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The Bermuda National Trust has highlighted the history of its headquarters in a new book. Waterville, The Story of a House, Its People & Its Contents was released as the trust marks the building’s 50th anniversary as its nerve centre. The Grade 1...

The descendants of a man forced to sell his property in Tucker’s Town told a Commission of Inquiry into historic land losses that he was not paid for all of the land bought by compulsory purchase. Joann Adams told the Commission that her great grandf...

Access to a historic black cemetery in the Town of St George has been improved as part of a collaborative effort between multiple organisations. A new pathway into the slave and free black portion of St Peter’s cemetery was officially unveiled yester...

The grandchildren of a woman who sold land to the Government under a compulsory purchase order to create the playing field of Francis Patton School said she lost access to other land as a result. Charles and Carol Clarke, a brother and sister, were ...

A Bermudian historian said the compulsory purchase of land in Tucker’s Town could be branded a land grab despite the creation of laws to allow it. Theodore Francis told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses yesterday that the island’s p...

About 200 vintage and customised cars and bikes took part in a motorcade yesterday as part an Enthusiast Ride and Show to raise cash for good causes. The event, organised by Bermuda Charge, was set up to showcase Bermuda’s motoring culture by bringin...

A search is under way to find the closest surviving relative of a Second World War veteran from Bermuda who features in a wartime photo album. Donald E. Henderson, from Somerset, was aged just 22 and believed to be serving in the British Royal Navy w...

The construction of a Second World War US base in St David’s was crucial to protect the island’s interests as well as those of the Allies, a Canadian historian has said. Duncan McDowall, speaking to the Commission of Inquiry on historical loss of lan...

A Canadian historian said yesterday the development of Tucker’s Town for tourism was a “lynchpin” in the growth of the sector. Duncan McDowall, who appeared for a second time at the Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate the historic loss of lan...

The deputy chairman of the Tucker’s Town Historical Society said yesterday residents removed for their land for a tourist development almost a century ago were “hoodwinked” to benefit a wealthy minority. Denny Richardson told the Commission of Inquir...

People of all ages could benefit from a timeline of black history in Bermuda thanks to work carried out by an antiracism group, one of its leaders has said. Cordell Riley, the vice-president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, added it was hoped...

The 1793 coin was particularly satisfying to discover because, for nearly three years, Steven McPhee was unable to dive. In 2017 he broke his neck in an accident which also left him with temporary nerve damage as a result of a pinched spinal cord. A ...