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The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was majestic, historic and very, very long. It was a procession of prayers and hymns, buglers and solemn bagpipers all tucked into two services and one interment and watched by a global audience. But the two minutes ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Robin Givhan
Malcolm Raynor writes that our small size could be used to our competitive advantage if there were greater unity exhibited on island
DATE: Sep 20, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Malcolm Raynor
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has offered one of those reflective opportunities that allows for expanding one’s appreciation and understanding of a complex world.
First, let me declare my personal bias as one who would have been 2 years old when th...
DATE: Sep 17, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Glenn Fubler
One of the hallmarks of Bermuda is the kindness that we show each other as human beings. Especially when someone is in a time of challenge or distress. More often than not, this empathy forms a part of our customer service etiquette.
About a month ag...
DATE: Sep 17, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Christopher Famous
In late August, the only Black starting player on Duke University's women’s volleyball team reported that an opposing fan hurled racist taunts, including slurs, during a match at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. According to social-media acco...
DATE: Sep 17, 2022
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The death of Elizabeth II, while inevitable and expected — she was 96, after all — has still produced a degree of shock in many. This is not unexpected — the monarchy as a whole has a complex legacy, and the duration of her reign is such that many si...
DATE: Sep 16, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Starling
“It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled”
— Mark Twain
Hindsight always affords us the opportunity to see precisely why David Burt cunningly rushed back to the polls in a snap election two years earl...
DATE: Sep 15, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Vic Ball
“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children."
These are the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German Lutheran pastor, theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident. He was later executed at the Flossenbürg concentrati...
DATE: Sep 13, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Bob Richards
It was the great Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm who remarked that “for a variety of reasons, Italy is a sort of laboratory of political experiences”. Jonathan Foot’s remarkable The Archipelago: Italy Since 1945 certainly seems to bear this observati...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Starling
On Thursday, Queen Elizabeth II died at 96. An outpouring of sympathy from world leaders emphasised her dutiful service and stabilising presence. President Joe Biden issued a statement that commemorated her as a “source of comfort and pride for gener...
DATE: Sep 12, 2022
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