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In her early teens, Linda Smith did a lot of goofing off. “All I wanted to do was play,” the 72-year-old remembered. But she still managed to be one of the top three students in her class at Sandys Secondary School. Then the school principal, Dorothy...

As a child, Skye Kermode watched the “mermaids” at work at Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo and wanted to join in. But when she talked to grown-ups of her aspirations, they all laughed and tried to direct her towards a more realistic career. “It is jus...

Years ago Mohamed Hamza helped a sailor friend who was stranded in Bermuda with a broken mast and without the funds to repair it. A public appeal raised $50,000; the friend went off on his sailboat and, when he hit Guatemala, invited Mr Hamza to pay ...

On hearing the sad news that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away, I got to thinking, among other things, about her beloved dogs — the fabulous corgis that were so often seen accompanying her. It has been announced that her son Prince Andrew and his ex...

Jolene Bean spent almost half a century teaching and loved every minute but in the seven years since she retired, she has sometimes wondered if she should have been an artist instead. The 72-year-old has made jewellery, dolls for her nieces, and “a l...

Have you ever noticed the number of BMWs your landscape company arrives with to use on your property, and to what extent it demonstrates the impact on the aesthetic value, visually and physically? From a garden maintenance point of view, blowers, mow...

Accountant Cayla Cross made a vow at her father’s funeral. Her dad, Howard Cross, had been a tennis coach for 15 years; she would follow in his footsteps. Last year the 31-year-old followed through on that promise, leaving the world of numbers to op...

Back when Bermudian Christie Hunter Arscott started looking for her first job there were lots of titles on writing a resume, and crushing job interviews. But once she entered the corporate world the self-help books fell away. “I had suddenly been thr...

The 2007 Chicago Marathon coincided with a heat spell that sent 315 runners to the hospital, and killed at least one. When the deadly race was cancelled halfway through, Bermudian runner Clinton Curtis decided to keep going. He was 57 at the time. “P...

Tina and Mark Nash climbed more than 30,000 feet of the English Lake District’s toughest mountain peaks, but they still need donations to raise enough money for a new pony for Windreach