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For Val Sherwood, the biggest challenge to writing a book about cats, was the cats themselves. When she first started, her eight cats miaowed, circled and jumped on the keyboard whenever she sat down to write. “I kept telling them they are all going ...

When she was 24, Shanna Henry had to make a difficult choice. Stick with a job she cared little about or pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a professional dancer. For a while she tried to do both, but found she was too exhausted at the end of the da...

Myah Bridgewater had the voice. Onuri Smith had great stage presence. Drama teacher Sarah Bowers thought they were perfect for Warwick Academy’s musical about the popular British rock band Queen. The only problem was the 15-year-olds weren’t entirely...

Corinne Pelletier came to Bermuda two months ago looking to try new things — weightlifting wasn’t one of them. Yet there she was on November 3, lifting a 250lb weight before an audience and winning the title in her category. “I never thought of mysel...

Doctors removed a tumour from Kenny Fray’s mouth and gave him five years to live. Nine years later he is still here, defying the odds. “I think I’m blessed,” he said. “I’m not complaining about anything.” His late wife, Brenda, was the first to noti...

Born in Trinidad, Daryl Cox can’t remember a year without carnival. In his native Port of Spain, the two-day festival is filled with huge musical performances, vibrant colours and massive crowds; multiple parties are held in the lead-up to the main e...

Running a wine company with a rock star, who just happens to be your father, has plenty of ups. Jesse Bongiovi is grateful for the benefits. The name Jon Bon Jovi draws a lot of attention to his rosé, Diving into Hampton Water. And then there’s his...

Frank Morgan felt very much alone when he moved to Bermuda. He wasn’t working and he didn’t know anyone except his wife, whose days were filled with her reinsurance job. Writing proved his salvation. Mr Morgan poured all his loneliness into the fanta...

Joy Sticca dubbed her work space “The Joyful Corner”; for 30 years the name stuck. Five years after her retirement from the Bermuda Department of Tourism, her old colleagues still shout out “Hey Joyful” whenever they pass her on the street. “Some peo...

It was the trip of a lifetime for Rachel Sawden. At 24, she took money she had earned working as a personal assistant and spent eight months travelling the world. “I rode camels in the Thar Desert in northern India, I went scuba diving on the Great B...