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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...

Keil Gunther said little to her daughters about her breast cancer as she battled through the disease six years ago. She thought it was too big a topic for six-year-old Katie, but particularly for Quinn, who was then 3. So, she was surprised when, thr...

There are times when Domonique Rivas feels her daughter doesn’t know just how lucky she is. Five-year-old Solaé has lots of toys, is driven to school every day and has a family that loves her. “Kids in Bermuda are spoilt,” she said. “We have everythi...

Hallowe’en is Brittany Medeiros’s favourite time of year. She loves make-up. With a bit of eyeshadow, face paint and water, she is able to transform into a werewolf, a clown, or a zombie complete with melting flesh and an exposed skull. “I just love ...

There are some seniors who pull out their cameras only while on vacation or to snap shots of grandchildren; Barbara Robinson takes pictures of her cakes. They litter the pages of her photo albums, a record of the many she’s made over the past few dec...

The energy level was high when Juliette Rewan stepped out on the Plitzs New York City Fashion Week runway last month. The black lace, see-through number she wore was covered in sparkles; equally shiny was the glitter painted on her lips. She’d dreamt...

“Planet Earth” is the answer Emmanuel Itier gives whenever people ask where he’s from. The film-maker, who was born in France but lives in California, has a heavy accent that sometimes confuses Americans. “There is no one country that is better than ...