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The Beast With The Five Fingers roamed St David’s feasting on children when Edwin Cannonier was young. At least that’s what the grown-ups said about Dark Bottom, a dense forest of cedar trees just below the lighthouse where he and his friends played....

In Japanese Zen Buddhism, a verbal puzzle known as a “koan” is often used to frustrate the process of logical thought to encourage the student to look beyond the boundaries, or limitations, of their own thinking. In doing so the student is encouraged...

The 1793 coin was particularly satisfying to discover because, for nearly three years, Steven McPhee was unable to dive. In 2017 he broke his neck in an accident which also left him with temporary nerve damage as a result of a pinched spinal cord. A ...

Anything for cancer care: that’s the Bosom Buddies mindset. Since it was formed 15 years ago the group has raised more than $800,000 through its annual girls’ night in, which usually draws about 200 people. Last year it donated $71,253 to the cancer ...

The Bridge Club continues to take small and careful steps towards “the new normal” and have this week announced a “Your Club Needs You” initiative to encourage members to start playing and take a look at the considerable steps the club is taking to c...

Today is World Mental Health Day. It is a day when we pause and reflect on those who suffer, and consider the state of our own mental health. One in four people suffer, have suffered, or will suffer from a mental or neurological related illness or di...

It took 58 years, but Dennis Blackwell has found his way home. Put up for adoption at birth by a Bermudian woman in New York, the son of the late singer Hubert Smith Jr was eager to know where he came from. He hit brick wall after brick wall during a...

Man after man has served as commodore of the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club since it was formed in 1882. This year, Elspeth Weisberg broke that tradition. It was not her intention when she joined the private Pomander Road club but, having frequen...

In his fifties, Lionel Young was running half-marathons and racing in 10Ks — he thought he was fit. And then one day, while cleaning up his kitchen, he felt a strange twinge in his ankle. He passed out. When he woke he was in the Intensive Care Unit ...

With the arrival of Covid-19, film, television and stage production in the US ground to a halt. As an actor, Lana Young was used to uncertainty when it came to her jobs but this was markedly different. “It was like, ‘What do we do now?’,” she said. “...