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Seán O’Connell will go down in history as the first person to swim the entire way around Bermuda. He did that between August 21 and 23, 1976, in 43 hours and 27 minutes. He’s also responsible for another feat — raising almost $65,000 for the Bermuda ...

Whenever children ask dancer Sarah Lamb for an autograph, she always obliges. “I know how much it means to them,” said the 37-year-old Royal Ballet principal known for roles such as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She reme...

St Kitts-Nevis and Bermuda are 1,675 miles apart, but Louise Tannock is determined to bridge the gap. In the 41 years since she moved from St Kitts to Bermuda, she has taken schoolchildren to meet relatives in St Kitts-Nevis, hosted visitors from the...

For years Henry Adderley lived and breathed rugby. Then he tore ligaments in both knees in two separate games. His rugby career was over. “I felt disappointed,” said the 48-year-old. “Watching from the sidelines was awful. I tried to play again but...

Oliver Simmons thinks there’s something special about a Triumph motorcycle. “They make this deep sound,” said the 72-year-old. “If you get, say, six of them going up Knapton Hill, it sounds like jet planes coming in. “You can get a lot of speed out ...

Jennifer Mahoney always thought working for a charity would be fabulous. What could be more fun than helping people for a living? The bubble burst when she became Eliza DoLittle Society executive director a year ago. The charity provides food to peop...

Some people start businesses for a bit of extra cash, others lose their jobs and have no choice. For Stephanie Lee it was a bit of both. “I’d been doing marketing for Sandys 360 Sports, Aquatic & Enrichment Centre for two years when it closed in 2013...

For years, Samantha Smith was angry at her father, George, for dying. In a month, she would have turned 12; she was also excited about graduating from primary school. “He’d been sick for a year or two and always rallied,” she said. When her father...

Sheila Johnson believes in disciplining the old-fashioned way — the strap. “I was strict,” the 81-year-old laughed. “I don’t think I could be a teacher today. You can’t discipline children anymore and I’ve heard that parents aren’t supportive of te...

As a little boy, Danny Simmons hid whenever his grandmother boiled flaxseed on the stove. “It tasted terrible,” the 53-year-old said. “She said it cooled the blood. I said what do I need cool blood for, I want to be outside playing.” But as he got o...