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Not too long ago in historical terms Bermuda really was another world, certainly when it came to its social and cultural development. The Island’s political and civil arrangements were throwbacks to another era, with its affairs still largely in the ...

Short-termism is a common weakness of democracy. More often than not, it seems politicians will shy away from dealing with a major problem that requires making tough, long-term decisions that are likely to be unpopular. This trend is particularly mar...

Upon the completion last weekend of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event in Gothenburg, Sweden, all eyes turned genuinely towards Bermuda. After all that has been said and written, that superyacht of possibilities is heading our way fas...

Bermuda’s politicians are, rightly, being upbraided in some quarters for elevating magical thinking to the status of guiding philosophical principle. Wishing something to happen and actually making it happen are very different things. One involves w...

The origins of freedom of speech can be traced as far back in history as the signing of Magna Carta in early 13th-century England. King John, backed into a corner after recent defeats on the battlefield and disagreements with the Pope, was forced to...

How we manage our personal finances is a key factor in the standard of living we enjoy. It can influence the education we can give our children, the type of home in which we live and whether retirement is truly a period of “golden years” or a grim b...

The best actors possess a curious duality, one predicated on the contradictory need for self-exposure and self-protection. They are “wide open, yet with no breaches in their armour”, as one renowned critic termed this paradoxical quality. Defencele...

It has to be presumed that Ice Queen did not provide the bladed object that played a significant role in the death of Johnathan Darrell early Saturday morning. Nor can it be presumed that it was the Paget fast-food facility that implored hordes of pe...

A funny thing happened at St David’s County Cricket Club last Saturday. The second round of the Eastern Counties Cup was scheduled and an actual cricket match broke out. Far from the shambles they were in the final last season, Flatts Victoria Recrea...

War is always a great evil, but as even pacifist Bertrand Russell conceded, under some extreme circumstances it may actually be the lesser of two evils. The Second World War [1939-1945] was a case study in just such circumstances. The entire world wa...