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Before they took their rental mopeds out on the roads for the first time, local livery cycle operators in the 1960s and ‘70s used to remind wary visitors that Bermudians drove on the left side of the road. At least until the bars closed. Then they dr...

Dear Sir, I want to exemplify a matter that happened between 1977 and 1985, and extract a lesson from that history which continues to hamper our progress today. In 1977 after the riots, I brought together a six-man committee with a question put be...

Seventy years ago today — April 15, 1945 — British troops entered the fairy tale town of Celle in Lower Saxony and abruptly found themselves on the threshold of hell. Outside Celle the British units, which included a number of Bermudians who had volu...

There has been debate on social media recently about good hair vs bad hair, persons of mixed ethnicities, light skin vs dark skin. After a conversation with someone deeply concerned with these issues, I decided to dig up a column I wrote in June last...

One week after the Island’s new Public Access to Information regime came into effect, the first requests for information have been submitted to the PATI implementation team. Although PATI became law on April 1, the office’s website is expected to bec...

In the world of politics, and that includes Bermuda, fence building often takes priority over bridge building because divisiveness is something most political groups rely on to keep their support base intact, even when situations dictate that a bridg...

One by one, they came. Two by two, they came. Ten by ten, they came. As early as 12pm, they began to fill the Ark. As early as 12pm, they began to fill the National Stadium. On Sunday, March 29, 2015, more than two thousand people filled the Bermuda ...

For the first time in more than a century, a prestigious American society has chosen to host its annual meeting in Bermuda. The General Society of Colonial Wars will bring approximately 200 members to Bermuda in May and will induct Mayor of Hamilton...

Nearly 30 years ago, I worked part-time pumping gas down at Flatts Gas Station. Over time, I had quite a few steady clients. Some of them had their own set amount of gas they would purchase. More often than not, they would give me a tip of $1 or $2. ...