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Scarlett Smale trailed behind as her classmates learnt how to read in Primary Two. Her mother, Heather, had an inkling of what the problem might be. Scarlett’s father, Nick, and her grandfather Richard Kitson are dyslexic; her great uncle, Kirk Kits...

There are obvious benefits to being a host to the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. The bragging rights from hosting a PGA Tour event, the uplift for tourism, and significant economic impact in a time when it is much needed. However, every year, Ber...

Since writing about the concept of heaven on earth in my column a couple of weeks ago I have discovered that there is a whole network of people all over the globe who also subscribe to this school of thought. Thanks to the tireless work of Martin Rut...

If you’ve ever been unclear about how community philanthropy works, consider the Marshalls’ football fund. Former senator Charles Marshall, MBE, JP, is now in his eighties. He left school at the age of 16 and became an apprentice at the Bermuda Elect...

Geoff Tomlinson has not lived in Bermuda since 1975 but still reads The Royal Gazette every day and regularly checks out the weather on the Dockyard webcam. He describes his six years here as magical. He was teaching in Cambridgeshire, England in the...

“The hardest part of reaching heaven is realising that you have arrived.” Unknown Have you ever noticed that when even the greatest idea in the world is given too much exposure it somehow loses its lustre in the eyes of the common man? In the never-e...

San Francisco was gloomy and rainy for most of the two weeks I was there visiting my family. On those grey days, I tried to recognise precious moments as if I were collecting dark red cherries during hot summer days in the radiant orchards of nearby...

Sometimes the role of a community foundation involves connecting the dots. One dot will be a pressing need in the community, another will be a methodology or plan to address that need, and yet another will be the wherewithal to fund that need. Take P...

Robert Lee had never rowed in his life so at 76, when a friend suggested he give it a try, he was a little bemused. Six years later, however, he is in love with the sport. Twice a week at 8am the eager member of the Bermuda Pilot Gig Club is at the ...

Watching her daughter, Austin, grow up is a bittersweet experience for Shawnette Smith. While she loves that the 11-year-old is becoming more independent, it sometimes gets her down. “I definitely find it painful that my daughter does not need me as ...