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Corville Hylton is the person to contact if you need help finding your voice. He struggled with his own for years. Asked to read a scripture at church he was so anxious he still can't recall what he actually said; at his first Toastmasters meeting in...

Well, it’s that time of year when we need to dig deep: what Christmas gifts should we give to friends and family? To root out ideas, a visit to the nurseries or shopping online will set the seed of creativity in one’s decision making. Whilst on my re...

If you're on Ishta Nupa Paynter's Christmas list, prepare for a one-of-a-kind gift. Bored by the pandemic and all of its constraints, he started weaving coconut palm fronds. He has so far mastered hats, baskets and bowls; with an estimated shelf life...

A youth mentoring programme has donated goods to those working across Bermuda’s essential services as a token of appreciation of their efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic. Young participants of the Dream Girls Club run by the charity Phenomenal Peo...

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...

“This, explained the angel, is hell. The people do not love each other. They only want to feed themselves.” David Mitchell, Ghostwritten. This week I share with you a brief summary of the allegory of the long spoons in which the residents of both he...

When people ask me where I get my motivation, I laugh. It’s not from famous leaders or celebrities, it comes from those around me. My motivation comes from seeing someone attempting something deeply challenging or heartbreakingly difficult, someone t...

That she is a deserving golden girl, with stamina and strength to boot, we all know. That she is a fierce competitor who is also fiercely attached to her Bermuda roots, this we have come to know too. Less known, less feted but still no small feat, Fl...

Every morning Renee DeSilva likes to do her “thumps and bumps”. Planks, push-ups, walks and weights – the 93-year-old does them all because if she didn’t she “would be stiff". "The exercises loosen everything up,” she explained. At 85 she suffered f...

Sometimes philanthropy can be a bit like the chicken and the egg: do you start with a desire to support a specific issue in the community – or the unsupported need that must be addressed if our community is to thrive? One corporation based in Bermuda...