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In his fifties, Lionel Young was running half-marathons and racing in 10Ks — he thought he was fit. And then one day, while cleaning up his kitchen, he felt a strange twinge in his ankle. He passed out. When he woke he was in the Intensive Care Unit ...

With the arrival of Covid-19, film, television and stage production in the US ground to a halt. As an actor, Lana Young was used to uncertainty when it came to her jobs but this was markedly different. “It was like, ‘What do we do now?’,” she said. “...

Samuel Paynter will tell you he started playing cricket as soon as he figured out how to throw a ball. According to the 90-year-old it was something everybody did then — or at least anybody who didn’t play football. “Even the women played cricket,” h...

Throughout shelter-in-place, the calls to Teen Haven from women with children and nowhere to turn kept coming. It broke Michelle Wade’s heart. A few years ago, with charitable donations falling, the Happy Valley Road facility reduced the number of r...

When talking does not work, Laura Henagulph turns to the animals at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for help. Cats, dogs, hamsters and horses — the psychologist has called on them all to help children who do not respond well to t...

Eight months in, Sabriuna Wilkinson discovered she was pregnant. She suspected something was off last October when she gained 20lbs in two weeks, but never thought that could be the cause. She did not think that she could have children because of a p...

After battling her way through ovarian cancer, Nancy Wainwright has a message for women over 50: monitor your body for change, no matter how subtle. At 55, she started suffering from abdominal pain, acid reflux, bloating and low energy. Doctors ran a...

While studying law in England, Siraj Grant developed a minor infection. His back hurt and his lymph nodes were swollen. After seeing his doctor, he turned to an alternative therapy called cupping to detox his body. “I kept hearing a lot about it and...

Michael Robinson loves educating people about wine. Working for Burrows & Lightbourn for 22 years as director of wines, he led many wine-tasting events and discussions. He also writes about wine in his weekly Royal Gazette column, Grape Expectations....

Lance Crockwell is a compulsive poet. On the bus, walking through his Sandys neighbourhood or talking to friends, the verses just flow from him his lips. “I don’t usually plan it or think about it,” the 58-year-old Sandys man said. “People will say ...