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There’s a distinct chill in the evening air and a small black cat with electric green eyes noiselessly crosses my path……….. This could be the start of a Halloween spooktacular story or, for me, just another day at the office. Tales of possessed pets ...

Ruth Ann Lambe loves a good celebration. The 82-year-old is usually the one to organise the parties and get-togethers in the family. One of the most memorable was her and her husband Vernon's 59th wedding anniversary celebration – in 2018 the couple ...

Eddie Fisher, 71, is proud of his most recent feat. On a trip to the Azores this summer the veteran runner climbed to the summit of Mount Pico with his wife, Dengie, and their 11-year-old daughter Seri. Set on Pico Island, it sits 7,713 feet above se...

Five years ago I started a new column, Life Begins at 50, here in The Royal Gazette. During the ensuing years I have written almost 200 articles. These articles in my column became a vital channel for me to share my insights and feelings, my memories...

Mary Johnson is not fussed by the expected Christmas tree shortage this year – she has not taken her faux one down from last December. “I just couldn’t be bothered,” said the 81-year-old who needed the cheer she got from seeing the lively ornaments; ...

In her 40s Jeannie Olander decided she wanted to study culinary arts at the Bermuda College. But, despite many queries, they refused to accept her. “I loved to cook,” she said. “I kept asking if they would take mature students and they kept saying no...

“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.” R. Buckminster Fuller This week as we make our way through y...

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 2018 Claudette Baisden walked away from the job she had worked towards her entire life. Friends suggested that she have a rethink; that she was likely reeling from the back-to-back losses of her grandmother, Myrtle Baisden, and her mother, Diane S...

David Ker has been charming visitors at the St George’s Historical Society for 24 years. The replica 18th-century press in the basement of Mitchell House on Duke of Kent Street is his baby. The 79-year-old loves demonstrating how the press once worke...