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On her 88th birthday, Betty Smith woke to messages on Facebook and WhatsApp. By the end of May 3 she’d received more than 200 phone calls, the most distant came from an old family friend living in South Korea. Although out enjoying the day with her d...

One of the more interesting challenges of being an idea person is that you never quite know what crazy notion is going to pop into your head from one moment to the next. You have to learn to pick and choose which ideas to share with others, what to s...

Just in time for boating season, Sail Bermuda has a new catamaran. Caleb and Marilyn Zuill only wish she hadn’t taken such a roundabout route. The couple bought Elusive in Grenada in November, 2019. Their idea was to use her to expand their boat char...

Some days I get that ’only in Bermuda’ experience, which is always entertaining and leaves a smile on my face. Here’s one of those stories. Several years ago I was seeing patients in clinic. Normally, when the next patient arrives, you get a little ...

Regulars on the No 2 bus out of Hamilton will likely remember Lynette Waldron. For more than 20 years she was a favourite with Paget Primary School and Gilbert Institute students especially, making them cookies every week, dressing in costume and ens...

“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” Japanese proverb Considering everything that we have been through in the last year, if you had to choose, in hindsight would you say it’s better to be flexible or resilient? Depending on ...

It is 6.30am. I am looking out the window to the east; vibrant orange stripes radiate upwards through the sky over a calm, glassy ocean. Soon the sun will rise on a day filled with possibilities! I am thinking that it is time for Bermuda to rise and ...

In 1979 Christine Atcheson’s life was a mess. She had been on the island for three years. Her husband had abandoned her and returned to the UK; she had a toddler to raise on her own. In order to deal, she “went full-on into recreational drugs and al...

“When we get to the river there will be a bridge.” Unknown Have you ever wondered how it is that some people always seem to show up at the perfect moment find four leaf clovers, or capitalise on opportunities? Are these people simply lucky? Or are th...

In 2017, Terry Lister went on a slow tour of Africa. Little did he know that so many other people would be interested. Convinced to share his tales in book form, he published Immersed in West Africa two years ago. The latest in a string of accolades ...