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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...

Soon after the old Queen’s Birthday in 1916, a convoy left Bermuda including one ship with over two hundred black Bermudians and their white officers, Bermudians to boot. On 9 June, the English coast at Devonport was sighted and the leader of the Ber...

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the start of the Great War on the 4th September, many will be reflecting on its effect on Bermuda and the families who lost sons in that global conflict, now called the First World War. The population of the Is...

A gathering of personnel from the former US Naval Air Base will travel to the Island to reminisce on glory days, just short of 20 years since the East End facility was handed over to Bermuda. So far, 30 people have signed up for this September’s reu...