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At 80, Joan Hollis easily recalls a time when she was one of the world’s top bowlers. In the 1980s she beat everyone she played in tournaments in the United States and Europe. Back home in Bermuda she received a hero’s welcome. People lined the stree...

Tania Stafford is tearing up the rowing world in the north of England, after moving there nine months ago. The 64-year-old led a “newish” team to victory at the North of England Sprint Rowing Championships. One of the biggest rowing events in the UK,...

In 1977, looking to drum up investors in his company, Mike Marsh hit the seminar circuit. Having never done much public speaking the thought of doing it in front of audiences of hundreds of people terrified him but, with Troy Associates on the line, ...

The Chinese have a phrase bu dong zhuang dong, meaning to pretend to understand when you don’t. Nineteen-year-old Bermudian Kenza Wilks admits he did a lot of that when he first moved to Beijing in September. Once, he accidentally asked a cab driver...

Michael DeFontes suspected his dog Bette was a bit of a diva, but a pin-up girl? The four-year-old papillon is the face of January in a calendar that’s likely travelling Canada’s dog-show circuit. According to Mr DeFontes, the wheels were set in mot...

None of the bike riders expected Alyssa Rowse would leave them in the dust. She was a teenager racing against 20 adults, most of whom were men. None of that mattered to the 16-year-old. She blew through the course and was the second across the finish...

Roger Sherratt took to wearing his pyjamas under his police uniform to stay warm as he walked his beat outside Birmingham in 1963. Two pairs of gloves and two pairs of socks completed his outfit. It was one of England’s coldest winters — temperatures...

Shock and awe was the reaction from Jump 2b Fit coach Sionna Barton when part of her Bermy Bouncers skipping team qualified for the skipping Grand World Championships in Florida this week. The Jump 2b Fit Bermy Bouncers, comprised of both, boys and g...