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Berne Furbert is not your average stage mother. When the opportunity to enter her daughter Desi-Amor Furbert Mallory in a modelling competition arose, she saw it as a way for her daughter to make friends. “It’s not about winning. I had a talk with h...

Youth Camera Action is a photography programme offered at the Bermuda National Gallery to middle school students between the ages of 11 and 14. The scheme offers a level one introductory programme and a level two intermediate programme. In the Acti...

When Sarai Hines started teaching in England, the system bewildered her. From grading to student classification, everything was different. Then the 22-year-old realised she had an advantage ­— her own island culture. “We all forget what we have to b...

Owain Johnston-Barnes has won the Famous for Fifteen Minutes playwriting contest for the fifth time — but this year’s victory still came as a surprise. “To quote [director] Jim Brier, ‘OK, just give me a dice’. It all comes down to one person’s opini...

When Cha’von Clarke-Joell moved to England she thought her Bermuda passport qualified her for employment. It should have, but a government official at the nearest Jobcentre office saw things differently. After a year struggling to get the national i...

Dear Heather, My husband and I recently bought a property. There was a six-foot-by-three-foot rose garden in the back yard. When we did our final home inspection, the roses were there. But when we showed up the following day with our moving truck, we...

Maria Thompson Corley remembers Bermuda fondly. Growing up in Western Canada, she would spend her summers readying herself for the heat and the roaches. “Those flying creatures were always something I would have to steel myself for,” she said. Dr T...

Lucille Woolridge wouldn’t go to the grocery store without a hat on her head. The 86-year-old is mad about hats and has a collection of more than 100, many of them made by her own hand out of natural materials. “The first hat I made was when I was 1...

Atlantis offers everything you want from city living. The “upscale” development has a pool, gym and a rooftop patio on-site. It’s an easy walk from the seven-floor complex to offices, restaurants and shops in Hamilton. The hardwood floors, walk-in cl...

When reggae artist Giles “Sir Dudley” Spurling wrote his new song Born Bermudian, he wanted to celebrate his culture. The first words out of his mouth when he started composing were: “Mi a born Bermudian...” And while he received positive feedback to...