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A forest of casuarinas and hundreds of pounds of debris have been cleared from Bermuda’s largest fortification as part of a clean-up of the historic Fort Victoria. The fortification once watched over the town of St George but sections were destroyed ...

The architectural heritage of Southampton has been highlighted in the latest – and final – edition of the Bermuda National Trust’s Architectural Heritage book series. The series, which started in 1995, took a parish-by-parish look at the island’s bui...

A charity fundraiser aims to go off with a bang by giving donors the chance to detonate an historic cannon. The National Museum of Bermuda yesterday launched the Donate to Detonate event to raise funds for its educational programmes, exhibits, publi...

New staff facilities could be installed at the Botanical Gardens, according to a recent planning application. The application, made on behalf of the Department of Public Lands and Buildings, proposes internal renovations to a building next to the...

An historic St George’s building is expected to return to life next year as the home of a new brewery and tap room. Robert Pantry, co-founder and head brewer for Moongate Brewing Co Ltd, said the company hoped to open its new home in the Queen’s Ware...

The Government has said it is working with a community group to develop a plan for the future of Hamilton’s historic Wantley. The house on Princess Street, which played a key role in the formation of the Berkeley Institute, is derelict and was schedu...

University students interning at an accounting firm offered a community perspective and hands-on assistance to help an historic landmark. PwC interns spoke last week with the Bermuda National Trust about the role that Verdmont Museum in Smith’s could...

The Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, Ernest Peets, recently visited Smith’s Island, in St George’s, where archaeologists have been uncovering remnants of the possible first capital of Bermuda. Michael Jarvis and his team of students from the Un...

An historical pact in which the south of St David’s Island was sacrificed for the rest of Bermuda’s benefit is to be commemorated this month at the East End. A memorial overlooking Annie’s Bay will stand as tribute to a lost way of life destroyed mor...

A proposal for the redevelopment of the derelict Admiralty House Ballroom has been chosen, The Royal Gazette can reveal. The Ministry of Public Works confirmed yesterday that it received several expressions of interest to refurbish the Pembroke build...

The remnants of what is believed to be centuries-old town dubbed “the first capital of Bermuda” by archaeologists is slowly coming to light after more than 400 years. The site on Smith’s Island in St George’s Harbour has been painstakingly unearthed...

A US actor has uncovered her ancestral link to a rebellious figure of New World history from the 1609 shipwreck that led to the settlement of Bermuda. Allison Janney, from the acclaimed TV drama The West Wing, came to Bermuda courtesy of the US s...