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I suspect there are many people in the community who may have missed the significance of the recent court case involving the One Bermuda Alliance’s Toni Daniels and the Leader of the Opposition, Marc Bean. I’m sure some will see it as a purely politi...

Powerful, soul-stirring singing, standing ovations and resounding hand-clapping marked the final tribute to Guilden McDewell Gilbert at St James’s Church on Thursday. Guilden was a name that spoke volumes. His voice and personality characterised a m...

For Sue and Richard Vokes holiday means just one thing: Bermuda. The New York couple have been coming back to Island for the last 40 years always making sure they stay on their beloved South Shore. Their love affair with the pink beaches and turquois...

A love letter from a sailor to his sweetheart back in Croatia is finally on its way to its intended, more than 12 years after it was written. Penned on board the container ship MV Bulk Americas by Nikola Bulas, the letter, written in Croatian, was tr...

I have always been an awkward dancer. A trusty glass of bubbles helps, but I’ve never dashed on to an empty dance floor. I am most comfortable in the middle of a sweaty mob where there is barely any room between bodies and a simple shimmy will do. I...

A popular fireman, Dawayne Smith, is being mourned after his sudden death while out running. The married father of three was 42 years old. Mr Smith, who had worked for the Marriott Castle Harbour and for Butterfield and Vallis before discovering his ...

It was a tough go for Holly O’Leary, a Bermudian in Canada who swam a gruelling eight hours and 16.5km in support of a charity for children — but she made it. “If I can do it, so can you,” Ms O’Leary told The Royal Gazette. “I’d love to see something...

Dear Sir, Joe Wakefield (RG, August 11) contends that “propagandists try to divide ... the public”. But surely he knows that the Bermudian public have never been anything but divided from its inception. First there was slave and slaveholder (what g...

Dear Sir, Bermuda must tackle the issue of its identity. The subtext underlying the book I recently published, titled A Muted Imam, emphasises the need for self-actualisation and the inherent right to stand on who you are and to feel your own legitim...

Andreas Ratteray thought he was the smartest thing in the ocean, until he met some sharks. The 20-year-old had a close call this summer, while touring the Pacific with the Sea Education Association. “I am a pretty short dude and I was with two othe...

When Jayson Jackson tells people he’s getting a degree in turf grass science, he gets a lot of strange looks. “It’s not a degree people hear [about] every day,” the 23-year-old winner of the Hibiscus Garden Club scholarship said. “Even at university...

Monty Hamill has received $22,000 to buy his dream gift — sobriety. The 44-year-old has been battling alcoholism for most of his life. Friends and family stepped up with the cash for his rehabilitation only hours after his brother Kirkland requeste...