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Jackson Spurling still remembers his first violin recital. He was 5, and so small he plucked the instrument with his fingers. “I never used a bow,” he said. “And I was so nervous.” Now he is 17, but he still gets a little anxious despite having perfo...

After watching tourist after tourist “deck out” on rental bikes, Michael Paynter started thinking about another option. The solution came eight years ago on a trip to Brooklyn. A scheme there allowed people to swipe a credit card, take a pedal bike f...

Teddy the Lost Dog doesn’t have a busty dame or a fairy godmother; there won’t be people yelling, ‘He’s right behind you!’ — over and over and over again. In other words, it’s not a pantomime. The Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society’s Christmas Musi...

Ruby Sampson packed as much as she could into her life, assuming it would not be a long one. Although her father Leonard Trott had lived to be 92, her mother, Beatrice, had died at 39. That she is turning 100 tomorrow is a bit of a shock for Mrs Samp...

Debre Evans likes to push herself. A few months ago she sprained her ankle. Doctors told her to stay off of it for two weeks but within days she was back in classes at In Motion School of Dance. “I know my body,” the 18-year-old insisted. “I felt li...

Almuriel Simons-Busby has always had a weakness for chocolate peanut clusters. Ten years ago, frustrated because she could not always find them in stores, she tried to make her own. “I couldn’t do it,” she said. “It wasn’t right.” The heat and humid...

Nobody gets much sleep on the first night of Camp Hope. The children giggle, run around in the dark — and complain about bugs. “The girls inevitably start screaming that there are roaches in their tents,” said Dean Furbert. “Sometimes there are, but ...

Luis Samudio believes birthdays should be more about giving than gifts. His 50th was no different. The Pennsylvania resident brought three suitcases filled with things for charity when he visited on Anthem of the Seas two weeks ago. He and his wife,...

Raymond DeShields never visits St George’s without taking a swing around Ordnance Island. He likes to check on the Deliverance replica; his baby. Fifty years ago, he helped to build it for the Bermuda Junior Service League, and still remembers ever...

Kristina Bassett loves singing, but struggles with stage fright. Before every public performance she shakes and sweats. The more intimate the setting, the worse it is. “I’m a shy person,” she said. “Everyone is watching you and you are the centre of...