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Planning renovations at the historic home of Verdmont will benefit from enhancements thanks to a $10,000 donation from The Garden Club of Bermuda. The donation was made to the Bermuda National Trust museum and gardens as part of the Garden Club’s 10...

In the City of Hamilton, the house Wantley may be endangered but, out in the west, in “God’s country”, the uppermost parish of Sandys, a little monument of built-heritage has been restored, thanks to the generosity of Crisson Construction and an anon...

If anyone wonders what the intent is behind some of my articles, let me explain. There are two compelling motivations: the first is that I had long grown tired of there being an absence of thought and dialogue about political and social evolution, wh...

Rashida Godwin’s Black history bus tours have gone through many stops and starts because of Covid-19. For a while they were even virtual; she is thrilled they are now back on the road. The Mary Prince tours are particularly popular. “I think it is b...

Bermuda’s cultural history will be celebrated with a series of tours and events in the lead-up to Emancipation Day and Mary Prince Day. A Government spokeswoman said the Department of Culture has partnered with Jumuiya ya Afrika Bermuda, the Departme...

A home-grown community festival celebrating some of Bermuda’s legendary musicians was deemed a hit as it closed this weekend. John Burch, the last active member of the Bermuda Strollers, was joined by June Caisey at Saturday’s show, entertaining an a...

Two of Bermuda’s musical greats are banding together in Hamilton today for a tribute to one of the island’s legendary groups. John Burch, the last active member of the Bermuda Strollers, is to perform with singer June Caisey to close out a home-grown...

Ancestry, cultural identity, memory and time are the focus of a new art exhibition opening at the National Museum of Bermuda this month. On Wednesday, the museum will host a virtual opening for the exhibit Traces and Pastimes by Bermudian artist Ghe...

A webinar featuring international archaeologists discussing the latest research into the Tucker’s Town free black cemetery will be held tomorrow. The panel discussion, Decolonising Archaeology in Bermuda, was organised by Citizens Uprooting Racism in...

A historic buildings charity clashed with the Government yesterday after it was confirmed a historic Hamilton house would be demolished. A Bermuda National Trust spokeswoman said the Bermuda Housing Corporation, a government quango that owns the home...

A historian who publicised plans to demolish a historic house where the founders of the Berkeley Institute first gathered is to hold a meeting at the school in a bid to ensure the preservation of the home. Maxine Esdaille of the Africa Diaspora Heri...

The charity behind one of the island’s historic secondary schools has stepped in to help preserve a landmark house threatened with demolition. The Berkeley Educational Society asked to be consulted before any decision by the Department of Planning to...