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The interest in learning about Bermuda’s maritime history continues as Shirley Pearman and Maxine Esdaille have been again asked to present on African Bermudian Maritime History, this time Part 3 at the West End Sailboat Club in the lead up to the 74...

Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Jasmine Bowen has created three specifically for Bermuda: The Last Stand, Robin’s Redemption and Round Table are each billed as a “one-hour adventure through time”. The shows begin tonight at the Bermuda National Trus...

The author of a book on the 1970s assassinations that rocked Bermuda has made a return to the island to sign copies of his work. Mel Ayton wrote Justice Denied on the murders of Governor Richard Sharples and Commissioner of Police George Duckett, for...

In recent pages of The Royal Gazette, the Mirrors charity announced another field day at Paget Island, St George’s Parish, with the intention of continuing the restoration of the magnificent and unique Fort Cunningham, much neglected for the past 25 ...

Schoolchildren across the island took part in an event yesterday to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. The “Passing the Baton” project involved middle and senior-level pupils from a number of Bermuda’s public and privat...

Bermuda’s rich history of shipwrecks was highlighted on American television. PBS NewsHour’s art and culture segment last week featured The Bermuda 100 Challenge — a joint project between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Marine Her...

The American coauthor of a new book on the military defences of Bermuda from 1612 to 1995 is to give a lecture at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute tomorrow. Terry McGovern, who helped develop the National Museum of Bermuda, had his inter...

A community group braved heavy rain at the weekend to launch a commemoration of the life of Nelson Mandela, a peace activist and former president of South Africa. The Walk Together event saw a dozen residents visit historical areas across Hamilton to...

The crucial role Africans played in the early days of Bermuda is to be explored tonight at Bermuda College. Bermudian historian Clarence Maxwell said people taken from Africa “helped define a lot of the foundation for what ended up happening later in...

Bermuda must do better at recognising the achievements of black Bermudians, according to Clyde Best. Mr Best told The Royal Gazette: “That’s something we have to improve upon. We have black Bermudians in all walks of life in all parts of the world th...

Genealogist Clara Hollis Hallett has pored over thousands of original documents that record the lives of generations of Bermudian families. Now aged 91, Mrs Hollis Hallett has donated her life’s work of almost 700 handwritten files to the National Mu...

A journey into Bermuda’s past has been shared by a visitor who shot extensive footage during his island trip in 1981. The two-hour video includes a trove of sights from 36 years ago. Chris Lauterbach, of Long Island, said he had kept the video for ye...