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‘My garden is filled with papayas and mangos / My life is a mixture of reggae’s and tangos / From under my lone palm I can look out on the day’ … Jimmy Buffett, Lone Palm, 1994. Surely the latest happenings at Shelly Bay must be keeping the incumbent...

It took a while for Chris Blandford to understand the significance of Stonehenge. Granted, he was 8. Scrambling over the stones and going for an ice cream were more his speed. A lot has changed. At 70, he is president of World Heritage UK. It is his...

In recent pages of The Royal Gazette, the Mirrors charity announced another field day at Paget Island, St George’s Parish, with the intention of continuing the restoration of the magnificent and unique Fort Cunningham, much neglected for the past 25 ...

Bermuda’s rich culture and heritage has drawn hundreds of specialist travel planners to the island. The 32nd Educational Travel Consortium Conference, the first to be held outside of the United States, is being held at the Fairmont Southampton. Mara ...

A move to expand United Nations world heritage status to other parts of the island could hurt the town of St George, a former mayor warned yesterday. Henry Hayward, who was mayor when the town and nearby forts won the coveted Unesco designation in 20...

A new generation of young Bermudians will get qualified as tour guides for the island’s historic forts as part of a Mirrors Programme initiative. The Mirrors team started over the weekend with restorations on historic Paget Island and Fort Cunningham...

Workmen are hoping not to set the alarm bells ringing at St John’s Anglican Church. The team renovating the Pembroke church have been given the delicate task of removing one part of the historical tower — while carefully avoiding damaging the adjacen...

The West End’s historic Moresby House, also known as HMS Malabar, is to be restored and converted to office space, with the job expected to conclude by April 2017. According to the West End Development Corporation, the Ministry of Public Works has pr...

A cultural showcase comes to Dockyard’s Clock Tower Mall this Sunday as part of Heritage Month. The event, from midday to 6pm, will feature games, live entertainment, tour of the Endeavour base and more. Among those performing will be the H&H Gombe...

The Princess Royal Union Lodge has been declared a listed building, however, a wooden house in St David’s has been delisted. According to notices appearing in yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette, Hureka House on Lighthouse Lane will be removed f...

The historic Verdmont House in Smith’s is closing temporarily to have its interior painted, the Bermuda National Trust has announced. The building, which dates to the early 1700s and houses an extensive museum of Bermudian history, is to reopen to th...

The National Museum has embarked on a major campaign to raise more than $2.5 million to help maintain and improve some of the oldest buildings in Dockyard. The “Raise the Roof” drive was launched just before Hurricane Joaquin caused further damage to...