There has been much criticism locally of the Bermuda government's recent development of cultural and economic ties with Cuba. Following the convictions of another batch of dissidents on Monday and threats from George Bush's political advisor Karl Rove to crack...
Shortly after moving to Bermuda, I remember my wife comparing the political climates of Bermuda and the UK. “In the UK everything’s about class,” she said. “In Bermuda, everything’s about race.” The more I thought about it, the more I...
Following my recent post on Cablevision’s plans to introduce Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) to Bermuda, I was invited to help test their new PVR and HDTV-capable set-top boxes that will be launched later this year. Being something of a technology...
Today I've been thinking about chickens. In the UK there are two places you find them: the supermarket and the farmyard. In Bermuda they seem to be everywhere. As we drove back to St. George's from the tennis yesterday we...
Each weekend, I usually try to spend at least a couple of hours playing tennis. Instead, this weekend I spent two afternoons watching it in the surroundings of the Coral Beach and Tennis Club as the Bermuda Open came to...
The recently-published recommendations of the taxi review committee seem to be a mostly sensible collection of measures to help improve the service offered to Bermuda's residents and tourists. However Transport Minister Ewart Brown's decision to link any increase in fares...
In today's Royal Gazette, Calvin Smith argues that Bermuda must seek independence if it wants to be a fully democratic state. While this is correct, it's also irrelevant. Moreover, his assertion the decision can only be taken by means of...
If you live in Bermuda, one of life's essentials - along with food, water and a pair of pale yellow shorts - is a ZipX account. I've mentioned these wonderful things before. Basically, they give you a US mailing address...
To UK readers who have been watching the new series of 24 with the same ambivalence I felt when the new season began its run here: stick with it. I loved the first two series of 24, both of which...
Bermudians are not the only people arguing about the need for a referendum at the moment. In the UK a debate is currently raging over whether the British government should call a referendum on a new EU constitution, due to...
An interesting, if over-long, opinion piece in today's Royal Gazette has helped clarify my thinking on why I don't believe Bermuda is ready for independence, at least under the current Government. In it, the writer deconstructs one of the arguments...
Following the release of the long-awaiting 'Report on the Bermuda Tax System' on Monday, Finance Minister Paula Cox announced that the Government wants to raise taxes by two to three percent. What she forgot to mention was why. The Government...
Following the recent violence at the Wellington Oval, there's been much breast-beating locally about how to stop such an occurrence happening again. It seems to me that there are two approaches. The first is to address the issues of poverty,...
After much humming and hawing I finally decided to buy myself a film scanner. I've been taking photographs since I was about fifteen; since 1989, when I started archiving them, I've probably amassed several thousand negatives. Stored in a ring...
After saying I wouldn't, in the end I did. Today I put the finishing touches to my first Bermuda kite. As an Englishman and resident of St. George's it seemed appropriate to build one in the design of the English...
There's only one thing any new resident of Bermuda can sensibly do on his first Good Friday on the Island, and that's head down to Horseshoe Bay beach for the annual kite-flying contest. Jay had done his best to get...
As the Easter holiday approaches, across Bermuda people are building kites. Kite-flying on Good Friday is an integral part of Bermuda's Easter celebrations. The tradition allegedly started when a Sunday school teacher, trying to explain Christ's Ascention to Heaven to...
A certain amount excitement has been generated locally about British Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to spend his Easter vacation in Bermuda, his first trip to the Island. He's due to arrive on the British Airways flight from London this...
Forget the ridiculous airfares, the high cost of accommodation and lack of entertainment. Perhaps Bermuda's tourism industry is in trouble because some of the people working in it just don't give a shit. On Friday evening a friend of mine...
The first indication I had that anything was wrong was the insistent wail of sirens. I had stopped at the Bermuda Perfumery to get some photographs of the Easter lilies and Snapdragons when the first ambulance dopplered past, heading for...
In the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in the Western hemisphere, five minutes down the road from where I live, can be found the hemisphere’s oldest continuously used Anglican church. The country is Bermuda, the town is St. George’s and...
Just four days after I question what happened to the inquiry into Tourism Minister Renee Webb's behaviour at the Department of Tourism, it emerges that the report has been completed and passed to the Premier. At his press conference yesterday,...
Here we go again. Not only did Alex Scott spend his press conference today lambasting the UK government for not immediately granting his official car the right to meet him on the airport tarmac, he also took a swipe at...
Well, that was bad timing wasn't it? I post about how reasonable I think Alex Scott is being, asking for his car to be able to meet him on the airport runway after trips abroad, then I turn on the...
After the Premier's car broke official protocol by showing up on the aiport runway to pick him up on Saturday evening, some commentators have been making a fuss about "the Premier's latest backdoor attempt to add another perk to his...
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