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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...

For years Calvin Ming Jr marched with the Salvation Army Band in the annual Remembrance Day parade. But in 1992, he found himself sidelined. At 44, his heart was failing fast due mostly to congenital issues. He had been putting off a heart transplan...

As De’Javon Paynter would likely tell you, there is an upside to nearly everything. In 2008, he was caught at New York’s JFK International Airport with two litres of cocaine he intended to bring into Bermuda, and jailed for two years. “It was a bad ...

The Four Phantoms Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre I have sadly not had the chance to see the Phantom of the Opera on stage. But I’ve been a fan of the score from a young age, so it was such a pleasure to be entertained by not one, but four Phantoms showcasi...

This column will be the final wrap on what was another hugely successful 2020 Bermuda Regional which concluded last week. Attendance was up, even if the table count was pretty much the same as last year, and much of that was due to many visiting team...

Like many great singers, Joy T. Barnum started in church. She still remembers how she felt at age 9, when she and her sister. Ruth Hetsberger. sang I Cast All My Cares Upon You before the entire congregation of Midland Heights Seventh-day Adventist C...

Ryan Sulley has always had a beard, but five months ago decided to let it grow wild. Complete strangers stop him in the street to say they like it — he does not. “It’s horrible,” he said. “It is a lot of work to make sure it is not disgusting. I sha...

Toni Tonae inherited her gift from her mother, but her artistry is her own. It’s gotten her noticed — first by her peers and then by Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art where she is part of 441: 4 Artists, 4 Styles, 1 Show. Part of the attraction is th...

In kindergarten Jeanie Flath was told she would never learn to read. Dyslexic, she suffered through years of remedial classes until age 12 when she mastered the skill. When the late Jasen Moniz invited her to join her book club years later, Mrs Flat...

The age of the circus as a display of captive wild animals is, thankfully, over. And so is the age of the big top, with ringmaster and death-defying trapeze artists. Hogwallops is new circus entity, a medieval-style domestic narrative with physical...