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One day Brenda Carbonette decided she was sick and tired of waiting for tardy repairmen. She was 45 years old. A self-confessed girlie-girl who once won a beauty pageant back in her native Canada, and had a passion for diamonds. “I thought I could l...

Joan Gillan’s life was almost cut short by a cockroach 83 years ago. “When I was 14 years old I disgraced myself on my bike,” the 97-year-old said. “In those days, Grey’s Bridge in Sandys had wooden planks. You could see the water below as you rode o...

You don’t have to mind your manners quite so much in Spain. That’s the impression Alison Gurini got when she moved there to teach English as a second language. Her Spanish friends asked her to stop saying please, thank you and excuse me all the time....

It was once rare to see a black person travelling through parts of Asia or Eastern Europe. Those who did were often viewed as curiosities themselves, stared at as much as the sights they had travelled to see. However recent studies show that black gl...

A fundraiser has been started for the family of a Bermudian man who died suddenly in the US. Luis DaPonte Jr died of a brain aneurysm in March. He was 51. The former Cable & Wireless employee left the Island in 1991 but frequently returned to visit h...

We have just concluded a really busy year of performances at BHS. Our teacher, Dr Derek Tully, keeps telling us that “we have the busiest performance programme on the Island” and that is true — thanks to him! At Halloween, dressed as witches and gobl...

A lot has changed since Victoria Fisher Cunningham first set up her nursery school, Bright Beginnings. Her clientele has changed from mainly expatriates, to mainly Bermudian. The little nursery school in the church hall at St Mark’s Church will begin...

A master hairstylist and make-up artist from the US will be on Island this weekend to lead a two-day educational seminar for local beauty professionals. Sylvia McElrath has worked in the beauty industry for more than two decades and is the owner of ...

There’s an old saying that a bit of suffering is necessary to produce good wine. Argentinian grapes suffer an arid climate and sudden, unpredictable hailstorms to produce some of the world’s most aromatic wines. Bistro J will be offering a five-cour...

On a chilly day, nothing hits the spot quite like a bowl of warm soup, believes chef Uddav Tamang. He quickly combines onion, garlic, ginger, carrots, water and chicken bone into a simple base, then leaves it on the stove to simmer. “It cooks for a...