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On November 5, 1605, King James I was to preside over the opening of Parliament in England. A group of disgruntled men including Guido “Guy” Fawkes, resented the Government’s attitude towards Roman Catholics and planned to assassinate the King by blo...

My friend Wynette Tucker urged me on many occasions to interview her neighbour, Gwendolyn Smith. Mrs Smith, she said, was anxious to share what she knew about a tomato factory that existed in Smith’s Parish when she was a girl. I had been the distric...

On a beautiful sunny day in July 1988, I sat with my great-aunt, Edith Burgess, as she recalled a church picnic held in 1903. She was 96 at the time and blessed with the remarkable gift of recall. It is only now that I realise she was recollecting a ...

On the eve of the holiday to commemorate our emancipation, the government of the day dipped its pen into the inkwell of callous arrogance and removed with one stroke 152 years of Black history. West End School in their minds should exist only in a mu...

Thirty-three years ago I began interviewing seniors on Cup March, one of the foremost events of our Bermudian heritage. Their memories ranged over the years leading up to the 1930s. Much has been written on the history of the game, but I have chosen ...