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David Gonzalez wasn’t too thrilled the first time he saw the movie Sleeping Beauty. He found the characters boring: Sleeping Beauty spent much of the story asleep, and not much was known about the prince. “The only one with any real energy was the re...

Danai Hongwanishkul was one of Marcus Samuelsson’s big fans. He collected the celebrity chef’s cookbooks and basically “kept up with everything he did”. So when a recruiter called looking to hire him as Marcus’ Bermuda’s executive chef de cuisine, he...

Disaster brings out the writer in Shawn Murphy. After 9/11, the American put pen to paper protesting in the local media the call for violent revenge against his country’s enemies. In March, a week after a family member suffered a stroke, he started w...

Sylvia Hayward-Harris was 8 when a family friend started molesting her. He stopped four years later, when she developed breasts. “I think he preferred little girls,” said Ms Hayward-Harris, an ordained pastor and counsellor. Two brothers of one fr...

If you’re in a submarine, always remember to close the hatch before going down. Prospect Primary pupils learnt the lesson before they went on a virtual dive last week. Twenty-eight students used viewfinders hooked up to mobile phones. They got a 360-...

Don’t be alarmed if you see Paul Alves on his hands and knees, his wheelchair littered nearby. The 37-year-old, who was born with a spinal defect and is paralysed below the waist, is used to overcoming obstacles. “I work my way around things,” he sai...

Teaching in New York, Richard Sutton often encountered violence. Sometimes there were fights outside his school; once he had to save a student from gang members. “The student was surrounded on the subway,” said Mr Sutton. “I went right into the circl...

The next Miss Junior Teen Great Britain might just have a Bermudian accent, and a passion for bright colours. Ziye Burgess is hoping a win will kick-start her modelling career. It’s one of the opportunities the 14-year-old has enjoyed since she mad...

Majah Hype’s nationality is one of comedy’s best kept secrets. The New York-based comedian likes to say he’s simply from the Caribbean. “If I said I was Bermudian the Bermudians would flock to my shows, but other people would be disappointed and stop...

Ask Miriam Callabras how she spends her time, and you’re likely to get a lively response. The 71-year-old keeps busy knitting prosthetics, or as she describes them to anyone with even a passing interest, “knockers! You know, boobies?” She’s donated 1...