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Gwendolyn Lightbourne spent so much time at church that her family thought she would never marry. They didn’t know she was keeping an eye on fellow parishioner Eugene Lightbourne. “Sometimes in a big family, it’s nice to have a secret,” said Mrs Ligh...

At 9, Albert Rivera stumbled on to the music of jazz legend John Coltrane. He was immediately hooked. With five siblings, music became his escape. If he didn’t have his headphones on, he would be certain to have the radio playing. “I loved everythi...

Christopher Johnson used to build with bricks and mortar, now he prefers Popsicle sticks and rubber bands. He finds the new tools more useful for the crafty birthday parties and camps he hosts for children. “In 2015, I lost my job in construction,” t...

Vaginal steaming. It’s exactly what you think it is. Doctors ridiculed the practice when actress Gwyneth Paltrow promoted the benefits a couple years ago. Cammie Caines, however, is a firm believer. When she was 19, doctors diagnosed endometriosis, a...

Rose Douglas longed to become a teacher but her father made his views clear — he did not believe in educating girls. It did not stop her from dreaming. As a teenager she started “pretend teaching” on Suffering Lane, the St George’s street she lived ...

People are always bugging Donna Moniz to get a real camera. She prefers taking pictures on her iPhone 7. “I don’t even shoot with the latest model,” said the photographer who has five of her shots on display at the Bermuda Society of Arts. “People a...

Yusef Bushara doesn’t normally get nervous about public speaking but he admitted having a few butterflies at his TEDx talk. The 15-year-old had picked a topic he was only just beginning to understand — his African and Middle Eastern heritage. His fat...

Pizza, fish sandwiches and wahoo nuggets ... Kristin White finds herself in a restaurant in the town of St George at least four times a week. She decided to cash in on her habit after a conference that she helped to plan was presented with “an exorb...

Lynette Gibson has heard every imaginable excuse for not getting a mammogram. They all take her back to her mother, Olive Richardson. She died in 1992 after a nine-year battle that started with breast cancer. It’s possible she might have survived the...

Shun Ng is often called a “virtuoso” for his unique fingerstyle guitar playing. The 27-year-old has performed his blend of soul, funk and blues with the likes of Quincy Jones, and won numerous accolades for it. But as a youngster he was considered ...