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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...

Some people might see writing their own obituary as morbid but not Linda DeSilva. The 90-year-old has one ready to go, when the time comes. “Writing it wasn’t a sad task,” she said. “I know that I am going to die one day. And when I do, I will be re...

Colleen DeGrilla used to spend her time dashing from crisis to crisis. She was a social worker at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital at the time, dealing with everything from suspected child abuse to emergency air vacs. Today her pace is a lot slower...

The four-letter expletive he’d spread across canvas appropriately summed up Calix Smith’s frustration with the education system. He couldn’t believe it when the organisers of a fashion show wouldn’t let him hang it at their event last year. “It was o...

Ellen Kelly’s favourite saying as a teacher was time waits for no man. She’s often reminded of that when she meets former students. “Some of them are 50 years old now,” said the 70-year-old. “I don’t feel old, I feel like Rip Van Winkle. I wonder if...

At 32, Michael Pitcher was jailed for life. High on cocaine, he and another man broke into a senior citizen’s home and beat her with a stick. Days later, she died from her injuries in hospital. When the verdict came in, he thought his life was over. ...

Terita Bean will never forget the call. The person at the other end was telling her she had been named Mother of the Year. Problem was, she didn’t have any children. It turned out she’d been nominated for the annual Continental Society competition by...

Margaret Giloth remembers being painfully shy as a child. She believes having eclectic hobbies helped find her identity: arranging flowers, collecting hats and modelling in fashion shows. “I couldn’t figure out who I was by following the crowd,” said...