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The last Commanding Officer of HMS Malabar has labelled the deterioration of the historic west end building “a crying shame”. In the 16 years since Government took over the building from the Royal Navy, Commander Robin Bawtree said the building has b...

The archipelagos of the Azores in the east and Bermuda in the west dominate the central seas of the North Atlantic, for while they are but small patches of dry land supported on oceanic volcanoes, they are all that the distressed mariner can hope to ...

‘One idiot wrote an article and printed it in the Evening Post in which he pictured the Gulf Stream rushing over the reefs of Bermuda like the rapids of Niagara Falls.’ Thomas Fleming Day, Rudder, July 1906 In the western North Atlantic are two of t...

In summary, very few people in this world get to live their dream. Deryck wanted to be an artist and he made a great success out of living his dream. While he is gone, his paintings and models live on and grace the halls of many homes, corporations, ...

The feature by Dr Edward Harris in The Royal Gazette Weekender edition of last Saturday about the sinking of the Bermuda-based Royal Navy cruiser Aboukir at the start of the First World War, and articles relating to the Grand Slam of Golf at Port Roy...

A new article in ‘Archaeology’ magazine details how an international team including local anthropologist Phillipe Rouja uncovered hidden treasures on Bermuda’s Marie Celestia shipwreck. The team discovered unopened wine bottles, bottles of perfume, a...

‘Underwater Cultural Heritage encompasses all traces of human existence that lie or were lying under water and have a cultural or historical character. Recognising the urgent need to preserve and protect such heritage, UNESCO elaborated in 2001 the C...

“One of the most startling finds in the Jamestown earth was a brass signet ring embossed with an eagle … belonging to a secretary of the colony whose writings inspired a London playwright to create an ethereal work. The ring apparently slipped from t...

‘Seaman’s friend dies, 86. Mr L. N. (Dickie) Tucker, founder of the Bermuda Sailors’ Home and the Guild of Holy Compassion, died suddenly Monday evening [December 19] at his home, Valhalla, Paget, aged 86. He had recently complained of heart problems...

Historic Hamilton home and former brothel “Queen of the East” on Crow Lane has been put up for sale. According to a commercial listing by Coldwell Banker, the building is priced at $1,795,000, and has potential for either residential or commercial us...

A project to transform the Casemate Barracks building into an exhibition space is progressing slowly due to the recession, according to the executive director of the National Museum of Bermuda. Edward Harris said: “We are not moving ahead quickly but...

FOR RENT For such Term of Years, as may be agreed on, That delightfully situated DWELLING-HOUSE, known by the Name of ‘Mount Wyndham,' in Hamilton Parish, and some time since occupied by Admiral Sir DAVID MILNE. The beautiful situation of this Dwelli...