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It’s been 18 years since Edward Durham retired, but the former football coach has not been forgotten. He trained members of the Pembroke Hamilton Club for five years. According to the 80-year-old, the instruction he gave wasn’t limited to the footba...

It’s not easy going back to school at 39. But drug addiction counsellor Isis Wellman is determined to do so to combat what she sees as Bermuda’s growing tide of drug addiction. Mrs Wellman works for the Turning Point Substance Abuse Programme. She re...

Children are the same, the world over. That’s what Nadia Khan learnt from a summer spent teaching in Thailand. “I thought there would be more cultural differences,” said the 31-year-old teacher. “With my own students at Somersfield Academy, they ofte...

Andreas Ratteray thought he was the smartest thing in the ocean, until he met some sharks. The 20-year-old had a close call this summer, while touring the Pacific with the Sea Education Association. “I am a pretty short dude and I was with two othe...

Booking a date with actor David Hasselhoff is easier than you think. That is what 24-year-old Kharis Brooks learnt during an internship with a British cellphone company, Vodafone. “It started as a joke,” Ms Brooks said. “We were planning a campaign ...

Helle Patterson spent her childhood outrunning the horrors of wartime Europe. The semi-retired Bermuda teacher was born in Rakvere, Estonia in 1938, the younger daughter of Karl and Meeta Nurk. The Russians invaded when she was 19 months old. “Then w...

Anthony and Hannah Astwood were humble 18th-century salt rakers. Today they have hundreds of descendants including at least two knights, former Premier Sir John Swan and former Chief Justice and Court of Appeals president, Sir James Astwood. A family...

Mandarin anyone? It isn’t an easy language to learn but Hailey Quig can’t wait to give it a try. She’ll have plenty of opportunity. Come September, the 15-year-old will leave the Island for northwestern China for two years. It’s part of a cultural ex...

Kalaeb Tannock was certain he’d join the family business after high school. He was bored with his studies and saw plumbing as his only real career prospect. And then he learnt about Raleigh International. The global organisation helps empower youth w...

Heroes, they have to be sure, they have to be soon and they have to be larger than life. At least they do according to Bonnie Tyler’s song Holding Out for a Hero. In honour of Heroes Day on Monday, The Royal Gazette asked people: what do you need fro...