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‘Whatever the accurate number, it is generally accepted that the overwhelming majority of this grand army, French and allied, remained, in one condition or another, inside Russia.’ — Anthony Joes, 1997 Every week, thanks to the readers of The Royal ...

Adorned by an inconvenient bus stop pole, coloured pink, a dump of a public trash bin, and the ugliness of overhead utility lines of all variety, there stands on the Middle Road in the far west of Warwick a unique, if forlorn, monument to the early e...

There was a day when the coves and bays of the North Shore reverberated from east to west with the sound of caulking irons.—Hereward Watlington, The Bermudian, March 1934. In a most maritime of settings, with the waters of Hamilton Harbour lapping t...

It’s pretty easy for Valjawan (Val) Deer to remember his palmetto thatching licence number. It’s ‘one’. That is because he was the first palmetto thatchist to be licensed in the United States, by the state of Florida Construction Licensing Board. M...

HERITAGE MATTERS by Dr. Edward Harris “That evening [2 November 1863], Jervois had dinner at the British Legation where he met a Captain Wyse, US Navy, who brought up the subject of Bermuda and told him, “Colonel, we must have that place some day”....

Expert thatchers have been brought in to help residents building a replica of 17th century Carter House. Native Americans Tazwell Bowlsky and Val Deer of ACE Thatching & Bamboo Inc in Florida were called in to help with the historic build in St David...

Today marks Bermuda’s other 400th anniversary — that of the official settlement of Bermuda on July 11, 1612. Three years ago, Bermuda celebrated the 400th anniversary of the wreck of the Sea Venture, which marked the beginning of continuous human set...

Eons ago, “Mount Bermuda” began its slow formation on the floor of the ocean, one basaltic bubble after another, oozing or exploding from a hotspot perhaps near the ‘Atlantic Ridge’. The top of the volcano became an oceanic mesa upon which reefs thri...

In 1612, the Plough crossed the Atlantic to Bermuda in only 61 days and had a very smooth trip compared to the Sea Venture’s 1609 voyage: she sank off St George’s after surviving more than three days in a hurricane! The Plough arrived off St. David’s...

HERITAGE MATTERS by Dr. Edward Harris She was beautiful and beautifully built, with full-length planks glued on edge, and seams so invisible the topsides shone like the side of a porcelain bathtub. — Cornelius “Corny” Shields, 1936. This year, 2012,...

HERITAGE MATTERS by Dr. Edward Harris ‘As its 400th anniversary approaches, St. Peter’s Church is in a good state of repair, thanks to the 1950—53 restoration. The exterior reflects early Victorian Gothic taste, but the interior houses an array of ...