Sunshine”. “I was always happy, chatty and having fun,” the 71-year-old said. “That has always been the nature of my beast, from the get-go.” Her sunny disposition has served her well durin...

Volcanic ash coats Foster Burke’s backyard in St Vincent & the Grenadines. It covers his roof, his trees, his grass and his car and it’s been constant, since the first eruption from La Soufrière on April 9. “Every time the wind blows, it blows everyw...

When Betsey Mowbray moved to Bermuda in 1976 she was fascinated by morning glories. They reminded her of her mother back in Montreal, Quebec. Frances McKindsey would plant a morning glory vine in the spring and would “be so excited” when the first f...

Freida Nusum died from Covid-19. Her husband Sheridan survived but thinks the coronavirus is responsible for his heart problems, which appeared suddenly last year. His advice to everyone: take the disease seriously. “You have no clue how this demon w...

For 30 years due to diabetes, Venita Smith battled poor vision. And then came the day she suddenly couldn’t see anything at all. An ophthalmologist sent her home with some eye drops and promised her sight would soon return. When it didn’t a few month...

Amanda Jones started her first salon in a spare room in her house. It was a tough time. At the end of her maternity leave she discovered her former employer no longer needed her and, as hard as she looked, she couldn’t find anyone who was willing to ...

At the age of 12 Valerie Funderburk got up on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, and sang some of Patsy Cline’s greatest hits. Having made a name for herself at home in Bermuda, through her performances with her uncles, Norman and J...

Rikkai Scott weighed up the opportunities for BDblaq Dance – and saw the future in film. It’s a route that many companies are taking at the moment thanks to the limitations brought on by Covid-19. “Everyone is on the internet right now,” he said. “Ev...

It was a honeymoon for the record books. Vincent and Trish Dyer left on a two-week cruise to the South Pole just as the coronavirus pandemic hit a year ago. They then went through hell, stranded in the Pacific Ocean while countries refused to allow t...