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It’s difficult to pass by Leslene Daniels’s home without stopping for a look.
Her garden is filled with toilets and sinks the 86-year-old has repurposed as plant pots.
It’s a stunning image that has put Mrs Daniels’ Paget home on the tourist map. She...
DATE: May 17, 2016
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Booze, soca and bikini-clad women — it’s party time in Fiyah Marshall’s latest music video. Til De Sun, released today on YouTube, celebrates young and sexy Bermuda.
“It’s Bermuda like you’ve never seen it before,” said artist Mr Marshall whose real...
DATE: May 17, 2016
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It’s not always easy talking to children about black history.
Some parts of it are very grim and it can be hard to know what to reveal and what to hold back until the child is more mature.
But historian Melodye Micere Van Putten says there is also lo...
DATE: May 16, 2016
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Zuri Darrell knew next to nothing about children, but signed up for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda anyway.
He was 22, and a recent hire at Butterfield Bank where employees were encouraged to do community service.
The stockbroker wanted to make ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2016
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What would make someone holiday in the same place, 36 times?
Leonora Sheehy got hooked on Bermuda in 1963.
Fifty-two years later, it’s still her favourite place to vacation.
“What keeps bringing me back is that Bermuda is close, safe and not tropical...
DATE: Apr 27, 2016
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What the heck is ‘Punch Romaine’?
The dish almost threw Ben Jewett. He had promised local foodies a real experience: the final meal served to first-class passengers on board the ill-fated RMS Titanic.
It took some searching, but eventually the Mad H...
DATE: Apr 22, 2016
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Ali Bardgett’s life revolved around music. She was a professional dancer in England in her younger years, even appearing on stage with a legend: Smokey Robinson.
Twenty years ago she traded it all in for a traditional office job.
In 2014 she realise...
DATE: Apr 21, 2016
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Imagine you’re at the beach, stuck in a life preserver that’s so big and ugly that people can’t help but stare.
Even worse, it only lets your legs get wet; the rest of you bobs like a cork.
That’s the experience for many people with physical disabi...
DATE: Apr 20, 2016
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When Robin Blackburne loses a game of tennis he can’t blame his racket.
The 82-year-old designed it himself.
In 1973 he grew frustrated with the ball bouncing off the frame and whizzing in the wrong direction, so he added an extra set of strings.
He...
DATE: Apr 19, 2016
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For Zachary Lathan, the hardest thing about being a part of Up With People is knowing it won’t last.
He’s visited 15 countries and performed with the group more than 50 times.
As with all good things, however, it will come to an end. The 19-year-old’...
DATE: Apr 18, 2016
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