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Lynette Gibson has heard every imaginable excuse for not getting a mammogram. They all take her back to her mother, Olive Richardson. She died in 1992 after a nine-year battle that started with breast cancer. It’s possible she might have survived the...

Boyd Smith sobbed when he was told he had to drop out of school. He had dreamt of becoming an architect. “Two of my older sisters went to Berkeley,” the 90-year-old said. “My father, Seward, couldn’t afford to send me also. “There was only one schol...

St Kitts-Nevis and Bermuda are 1,675 miles apart, but Louise Tannock is determined to bridge the gap. In the 41 years since she moved from St Kitts to Bermuda, she has taken schoolchildren to meet relatives in St Kitts-Nevis, hosted visitors from the...

Sheila Johnson believes in disciplining the old-fashioned way — the strap. “I was strict,” the 81-year-old laughed. “I don’t think I could be a teacher today. You can’t discipline children anymore and I’ve heard that parents aren’t supportive of te...

If you’re in a submarine, always remember to close the hatch before going down. Prospect Primary pupils learnt the lesson before they went on a virtual dive last week. Twenty-eight students used viewfinders hooked up to mobile phones. They got a 360-...

Lisa Howie is a planner. At the Bermuda National Gallery she often had exhibits planned three or four years down the road. So the next phase in her life is an anomaly. On Thursday she announced she was stepping down after eight years as executive d...

Neletha Butterfield ran so fast, her father thought she’d become a professional athlete. Life didn’t exactly work out that way. “All I ever ran for is politics,” the 64-year-old joked. She recounts her 14-year career as a PLP MP in Political Beginnin...

Sacha Welsh really wanted to surprise her husband Owen with the news that she was pregnant. The 30-year-old had it all planned out. She was going to leave the test for him to find when he got home. But she got the surprise when he called asking if t...

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...

During the America’s Cup, Jamir Hatherley fell in love with sailing. The ten-year-old tried the sport for the first time in the AC’s Endeavour programme. “It left me wanting more,” she said. So last week, Jamir joined the Sandys Boat Club Summer Camp...