In her long reign, the Queen witnessed the 180-degree transformation of Bermuda from a racist and insular economic backwater into a progressive, cosmopolitan powerhouse, punching above its weight in t...
In her long reign of 70 years, the Queen visited Bermuda six times, the visits ranging from two brief aircraft refuelling stopovers to a full, three-day tour, designed to meet or be seen by as many pe...
Shortly after her ascension to the throne, the Queen embarked on a 30,000-mile, six-month world tour to introduce herself to her subjects.
The tour saw her attend 223 receptions, give 157 speeches and...
Twenty-two years after her first visit, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Bermuda on February 16, 1975.
Bermuda had seen the desegregation of theatres after a boycott, organised by the secret Progressive ...
On arrival for a two-day visit on March 8, 1994, hundreds greeted the royal couple at what was still the Civil Air Terminal, where the Queen surprised many by making an impromptu stop to talk to the c...
The Queen’s fourth official visit to Bermuda was the culmination of the celebration of the 400th anniversary of English settlement.
The visit, from November 24 to 26 in 2009, came 56 years to the day ...
George Lamming, the Barbadian novelist, has died only five days short of his 95th birthday.
A towering figure in Caribbean letters and fierce proponent of regional unity, his work was part and parcel ...
A giant map of Bermuda is being used by Purvis Primary School to make learning Stem and social studies fun for the Warwick school’s students.
Art and social studies teacher Kievone Simmons completed t...
The late Duke of Edinburgh was no stranger to Bermuda having visited the Island at least nine times.
Prince Philip died at Windsor Castle yesterday aged 99.
He was on island with the Queen for officia...
In 1997, early in the first season of HBO’s prison drama, Oz, an unknown actor took to a stage in a fictional cafeteria and delivered a full throated, spellbinding poem in the “Slam” style.
For seven ...
