Shawn Ming never wanted to become a cook.
He rebelled against the prospect from an early age, despite urgings from his father Fred, a popular chef who taught culinary arts at the Bermuda College.
“I d...
As a teenager in the 1970s, Stephen DeCosta thought there was nothing cooler than cruising on his moped.
Some might say he never grew up.
The 51-year-old is still passionate about mopeds and has been ...
Carolyn Soares didn’t know how lucky she was until she went to South Africa.
She taught English to 10-year-olds without computers or sufficient textbooks in Mpumalanga, eastern South Africa.
Huge numb...
Edward “Donnell” Ivy’s hips started failing him when he was 9.
By the time he reached university, he would often suffer terrible pain that would put him in hospital for weeks.
Then the crisis hit. The...
It’s been 18 years since Edward Durham retired, but the former football coach has not been forgotten.
He trained members of the Pembroke Hamilton Club for five years. According to the 80-year-old, th...
Clinark Dill still remembers the day he got his first Jackson 5 album.
It was 1971 and he was five years old.
He never thought he’d get the chance to chat with the famous brothers 44 years later.
“I...
Nobody turned up to hear Phil Morrison sing at his first gig decades ago.
He was then in his 20s, the frontman for local band Scarfish.
“Only the sound guy came, although he did like our music,” he re...
Haitian teenager Jean Berry has trouble sleeping. His home in Port-au-Prince has no gate and crime is rife.
The only time he feels truly safe is at his school, run by American charity HaitiChildren.
H...
An infomercial may have saved Devoye Darrell’s life.
She was suffering from heartburn and bloating. When doctors couldn’t diagnose the problem, she chalked it up to menopause.
“I ignored it, but in my...
“I’ve lost so much weight, my underwear fell off.”
That’s the kind of testimonial Mary Smith loves to hear.
The 51-year-old runs Eat Smart Bermuda, a South Beach and Paleo diet meal delivery service....