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By the mid-1970s, neglect, time and the elements had inflicted more punishment on the massive ramparts and buildings of the Keep at Bermuda’s old Royal Naval Dockyard than any of the potential military enemies it had been built to guard against. The ...

Bermudians are, by and large, an independent, canny and resourceful people. In many ways we have long embodied what Theodore Roosevelt meant when he said that “far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work wor...

Even during this island’s very palmiest days in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there were people living on the outskirts of hope, those who had been left behind as remarkable economic growth brought unparalleled opportunity for most Bermudians. In m...

“Democracy thrives on civil debate, but we’re shamefully out of practice.” — Michael Sandel (TED2010) On September 26, 1960, Richard Nixon, the Vice-President of the United States, and Massachusetts senator John F. Kennedy engaged in the first of fo...

“What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it is supposed to be.” — Anonymous We did it, Bermuda. We may not have got the result we wanted, owing to the utter and undeniable brilliance of Emirates Team New Zealand, but what was...

Congratulations indeed are in order for Freddie Evans on his appointment as Commissioner of Education. He has made a lasting contribution to education in Bermuda, is well respected by his peers, having been in the system at grassroots level for as lo...

The dress rehearsal was not spectacular, but there were many lessons to be learnt from what transpired on December 2, 2016 so that today should go as smoothly as can be expected. If last week was anything to go by, on MPs’ very belated return to the ...

For everyone in Bermuda on October 27, 1962, it suddenly seemed the end wasn’t nigh, it was here. At precisely 6.36 that morning, a massive thundercrack explosion at the East End reverberated throughout the island. It was immediately followed by a ...

Now that the dust has settled on events in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles and reality has hit home that Bermuda is a bona fide Division Four nation from a world cricket perspective, eyes turn instinctively to where to next for our nati...

In the celebrated Paul Gallico novella Love Of Seven Dolls, the tiny wood-and-felt cast of a carnival puppet show, each with its own distinct character and perceptive insights, helps to heal the wounded psyche of a traumatised French teenager. Bypas...