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Hamilton Princess and Beach Club has kept things local with the design and supply of new outfits for its beach club and pool staff. The hotel’s servers at the swimming pool and beach club are now decked out in shorts created by Bermuda’s TABS, and fe...

The Deliverance in St George’s was given a facelift by employees from the Hamilton Princess and Beach Club. Staff spent half a day painting the tourist attraction on Ordnance Island, which has been the subject of restoration work since being damaged ...

A community group has pledged to organise an annual Cup Match quiz to foster appreciation for Bermuda’s shared heritage. A quiz was held as part of the Bermuda Adventure event set up by Imagine Bermuda and other groups in the run-up to the two-day cr...

Siobhan Fubler won a 40-inch smart TV after taking part in a Cup Match competition organised by The Royal Gazette. Our social-media team quizzed Cup Match-goers on their knowledge of the annual two-day classic at Somerset Cricket Club last week. The ...

Sixteen years from now, when my son applies to college, odds are that he will not be asked about his race or where his parents went to college. He will confront a starkly different admissions landscape than I did in the early 2000s, when many univers...

A St George’s cricket player pushed the Minister of National Security in a scuffle at Cup Match, a witness has said. However, Wayne Caines said yesterday: “There was no fight, no altercation, no incident.” He was speaking after a man at the match tol...

One of Bermuda’s first majorettes has been remembered as a trailblazing dancer and talented fashion designer. Family and friends paid tribute to Lois Battersbee-Ward, who died last week in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 91. Keith Battersbee, ...

The cancellation of the annual Non-Mariners Race did nothing to dampen the party spirit in the West End this afternoon. Hundreds of boats rafted up in Mangrove Bay as revellers took to the water on inflatables to enjoy the sunshine and swizzle on th...

Even before he arrives in Northern Virginia, the new fire chief for one of the country’s wealthiest suburbs heard the reason some people do not want him there: his skin colour. The hoods and robes of today’s bigots are anonymity and wi-fi. And in Fai...

The following is a letter from an inmate at Westgate Correctional Facility. The letter, owing to the vagaries of the Bermuda postal system, did not arrive until the day before Cup Match despite being date-stamped June 11 at Westgate. Although the fes...

Ecstatic Somerset Cricket Club fans celebrated an historic Cup Match victory for their team yesterday. Jubilant crowds stormed the field after Somerset beat St George’s by an innings and 34 runs — the first time West Enders have recorded an innings v...

For Debbie Symons, being a Cup Match vendor tomorrow will be about a lot more than selling food. Emotions are always strong for Ms Symons whenever the midsummer classic comes around, as the occasion is ripe with memories of her late father, Bill Bail...