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He was the Flo Ziegfeld of the disco era, the Richard D’Oyly Carte of rock operas and the Brian Epstein figure to some of the biggest names in popular music, including the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Cream, The Who, Rod Stewart and David Bowie. The New Y...

When Duncan Hall, the advertising features editor, was handed the assignment to compile the traditional end-of-the-year review in The Royal Gazette he may not have realised the challenge ahead. That he crafted such a varied and informative section wa...

For decades, Bermuda has been a hostage to the vagaries of the global oil market. The biggest impact of the price of oil can be seen in our electricity cost, which in turn impacts the running costs of every home and business. The cost of filling up t...

The start of a new year is traditionally a good time to turn over a new leaf. How about some consequences for those who serve in Government and who ignore the rules designed to protect taxpayers from being ripped off? That would apparently be somethi...

It is sometimes tempting to write Bermuda off as a community suffering from an advanced case of “affluenza”, one in which far too high a value is placed on money, status and appearances. Such environments, it has been said, provide particularly barre...

The Christmas holiday gives most of us a break from our hectic routine, a chance to enjoy time with loved ones and an opportunity to pause for reflection as we look ahead to the new year. The customs of Christmas make togetherness a theme. Gathering ...

From a galaxy far, far away to the Speciality Cinema, Star Wars is as much a part of Bermuda’s Christmas this year as cassava pie, eggnog and the boat parade. The relaunched but pleasingly scruffy and unrefurbished Millennium Falcon is clearly the m...

It may be the most ubiquitous lie — the lie so transparent that it has guilty stamped all over it. “Honestly officer, I’ve had one beer and a small glass of wine.” Unsteady on the feet, reeking of alcohol and eyes glazed, we know that same driver has...

So the most visible job in local sport has gone to Clay Smith. The Bermuda Cricket Board got its man after what was claimed to be “an extensive and rigorous” interview process — the lengths a son of the soil has to go to prove his worth despite the r...

Coming as it does less than a fortnight after Michael DeSilva outlined the way forward for the Bermuda Police Service over the next three years, yesterday’s release from the union whose mandate it is to safeguard the welfare of the officers who will ...