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A story set at the heart of Bermuda’s 1959 theatre boycott has taken second prize in Code’s 2016 Burt Award for Caribbean Literature. Bermudian author Florenz Webbe Maxwell, who was a member of the Progressive Group that organised the momunental boy...

A colourful floral design from the Garden Club of Bermuda has taken top honours in Toronto. Club representative Cindy Young picked up the gold medal and the Heather Fuller Award for best international design at the Canada Blooms flower and garden fe...

Miriam Bassett-Tucker was one of the island’s best-known calypso dancers in the 1950s. Today, few of the younger generation know her name. Atlantic Publishing House is looking to change that. She’s one of several performers to be honoured at Café Li...

Applications for the Dr Barbara Ball Public Health Scholarship must be submitted by April 4, the Ministry of Health, Seniors and Environment has reminded the public. The scholarship assists Bermudians with “a proven financial need seeking careers or ...

Warwick Academy head girl Claire Conyers took home the top prize at the weekend’s Outstanding Teen awards. Speaking after winning the Overall Outstanding Teen award, she told The Royal Gazette: “It feels absolutely amazing. I’m just really, really l...

Dwayne Trott believes everyone should be a positive role model. It’s a lesson his father Calvin taught him. He has shared it with countless young people in the many years he has volunteered with the Bermuda Sea Cadet Corps. “We mirror the positive in...

Some coaches shy away from “ankle biters”. Not Cal Simons. The 60-year-old Bermuda Pacers Track Club coach adores working with young children. “They’re a lot of fun,” he said. “Sometimes [six-, seven- and eight-year-olds] can be very playful. You hav...

Allen Temple AME Church chose last Sunday to honour a host of retired educators as part of Black History Month. The teachers and principals were recognised by the Sound View Road, Sandys church for their contributions to the various primary schools a...

Two new scholarships have been announced for Bermudian students in need of financial assistance to pursue their studies. The Bank of Bermuda Foundation is launching the Donald P Lines Award and the Bank of Bermuda Foundation Vocational Award this ye...

Meet Matt Francis, the 27-year-old who’s shaking up the bartending scene. He won the Stoli Cocktail Masters Competition last summer and recently took home the top prize in the Absolut Bermuda Best Bartender contest. His cocktail, The Absolut Certain...

Love is in the air but if you can capture it through a lens you could be in line for a host of prizes. Petals has launched a Valentine’s photography competition that invites participants to enter a photo of them and someone they love. Owner Nikki B...

The training ship Spirit of Bermuda has returned successfully from another expedition, after taking a lashing during rough seas last month. A group of girl students from the Whitney Institute came ashore yesterday after five days on the sloop, a few ...