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At parties, Tshepiso Makhafola doesn’t mention his job. “It’s a bit of a mood killer,” the biomedical researcher laughed. In his experience, people expect scientists to be boring, old, usually with a long white beard and nerdy. “I’m actually a bit o...

To Eugene O’Connor, there’s nothing better than the buzz of a Bermuda kite. He calls himself the Kite Master, because he’s been making and selling them for 76 years. These days, the skies have grown a little too quiet for his taste. “If I’m driving ...

Al Seymour has always been a compulsive sketcher. As a child, he’d draw on anything within reach; the white pine coffins at Cecil W. Frith Funeral Home proved “irresistible”. He said: “I started helping out there when I was very little. The workmen t...

As a young actor, Eric Bean was amazed by The Lion King. He couldn’t believe his luck when he was hired to tour the East Coast with the award-winning Broadway musical in June. Only two years earlier, the 33-year-old was turned down after his audition...

Three friends toured Bermuda schools hoping to inspire young people to dream big. After six weeks, Hannah Eggen, Gianluca Gibbons and Denzil Nelson were just as inspired as the 800 students they spoke with. Budding cardiac surgeons, singers, football...

Gloria Thomas started working at Elbow Beach Cycles never thinking it would become a full-time job. Her husband, Dudley, had run the store since 1945 and she jumped in to help after his death in 1984. Mrs Thomas expected it would take her about two ...

’Tis the season for man flu. Victims frequently go from a sniffle to death’s door, in an instant. Recovery can take weeks, and is only possible with lots of mollycoddling. Lifestyle spoke to readers about it. Peter Jovetic insists man flu laid him ...

Gwendolyn Lightbourne spent so much time at church that her family thought she would never marry. They didn’t know she was keeping an eye on fellow parishioner Eugene Lightbourne. “Sometimes in a big family, it’s nice to have a secret,” said Mrs Ligh...

At 9, Albert Rivera stumbled on to the music of jazz legend John Coltrane. He was immediately hooked. With five siblings, music became his escape. If he didn’t have his headphones on, he would be certain to have the radio playing. “I loved everythi...

Christopher Johnson used to build with bricks and mortar, now he prefers Popsicle sticks and rubber bands. He finds the new tools more useful for the crafty birthday parties and camps he hosts for children. “In 2015, I lost my job in construction,” t...