THIS week I had intended to comment on the recent speech given at Warwick Academy on the occasion of its annual Sir John Sharpe Memorial lecture series. This time American professor David Northrup of Boston College gave a talk on the transatlantic sl...
Female descendants of American Revolutionaries can join the Daughters of the American Revolution in Bermuda after a local chapter was formed last week.
The new chapter has been named the Somers Isle Chapter, after Sir George Somers.
Membership is ope...
Around 400 long-term residents will be eligible for Bermudian status after MPs passed new legislation yesterday to end the uncertainty hanging over them.
And others will be granted permanent residents certificates (PRC), which will enable them to avo...
Keep skies quiet, at least
June 17, 2002
Dear Sir,
I'm the `Helcopter Lady', whom no doubt Mr. Smatt will surely remember; objecting to a throbbing bladed aircraft hovering over our gardens (private property!) round and round while the tourists or wh...
Keep skies quiet, at leastJune 17, 2002Dear Sir,I’m the ‘Helcopter Lady’, whom no doubt Mr. Smatt will surely remember; objecting to a throbbing bladed aircraft hovering over our gardens (private property!) round and round while the tourists or whoev...
One of the world's largest yachts is currently in Hamilton. The Independence, with its shiny navy-blue hull, is difficult to miss as she sits almost 174 feet long at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC). The twin screw ketch is able to hold up to twel...
Government has been urged to re-open the dialogue on the issue of home schooling before implementing tighter controls on how they operate.
Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith said he believed it was reasonable to have some minimum guidelines in place...
Pomp and circumstance. Curtsies and coat tails. Feathers and flora. Menus and medals. These, and more, are the stuff of Royal visits wherever the Queen and her consort, the Duke of Edinburgh, go. In advance of the couple's arrival, there is wholesale...
Sanders Frith Brown, a Bermudian who calls himself black because he says he is one thirty-second black, said: “The British flag is a symbol in this little piece of England, but we are far too American to be British.
“The monarchy is a figure head and...
Most teenagers can't wait to move out on their own and gain independence from their parents.
Katie Cottingham is one such teenager...no different from those her age. She has plans to attend college and eventually live on her own and learn to drive. H...
DATE: Jun 04, 2002 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Lawrence Trott
