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James Delgado started in archaeology anticipating a career with his feet firmly on dry land. What changed his mind was an old whaling ship under San Francisco's financial district, six blocks from the ocean. “In 1978, my employers, the US National Pa...

Hillary Williams still remembers the first time he read one of his poems in public. At 5, his voice boomed as he stood bravely in front of the church congregation: “Mattock, shovel, rake and hoe, plant some beans and let them grow. When they’ve grown...

After the Boston Marathon bombing, Claire de Ste Croix thought she’d never run another big race. She crossed the finish line only minutes before the 2013 explosion that killed three and injured hundreds along the route. In 2017, however, the 53-year-...

People seemed so welcoming when David Garland arrived in Bermuda in 1961 he instantly fell in love. He soon got to see the darker side of things. On February 2, 1965, he had the dubious honour of being the first officer injured in the Belco riots. H...

JayLynn Hines’s family was flabbergasted when she won Intense Mas’s song competition. Although she’d written tunes before, she couldn’t sing a note. It didn’t matter. The 23-year-old had YouTube on her side. “I found a video that suggested using a pl...

Gina Thompson started face painting, certain she had all the popular characters down pat. Then a little boy asked for Barney. “I couldn’t remember for the life of me what Barney looked like,” she said of the Tyrannosaurus rex whose television show, ...

Growing up, Wentworth Christopher never dreamt of one day travelling the world. Somerset and St George’s seemed far enough away for the Devonshire boy. “In those days children tended to stay in their neighbourhoods,” the 79-year-old said. “Going to...

Obstetricians Wendy Woods, Terry Lynn Emery and Emma Robinson have brought thousands of babies into the world. With 60 years of experience between them, they’re now working with their second generation of mothers. Dr Emery, 58, said: “I love it when...

Cavity City is a dark and dreary place. People go in with pearly whites and come out with rotten, stained and missing teeth. To get there, all you’ve got to do is stop brushing and flossing regularly. La-Vawn Simons tours the sights in a children’s ...

Taj Donville-Outerbridge has big ambitions. His dream is to be a reconstructive surgeon, eventually becoming president of the Bermuda Health Council and Minister of Health. “Some people are supportive,” the 17-year-old said. “But others say, ‘Slow do...