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At 10, Lowdru Robinson was amazed to learn his grandmother was white. Until a classmate called her a “white codfish”, he’d never thought about it. “She was just grandma,” said the 81-year-old. And in segregated Bermuda, he found it difficult to reco...

Alexandra Stewart’s most important hiking lesson is a simple one — just keep going. That message was brought home this summer when she walked the 217-mile Camino Primitivo, one of Spain’s toughest trails. Much of the route involved scaling steep hill...

Elca Maranzana has never been afraid of performing; the more people watching, the better. However, the soprano finds auditions nerve-racking. Her trial for the America’s Cup was no exception. “Last January, I heard they were doing auditions and decid...

adanja Bailey’s experience at college might sound like a fairytale to some young people. He did not need a scholarship and he paid for his tuition himself, by working through school breaks. “Today the world is a much different place,” said the 40-ye...

Brittany Siddle can spend hours debating. So when her teacher, Noelle Nubret, suggested a conference where young people discussed everything from the environment to terrorism, she was all over it. “I particularly love talking about women’s rights,” s...

Horses and air horns don’t mix.Megan Settatree has a fractured rib to prove it. The 15-year-old Canadian, who moved to Bermuda last year, was riding in Ontario when an air horn rang out from a passing truck. The noise spooked her six-year-old Paso Fi...

Leroy “Nibs” Lewis adopted a child at 60. Five years later he celebrated as the government launched Mirrors, the mentorship programme he had spent ten years trying to set up. The 75-year-old former footballer and PHC president is well known for his c...

Twisted Angel is covered in tattoos and body piercings and has half of her head shaved — she’s working on a horror-themed calendar. The British model’s look is typical for Bermudian Seven Philpott’s agency, Geminii Ltd. He started the Shropshire comp...

For Jada Pearman, the hardest thing about dancing is believing in herself. So a scholarship from the National Dance Foundation gave the 20-year-old a major confidence boost last week. “I think dancers are perfectionists,” said the winner of the $7,50...

Cally Blankendal only signed up as a Mirrors volunteer because she had to. Her school in England required community service credits. She thought she’d be in and out in two weeks. “Then my mom got an e-mail saying I couldn’t come back to school,” the ...