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Christmas traditions have always fascinated me and for this simple reason, more than 40 years ago, I began to ask older relatives and family friends the question – how did your family prepare for Christmas? The recollections that I am writing about t...

Centuries-old windows in St George’s are getting a new lease on life thanks to the skilled attention of Robert Powell. The 66-year-old has spent the past two months fixing the 14 windows at St Peter’s Church rectory. The building, which sits behind t...

An expert woodworker whose work ranged from antique furniture restoration to prized artworks was remembered by friends as “a master”. Frederick Phillips’ creations can be found in historic buildings across the island, including Camden in Paget, the o...

This is part of an occasional series of architectural articles by the Bermuda National Trust that will highlight some of Bermuda’s endangered historic buildings. Surely, in the 21st century, a solution can be found to the problem of old building...

An organisational revamp of the Bermuda National Trust was yesterday backed by the Senate. The legislation, which increased the number of people to be elected to the trust’s council to 13 and ended appointment to the council by entitlement, was passe...

A landmark bandstand has a new coat of paint – with work completed two weeks ahead of schedule. A spokeswoman for the City of Hamilton said the work was the 132-year-old Victoria Park bandstand’s first major facelift since 2007. She added: “Work also...

A team of landscapers began tearing out casuarina trees and other invasive plants yesterday as part of a renewed world heritage restoration project at Ferry Point Park. Thanks to funds raised over the past year, the St George’s Foundation, in partn...

A Dutch bank employee has embarked on a mission to remember more than 280 soldiers – including five Bermudians – who gave their lives in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War. Oscar Huisman, said his village of Overloon was the site of a c...

A group set up to preserve a historic North Hamilton home has appealed to the Government to lease it the property at a peppercorn rent. Duncan Simons, an architect, hoped the lease would give the group time to raise funds and buy Wantley on Princess ...

A carpenter trained as a shipwright in the Dockyard Apprentices programme went on to build the landmark Deliverance replica in St George – his proudest accomplishment. Raymond DeShields fondly called the Deliverance “his baby” and enjoyed dropping b...

A historic Hamilton landmark is to get a major facelift for the first time in almost 15 years. The City of Hamilton will start repainting the unique Victoria Park bandstand this week and the work is expected to last seven weeks. The park will remain ...

Campaigners who tried to save a historic house condemned to the wrecking ball despite its pivotal role in the formation of the Berkeley Institute are to continue their fight. Duncan Simons of Wantley Matters, a pressure group set up to save Wantley, ...