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Joyce Watlington arrived in Bermuda in 1953 and decided she was never going back to Montreal. Friends of her parents had invited her and her sister Muriel to stay with them in St George’s — they couldn’t believe their luck. “We were going to find job...

By the time she was 14, Cher-Ann Brangman had fallen in love with the saxophone and decided it was to be a lifelong affair. She was not alone in thinking she had talent. Her cousin, Major Barrett Dill, then the director of music for the Bermuda Regim...

Things are slowly getting back to normal at the Bridge Club after the buzz of the Regional. The two-session Men’s and Ladies’ Pairs is set for next Saturday. Further out on the calendar is the addition of the ACBL-wide Seniors Game, limited to pla...

TODAY • Heard Chapel AME Church: Pre-Men’s Day fish fry from 12pm to 5.30pm. Cost, $20. 42 Glebe Road, Pembroke. TOMORROW • Mt Zion AME Church: Join us at 2.45pm as we march from Emmanuel Methodist Church to Mt Zion in celebration of the 30th anniver...

If you think our youths are disconnected from God and religion, there is a group that will prove you wrong. Thirteen young people from the across the Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists travelled to Louisville, Kentucky in December to atten...

I know that I mention Mollydooker Carnival of Love every year, but it is so appropriate for this day. The 2014 vintage that we currently stock is described in this way by its maker: “Luscious cherry, blackberry and plum jam fruit flavours marry toget...

It was the misfortune of three black men travelling through Minnesota with a circus to be accused of raping a white woman in 1920. They were taken from custody and hanged, the photos of their lynching sold as postcards. Desolation Row, the song Bob D...

When I was 14 years old, I was given flowers on Valentine’s Day and they were beautiful. For a few days, I existed in a bit of a spin wondering who this secret admirer could be. It turned out later that the flowers were from my stepdad, a clever move...

When David Roberts got a job in Bermuda in 1970, he was told not to worry about the racial tension he had heard about. The British journalist had been inundated with tales of mini riots staged by the Black Beret Cadre in protest against black inequal...

An hour before the challenge deadline, Barbie Paynter was still working on her carnival costume. She’d thought she had everything in hand, but then the bodywear she designed didn’t arrive with the rest of the pieces she’d hired someone to sew for her...