In August 1954, Bermuda’s harbour did what it has always done best: it turned an unexpected arrival into a public event. The arrival this time wasn’t a dignitary, a yacht, or a celebrity actor stepping off a Pan Am flight. It was a young Asian ele...
Overlooking Hamilton Harbour, Fort Hamilton is a landmark most Bermudians feel they already know well. We’ve walked its ramparts, enjoyed the view across the harbour, and taken visiting friends or family to explore the moat below. Yet for all that fa...
When Father Filipe de Paiva Macedo arrived in Bermuda to minister to Portuguese-speaking Catholics in 1958, he could not have anticipated that his calling would be political as well as spiritual. But for the next 24 years, the determined priest tende...
This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the August 1996 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Families and homes in the Turks & Caicos prove historic maritime links with Bermuda. Ir...
This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the Fall 2009 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Nineteenth-century man regarded the sea with fear and loathing. The sea was the realm of the unknown...
This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the Winter 2009 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Since 1928, the Bermuda Aquarium on Flatts Inlet has been a magnet to Bermudians and visitors alik...
