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Joyce Watlington arrived in Bermuda in 1953 and decided she was never going back to Montreal. Friends of her parents had invited her and her sister Muriel to stay with them in St George’s — they couldn’t believe their luck. “We were going to find job...

When David Roberts got a job in Bermuda in 1970, he was told not to worry about the racial tension he had heard about. The British journalist had been inundated with tales of mini riots staged by the Black Beret Cadre in protest against black inequal...

For years Calvin Ming Jr marched with the Salvation Army Band in the annual Remembrance Day parade. But in 1992, he found himself sidelined. At 44, his heart was failing fast due mostly to congenital issues. He had been putting off a heart transplan...

Ryan Sulley has always had a beard, but five months ago decided to let it grow wild. Complete strangers stop him in the street to say they like it — he does not. “It’s horrible,” he said. “It is a lot of work to make sure it is not disgusting. I sha...

In kindergarten Jeanie Flath was told she would never learn to read. Dyslexic, she suffered through years of remedial classes until age 12 when she mastered the skill. When the late Jasen Moniz invited her to join her book club years later, Mrs Flat...

In third grade, Milton McKenzie felt invisible. His teacher seemed to hate him, some of his classmates called him the n-word; his school claimed he had attention deficit disorder. “My situation there was definitely because of race,” he said. Mr McKe...

George Jones collapsed in the middle of his first race. He blames the limited water stations in the 1973 Bermuda Day half-marathon. However, it’s likely the beer didn’t help. “I had trained a lot and I felt good,” the 82-year-old said. “I had a good ...

As a kid, Brotha Richie doodled on whatever he could — colouring books, the brown paper covers of his schoolbooks, his sneakers. Music took over but then three years ago he went through a rough patch and rediscovered his old hobby. “Art is therapy,” ...

Cynthia DeSilva kept things hush when she decided to pursue a college degree in 2014. She wasn’t sure her friends would understand why she needed to do it, at age 78. “They would have said what are you trying to prove,” the retired nurse said. “I rea...

As the City of Hamilton planned its block party for New Year’s Eve, Jessica Astwood could only cross her fingers and hope for the best. Mindful of the many celebrations that usually take place on December 31, her best-case scenario was that a couple ...