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Three generations of the Savage family have left an indelible print on Bermuda’s history. This month brothers William and Peter Savage followed in the ancestor’s footsteps and returned to the Island to see the exploits of three generations of their f...

Soldiers from the Black Watch revisited the well dug by their forebears in 1849 — thought to be the first time the famous regiment has returned to the spot since. The pipes and drums of the legendary Scottish regiment, now the 3rd Battalion of the Ro...

Alex Scott thought he knew all there was to be known about the riots that saw a State of Emergency declared in Bermuda. Having read Jonathan Smith’s book, Island Flames, the former Premier is no longer so sure. According to Mr Scott, many more Bermud...

The historic site of the Black Watch Well by North Shore will be rededicated in a short ceremony on Thursday, Government House announced this afternoon. The new roundabout at the junction of Black Watch Pass and North Shore Road will improve pedestri...

In 1833 Johnson Savage disembarked from a sail boat in the port of St George to take up a three-year posting as surgeon for the Royal Artillery. Over the ensuing months Dr Savage, a talented artist, went on to paint a series of spectacular watercolou...

The bygone Bermuda of 1907 has returned to life in the pages of a new work of historical fiction, Twain’s End, by the United States author Lynn Cullen. The novel imagines the romantic life between celebrated American scribe Mark Twain and Isabel Lyon...

A new book dedicated to providing a factual account of the events surrounding the Island’s deadly riots of 1977 is set to go on sale this month. Drawing on already published works, as well as never before seen documents and first-hand accounts of wh...

The Island’s historic properties escaped largely unscathed despite the 100 miles per hour winds and torrential rain that lashed us as Hurricane Joaquin passed to the west. Jennifer Gray, executive director of the Bermuda National Trust, said the old ...

On Saturday afternoon, a lady walked up to another lady and gave her a firm hug. She then went on to say that she was so happy that she had brought her two sons to learn about their African history and culture. With tears in her eyes, she went on to ...

Dear Sir, I write in response to the September 24 Royal Gazette editorial titled “Largely unknown history of Mary Prince”. Before going to the meat in the article, I don’t know if I would use the same term, narcissism, as used by the editor to descr...

Every generation likes to consider itself to be more intelligent, more capable and entirely more virtuous than the one which preceded it. And every generation likes to think it has either attained or is close to attaining the very pinnacle of human p...

On a distant green meadow in the English countryside stands a memorial to one of the most important figures in Bermudian history. The bronze chair emblazoned with the name of Mary Prince is one of 12 that forms a new piece of artwork called The Juror...