For Jada Pearman, the hardest thing about dancing is believing in herself.
So a scholarship from the National Dance Foundation gave the 20-year-old a major confidence boost last week.
“I think dancers...
Cally Blankendal only signed up as a Mirrors volunteer because she had to.
Her school in England required community service credits. She thought she’d be in and out in two weeks.
“Then my mom got an e...
Some people count sheep to fall asleep, Hope Bowker counts condos.
“Last night I fell asleep at 80,” joked the 87-year-old real estate agent. “Of course I’ve sold a lot more than that.”
She’s been on ...
When Gilbert Lamb found four castaways off St David’s in 1942, he had to help.
The Canadian merchant marines were emaciated after rowing their lifeboat 400 miles; their schooner Helen Forsey sank afte...
On a scale of one to ten, Karl Sternath gives fashion a nine in terms of importance.
He loves looking trendy.
“I don’t want to say what my age is, but I don’t think I look it,” the artist said. “So I...
Choy Aming’s phone started ringing the moment Shark Week hit Canadian television last month.
Friends and family living in Canada had spotted something familiar on the popular series of shark related...
When Cindy Smith got a call saying she had been chosen to sing overseas, she was so disbelieving she told the caller to “shut up!”.
But it was no prank; the call came from the organisers of Carifesta ...
Myrtle Burrows has been driving for 70 years and has never had a speeding ticket or a traffic accident.
Today, at 98, she is still behind the wheel.
“When I took my driving test last year, the TCD i...
Eyeliner and foundation might sound trivial to some people. But when Oneka Trott demonstrates the right way to apply them, some women cry.
“For a lot of women it’s a confidence thing,” said Mrs Trott....
During the America’s Cup, Jamir Hatherley fell in love with sailing. The ten-year-old tried the sport for the first time in the AC’s Endeavour programme.
“It left me wanting more,” she said.
So last w...