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For any new era to be given a chance to thrive, it requires the support staff to be in good working order. The Bermuda Government requires it, private enterprise requires it, and so, too, do the myriad organisations that make up working life in this ...

It was as remarkable and powerful a piece of presidential oratory as many of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, a transcendent moment in a profoundly transformational period in modern history. Barack Obama, coming off a watershed week in his preside...

As America observed the centenary of the outbreak of its Civil War in 1961, the Bermuda Historical Monuments Trust — predecessor to the National Trust — opened The Confederate Museum in St George’s Globe Hotel. The Island, because of geography, hist...

The opening shots of the American Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter outside Charleston, South Carolina, in 1861 when troops of the secessionist Confederacy bombarded Union defenders. When the centenary of the outbreak of this fratricidal conflict —...

Death, admonished the poet John Donne, be not proud. “Mighty and dreadful” though it is considered to be, death’s power is ultimately an illusion. The souls and memories of those it claims live on; the consequences of their actions continue to reverb...

The thunder of gunfire in a historic Charleston church is echoing throughout Bermuda today. So are the howls of anguish and grief and disbelief. On Wednesday night, a heavily armed white supremacist opened fire on the congregation at that South Carol...

Given the right tools and the proper determination, individuals can accomplish even the most seemingly impossible tasks. “Give me a place to stand,” said one of the most legendary figures of classical antiquity, “and I will move the world.” The men ...

Between regular visits to Bermuda in the early years of the 20th century, Mark Twain found time to dash off a droll letter to the editor of an American newspaper. He good-naturedly upbraided the newspaperman for having expressed dismay over the coll...

Long overdue reforms to a Dickensian legal system. Pending hikes in health insurance premiums. A potentially seismic shift in Bermuda’s energy policy. There’s been a flurry of genuinely important developments on the political front in recent days. B...

The jaunty lyrics of the Disney song notwithstanding, the actor’s life is very rarely a “Hi-diddle-dee-dee!” existence. And it’s certainly not the life for everyone. The usual trajectory of an actor’s career is marked by vertiginous ups and downs. ...