Disaster brings out the writer in Shawn Murphy.
After 9/11, the American put pen to paper protesting in the local media the call for violent revenge against his country’s enemies.
In March, a week aft...
Sylvia Hayward-Harris was 8 when a family friend started molesting her.
He stopped four years later, when she developed breasts.
“I think he preferred little girls,” said Ms Hayward-Harris, an ordaine...
If you’re in a submarine, always remember to close the hatch before going down.
Prospect Primary pupils learnt the lesson before they went on a virtual dive last week.
Twenty-eight students used viewf...
Don’t be alarmed if you see Paul Alves on his hands and knees, his wheelchair littered nearby.
The 37-year-old, who was born with a spinal defect and is paralysed below the waist, is used to overcomin...
Teaching in New York, Richard Sutton often encountered violence.
Sometimes there were fights outside his school; once he had to save a student from gang members.
“The student was surrounded on the sub...
The next Miss Junior Teen Great Britain might just have a Bermudian accent, and a passion for bright colours.
Ziye Burgess is hoping a win will kick-start her modelling career.
It’s one of the oppor...
Majah Hype’s nationality is one of comedy’s best kept secrets.
The New York-based comedian likes to say he’s simply from the Caribbean.
“If I said I was Bermudian the Bermudians would flock to my show...
Ask Miriam Callabras how she spends her time, and you’re likely to get a lively response.
The 71-year-old keeps busy knitting prosthetics, or as she describes them to anyone with even a passing intere...
Megan Rumbelow was certain she would fit right in when she moved back to Bermuda.
She was Bermudian after all, and had lived here until her parents split up when she was 10.
“After that I rotated betw...
In Carolyn Amaral’s day, cooking was important.
High schools included classes as part of the curriculum and families made meals together.
“Take-out wasn’t really a thing back then,” said the 53-year...