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The 200th anniversary of William Perot’s moving to Par-la-Ville was celebrated with Christmas songs and entertainment on Saturday. The event, organised through Historical Heartbeats, the Bermuda Historical Society, and the Bermuda Library, invited t...

The Bermuda Perfumery has launched a non-profit foundation dedicated to protect and promote the Island’s shipwreck heritage. The Lili Bermuda Foundation will be funded through a portion of the profits of the company’s Mary Celestia fragrance, named a...

Bermuda is rightly agog at the prospect of having the great races for the America’s Cup in our waters in 2017. It is hoped that the entire island will pull together for the ultimate success of the remarkable achievement by the Bermuda Government and ...

One of Bermuda’s oldest buildings will mark its 200th anniversary next weekend with a series of celebratory events. Par-la-Ville on Queen Street in Hamilton dates back to 1814 when it was built for William Perot and his family. The historic structure...

One of the somewhat unsung achievements in the realm of Bermuda heritage in the last 20 years or so is the outstanding series of books on the historic architecture of this small place. The brainchild of the Bermuda National Trust, under the guiding ...

A unique insight into some of Hamilton’s most historically significant buildings has been revealed by a new book. The Hamilton Town and City edition of Bermuda’s Architectural Heritage is the seventh in a series of National Trust books detailing the ...

The Bermuda National Trust (BNT) has stated that it never owned the historic Moonray Manor, disputing claims in a critical opinion piece published yesterday. In the article Lynne Winfield, vice president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB)...

It was made from cedar and clay mortar using age-old Bermudian building techniques. But often the oldest ways are the best. And so it was no surprise to those responsible for building the Settler’s Cottage in St David’s, which is based on the same de...

A young Bermudian pilot and Second World War prisoner, shot dead while attempting to escape, now lies in an Italian military cemetery with his name and Island home for an epitaph. The plain-chiselled tombstone of James Outerbridge differs little from...

Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has proposed designating the Tucker’s Town cemetery as a historic monument. Mr Fahy’s recommendation to deem the site a Grade HM, a Historic Monument Listed Building, follows concerns about the desecration of the to...

Tea and gossip is a favourite pastime of many women in Bermuda. In the 18th century things were much the same. The Bermudian way of tea is one of the focal points in a new exhibit in historic Odessa, Delaware in the United States. The exhibit is call...

Police have been asked by a group of concerned individuals to investigate the desecration of historic tombstones at Tucker’s Town. Five people have jointly filed the complaint with the Bermuda Police Service and have been told, they say, that the mat...