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Kath Davis had never lived abroad by herself until 1979, when her mother dropped her off at college in England. She was 17. Her dormitory mates at Chelsea College of Physical Education got her through her homesickness. “It was great because everyone...

As a child, Dianne Carlson thought she had found paradise. She was living on Agar’s Island in the Great Sound, where her grandfather, James DeSilva, was the caretaker. “We went swimming every day and there were caves to explore,” she said. Television...

Sometime around the age of 40, Armando Moniz was told that if he didn’t get his health on track he would be dead in six months. His older brothers had all “died young” and he was a heavy smoker. Mr Moniz took his doctor’s advice and gave up cigarette...

Students. There is a very important part of any veterinarian’s work which involves passing on knowledge to the next generation. The way the training works to become a vet is that you spend a lot of time at university, and in the holidays you go to “s...

Inspired by a class trip to Nasa’s tracking station on Cooper’s Island, Donna Mizell set her sights on becoming an astronaut. It was the 1970s. A boy who shared her dream called her “stupid” for thinking a girl could accomplish such a feat. Meanwhile...

There is no single best way to be confident and a leader, Phoenix Palacio has discovered. What matters is to be true to yourself and authentic, according to the home school student. Ms Palacio took part in the She Leads programme with 24 other fema...

The adjective seedy would normally denote an area of an unpleasant appearance, but not so the case in the garden. There, it denotes the appearance of seed as a positive attribute. Seed is the outcome of flowering, which indicates that the scourge of ...

Youngsters who went on an educational voyage returned to Bermuda yesterday after sailing to and from the Turks and Caicos Islands. The Spirit of Bermuda, which set sail from Grand Turk on Monday, took a group of teenagers to the Turks and Caicos Isla...

When Bermuda’s stores did not have what she needed for her newborn, Latonae Smith decided to open her own. Mhavi & Me offers clothes and accessories for preemies and full-term babies up until the age of three. The concept fit the needs of Ms Smith, w...

With the idea that it takes a village to raise a child, Tyasha Ming took to MAJ’s List. Her plan was to provide a summer mentorship programme for students between the ages of 13 and 15. All she needed to pull it off were people with a range of skill ...