Hundreds of mourners packed the Anglican Cathedral to bid farewell yesterday to MP and former government minister Walton Brown.
The standing room-only congregation at the Hamilton church heard that Mr Brown combined a fierce commitment to social just...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
From the first session of what would become the House of Assembly 399 years ago, Bermudians have always been fiercely independent, much to the chagrin of past governors and others sent to assist the island in its governance.
Indeed, the closest Berm...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
With Walton Brown’s death, the Progressive Labour Party has lost one of its more thoughtful and cerebral leaders, and is the poorer for it.
Mr Brown, who was just 59 at the time of his passing, was destined to be involved in politics from an early a...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials | AUTHOR: RG: In our Opinion
Having never been in a relationship herself, the obvious question was how Marilyn Steede was able to write a romance novel.
She started working on When Your Body Gets Weak in 1998, and published it in July.
“The love story comes from nothing in my ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jessie Moniz Hardy
He was an activist with a firebrand streak, but even Walton Brown’s political opponents regarded him as more friend than foe.
Members on both sides of the aisle shed a light on the personality behind the politician as they took part in a 3½-hour spec...
Tributes to the late Walton Brown included heartfelt reflections from friends and schoolmates.
Michelle Simmons, an independent senator, recalled teaching Mr Brown chemistry at the Berkeley Institute.
“Walton struck me as a highly intelligent young m...
Walton Brown was remembered by his colleagues and opponents yesterday as a champion for justice who fought peacefully for the underdog.
MPs and senators made a string of tributes to the Progressive Labour Party MP at a joint sitting of the legislatur...
Walton Brown would have been the “guiding hand” and “stabilising force” to help lead Bermuda to independence if he had not died, according to former premier Alex Scott.
Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that Mr Brown, who was chairman of the Committee ...
Walton Brown Jr, a government backbencher, former minister and longstanding member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died at the age of 59.
An activist, political observer and staunch advocate for Bermudian independence, Mr Brown, who represented ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019 | CATEGORY: Politics | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
“There is no economic or political reason why Bermuda should not be independent today. There is no logical reason why we are not independent. We have not seen it because we have not seen the type of leadership to take us to independence.” — Walton Br...
