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We are witnessing it take place around the world, an increasingly widespread rejection of politics as usual and the usual politicians. It was evident in the result of the UK’s Brexit referendum, which poleaxed the professional political class and co...

Whatever one may think of the most efficient ways to spend $38,000, or whether such a small sum of money in the context of national spending is worth losing a job over, what is undeniable is that the Bermuda Government has made a pig’s ear of trying ...

Long-time Bermuda Press president Roger Davidson stewarded The Royal Gazette and its parent company through a long and hugely consequential period of change, growth and transition on a scale not seen since this newspaper was established in 1828. Mr D...

To get a true sense of what Flora Duffy accomplished, and its impact on Bermuda, when she crushed a world-class field to win the World Triathlon Championships Grand Final in Cozumel, Mexico, you need to go no farther than the comments from a watching...

It’s a time of searing political attacks, angry partisan passions and fevered conspiracy theories. It’s a time of sometimes unrestrained hysteria and outbreaks of what can only be described as galloping paranoia. It’s a time when politicians, their...

For some trade union leaders Labour Day was less an occasion to reflect on the past successes of the Bermuda workers’ movement than it was to draw new battle lines. With one trade unionist invoking the Biblical End of Days to describe the current st...

Four freedoms are often deemed fundamental to the proper working of any democratic society — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. To those four a fifth is often added — freedom from ignorance. That means gua...

For most everyone in Bermuda Labour Day marks the unofficial end of summer. Today’s public holiday amounts to a festive last hurrah for the season, one marked by beaches, boats and barbecues. However, it is important to always bear in mind what Labo...

It’s never just been a venue for music, poetry readings and the visual and performing arts. Far from it. Since its inception the Chewstick Foundation has always been both a cultural hub and a thriving meeting place for young Bermudian artists. It’s...

Too many of us still seem to labour under the delusion that Bermuda has unlimited financial resources at its disposal. It’s almost as if we have embraced the comforting deception Bermuda can draw on a miraculously self-replenishing treasure trove le...