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The festive season is almost here, and I can just feel the excitement building. I personally love this time of year and all the celebrations that go with it. Especially getting together with family and friends, listening to cheesy Christmas music and...

Matthew Nester fainted when his doctor mentioned removing his large intestine. It was a solution to the bowel disease that had plagued him since he was 22. It meant walking around with a bag full of his waste, for the rest of his life. “Like a lot of...

Jane Bothello was surprised the day her father gave up driving. Out of the blue he announced he wouldn’t renew his driver’s licence and refused to say why. “He was really evasive,” Mrs Bothello said. “We thought maybe he’d gotten lost on the way home...

Jakob Leeuw fell madly in love with Maria Cabral the first time he saw her. She was at work, selling souvenirs in Riihilouma’s, and wasn’t at all impressed by the Dutchman’s sense of style. Plus, at more than 6ft tall, he towered well above her 4ft 9...

Marcus Pimentel’s reference letters all carried the same message: passionate and talented with “superior intellectual ability”. Despite that, he struggled to maintain his focus in subjects that he had little interest in. At 5, he learnt he had attent...

Lennox Boodram wants Bermuda to know he’s very, very sorry. He said a crack addiction made him steal $42,050 from KBB while he was the environmental charity’s executive director. Jail and rehab helped him heal — the 55-year-old is now the head of a d...

I am such a sucker for a start date. I hate to admit it, but I love a New Year’s resolution, a fresh start on a Monday and the start of a new school year. It doesn’t matter how many years have passed since I was in a classroom, I still crave that ne...

Eldon Trimingham III has made a name for himself as an artist and a sportsman. No small feat considering the 60-year-old also has cerebral palsy. From a young child he was determined not to let that hold him back. His latest achievement is a series o...

Burns, nicks and gashes don’t faze Laura Smith. The glass artist is used to navigating extreme temperatures to create her decorative items. Light fixtures, door knobs and vessels are all part of her range. She’s also developing a line of table lamps ...

Who else feels completely defeated when they realise how many burpees they need to complete to burn off a indulgent treat? How many articles or little infographics have you read giving you a breakdown of the torture needed to put a dent into a slice ...