Mandy-Suzanne Wong thought the e-mail claiming someone wanted to publish her novel was a hoax.
She’d sent copies of Drafts of a Suicide Note to at least 100 publishing companies — not one was interest...
Jennifer Haworth will always be grateful to her brother-in-law, Simon.
With kidney failure looming and no donor in sight, he offered his own.
“I had assumed that the donor had to be a blood relative, ...
Vernon Clarke always had an urge to create.
He would spend class time sketching elaborate landscapes in the back of his notebook, and his family really didn’t understand his interest.
“My father, Cec...
Torrey Tacklyn was excited about getting on stage at the America’s Cup last year. He had never had the exposure that comes with performing before a crowd of thousands. A year on, Lifestyle asked him w...
For a month last year, Jesse Seymour’s life was one long adrenalin rush as he sang lead in 4-Forty-1, the eight-member band of the America’s Cup.
Then it was all over.
“At that point, I asked myself,...
His fans knew Paul Lennox was into rock so the tropical beat coming from his new band had them confused.
The drummer gave everyone who asked about the switch the same answer.
“My music is really inspi...
Deborah MacKenzie likes to have everything “in its place”.
No surprise then, that during her 30-year career as a fashion designer, she got huge satisfaction out of creating order in homes.
“I didn’t ...
Hell is going through a Bermuda summer with a deodorant that doesn’t work. Surlena Smith has a solution for smelly, sweaty armpits.
She offered her natural deodorant, PondaPits, to construction worker...
As she prepared to launch an anti-stress programme, Saadia Bean was feeling a little anxious herself.
Every day she was getting up at 3am — to write the programme manual, create presentations and do ...
The greatest challenge to dementia caregivers can sometimes be the families of their patients.
Many go through a period of denial, confused by the ups and downs of the disease.
“They think mom is goin...