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Melville and Birtha Elliot cruised to Bermuda in the 1970s, not realising it would be their legacy to their family. Both have since passed away, but their love for the Island has lived on through their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren....

Marcel Westerlund’s patient was declared a lost cause after he slashed his throat. Hypnotherapy revealed he’d only done so because he was wracked with guilt; he’d been a mercenary in a previous life. “He had been responsible for killing men, women a...

Wander Hodgson’s poor health had turned her into a walking time bomb. She’d survived a bout with breast cancer but was diabetic and overweight; at her heaviest, she weighed 400lbs. In her early 40s, she decided to do something about it. “I wa...

Kate Betts has worked at some of fashion’s most influential magazines but there was a time when she didn’t know what career path to take. She’s happy now that she picked Paris. The award-winning fashion journalist moved to the City of Lights while in...

Suffering from back pain? Duane Pitt is someone you need to see. The Bermudian has been recognised as one of the top spine surgeons in the US because of the work he does out of his Scottsdale, Arizona practice, Desert Institute for Spine Disorders. A...

Aisha Spencer had it all — a happy marriage, a spa business and a baby on the way. Then last July, her world started caving in. “I was at work and I kept going to the door but I felt like I couldn’t leave the room,” said Mrs Spencer, 34. She didn’t ...

Malcolm Tottingham went waterskiing the last time he visited Bermuda. For an 85-year-old, that’s no small feat. His wife, Roberta, is just as fearless. “We rode mopeds up until two years ago,” said Mrs Tottingham, 85. “We rode on separate bikes, I fo...

Ginny Ferson’s knees were knocking. A busy ambassador had asked her to fill in for him at a meeting and it was only once she got there she discovered she had to make a speech. It was 1994 and she was second secretary at the Luxembourg British Embass...

Whenever Jane Simmons built up motivation to lose weight something would get in her way. She had an underactive thyroid and suffered from coeliac disease, which limited the foods she could eat. In 2013 she injured herself in a nasty fall, which sto...

Carolyn Armstrong walks with a brace. Unless you know her well, it’s the only obvious sign that anything’s wrong. She’s lively, has a sense of humour and radiates good health. She also has multiple sclerosis. The disease usually strikes people betwe...