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You get used to being needed after a while. There is an absolute dependence when your baby needs you to pick her up, feed her, burp her, change her or bathe her. But slowly, you’re needed less. And you don’t realise it. Even from months old, your ba...

Warwick Academy celebrates centennial anniversary of Roald Dal’s birth Air force pilot, spy, Hollywood star, Roald Dahl, the son of Norwegian immigrants to Wales, is best known as one the most adulated children’s book author of this century. The enth...

It’s hard to imagine a teacher having trouble with learning. As a child, Cindy Corday stuttered and struggled with pronunciation; Lindsey Sirju had a severe speech impediment and spent a long time in speech therapy. They now share their experiences ...

I first met Dr Carika Weldon at The Bermuda College, while looking for the North Hall, because neither of us knew where we were going! After listening to her speak on gene splicing and her work in it, I knew that science was the path I wanted to cho...

I know that among my distant ancestors was a romping gypsy, handsome, laughing and a blustery fighter, who loved to show off and have a drink. Always brightly dressed, dancing till dawn and prone to enchant the most beautiful girl in the camp. But, w...

Young Observer took the opportunity to visit Victor Scott Preschool this week. Every Monday Victor Scott Preschoolers, age 4, rotate between music, dance, tennis and Spanish class. During these two hours teachers meet for Teachers Professional Lea...

The Bermuda Audubon Society annually are the main supplier of bluebird nest boxes, so each year they need a new supply of boxes constructed for next spring’s nesting season. Thanks to the Partner Re Dollars for Hours programme, this past weekend M...

The last few years have seen a huge boom in the fitness industry. Social media has made it almost impossible to open Instagram or Facebook without seeing the newest fitness craze or a boneless yogi showing off their gravity-defying handstands. No m...

Susannah Cole loves organising things. Her office supplies are carefully filed and labelled in a multi-drawer toolbox. Her students learn the system before they take a highlighter or stapler — so they know exactly where to return them. “If I wasn’t...

Eleanor Patton is trying to remove the shame that’s attached to mental illness. It’s not an entirely altruistic effort. The 29-year-old battled with her own anxiety for much of this year until therapy helped her through it. The experience led to a co...