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Kaiya Richards ran out of money a year into her studies abroad. It was a huge setback but she returned to the Island determined she’d find a way to fulfil her goal of becoming an animal behaviour specialist. Two years later she’s still short of cash ...

This columnist encountered many interesting personalities who ventured home from near and far for the Cup Match/Emancipation Day celebrations. We have no hesitation declaring up front that the most esteemed was the ambitious, hard working Theodore S ...

Michael Walsh was in his mid-thirties before he found his place in life. He quit his job as a welder and became a full-time art teacher at the Bermuda College. Three years later, the 39-year-old considers it one of the best decisions he’s ever made....

Janet Percy never expected that retirement would give her a chance to reinvent herself. She was a popular artist, known for her watercolours and drawings of plants and flowers. And then in 2000, the year before she retired from her job in human resou...

The Rev Thomas Wendell Foster is a name that will ring bells among many in Bermuda, especially when they recall the days when, as a dynamic young man he began a career that carried him to the pinnacle of power in the local AME Church. Firstly he was...

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...

Operation ReachBack struck a chord with Betsy Dunn. She was at a conference when she first heard about the US-based charity 18 years ago and knew it was something she wanted to be a part of. Operation ReachBack offers scholarships, mentoring and prof...

It’s never too late to follow your dreams. Jessica Riederer’s dream is to earn a living shooting wildlife. The 41-year-old photographer wants to do it with her lens — not a bullet. She’s given herself a year to see if it works. “I took part in the Ar...

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...

St James Church, Somerset was packed to overflowing on Tuesday as hundreds of relatives, friends and colleagues turned out to celebrate the life of Bryan Robert Dickinson Butterfield. He was born March 6, 1930 and passed June 6, 2015. A founder of th...