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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...

An antiracism group today pledged its support for the preservation of a historic building in North Hamilton earmarked for demolition. Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda said it was “disturbed to hear of the plans to demolish one of the last unique ...

A glimmer of hope for the preservation of a landmark Hamilton home that was the birthplace of one of the island’s top schools was announced yesterday. The Ministry of Public Works last night confirmed that a demolition order had been given for Wantle...

A demolition order has been issued for a historic Victorian home in North Hamilton where the founders of the Berkeley Institute school first met more than 140 years ago. The news this week prompted historians and residents to question why Wantley Hou...

It would be remiss of me to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, known also as the bombing of “Black Wall Street”, and not mention those equivalent attitudes and actions happening in Bermuda. No, there were no aircraft flyin...

World history is packed with horrible incidents involving the slaughter of people because they dared to question the powerful over a system of blatant injustice or the breaching of basic human rights that all people are entitled to. Most countries on...

A six-week programme of improvements to Albuoy’s Point has been launched by the City of Hamilton. The scenic area next to Hamilton ferry terminal will get more seats and shade, spotlights for trees and improved pedestrian access. The revamp will also...

For several years the Palestinian-Israeli situation had escaped the main news. I was suspicious of the Abraham Accord signed off on during the Trump presidency; it appeared one-sided. There are, and have been, many actions and actors in the decades-o...

Dear Sir, “Bermudian Resilience” being the theme of Heritage Month this year, I take the opportunity to recommend to readers a rather wonderful (and certainly very apt) long poem called Sarah Simon, by the once-famous American poet-novelist Hervey Al...

Back in 1967 there was a song popularised by the Beatles titled Love Is All You Need. They were on to something, capturing the fact that love is more than just a romantic idea; it is truly the essence of life, the substance of joy, and if you don't h...

I was fortunate to have encountered the late Margaret Thatcher in person at the turn of the millennium. I recall a speech where the British prime minister laid her concerns that rogue nations were on the rise and becoming so powerful that they had ra...