Bermuda will get a fifth radio station when KJAZ 98.1 FM officially launches this Sunday. The station will feature jazz, blues and world music, aimed at both serious jazz fans and more casual listeners. Although KJAZ has been broadcasting with...
Another chance to talk about a topic of your choice. First comment sets the subject for debate. If you ask a question, be sure to give your own thoughts too, even if it's in a subsequent comment. Update: Tiger Bay...
Former UK chancellor and political heavyweight Ken Clarke is to make a third bid for the leadership of Britain's Conservative Party. The current leader, Michael Howard, announced his intent to step down after the Tories' defeat at this year's general...
I was glad to hear that Clarence Hill was finally inducted into Bermuda's sporting Hall of Fame on Saturday evening. As the only Bermudian to have won an Olympic medal, there's no doubt in my mind that Mr. Hill deserves...
Confirming that the review of the administration of the public pension funds has not probed the still unresolved pay to play allegations against Deputy Premier Ewart Brown, Finance Minister Paula Cox said that it’s not the Finance Ministry’s responsibility to...
Mandy says: You all think this was brave… you should see some of the other crap he tries to get away with! As per this particular photo, I’ll have you know that behind every nagging wife is a completely useless...
A Limey In Bermuda is two years old today. Expect me to start throwing temper tantrums, screaming for no reason, banging my head on things and plain old not listening as the terrible twos take hold. Before blowing out my...
This week's caption competition is a gossip and a nag. Enter your best caption for the picture below. Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Since my wife is the one in the picture, I'm letting...
Royal Gazette Opinion, Friday 26 August 2005 Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is one of the most inspiring books I have read. First published in 1989, the book has sold over 15 million copies and is...
Nancy Acton is writing for the Lifestyle section of the Royal Gazette again. I noticed her name under today's main Lifestyle feature, but I don't make a habit of reading that part of the paper, so it's possible she's been...
Another chance to talk about a subject of your choice. First comment sets the subject for debate. If you raise a question, please provide your own thoughts too, even if it's in a subsequent comment. Update: Adjustah says: "Supposedly, "the...
Is it any wonder that people continue to drive while disqualified when the punishment for doing so is merely a $250 fine?
Washington Post blogger Joel Aschenbach has an amusing description of what it's like to run a blog. This bit in particular prompted a chuckle of recognition: "...this spring I began allowing “comments,” and the blog suddenly mutated. America, it turns...
I went onto iTunes this evening to try to buy the song that was playing at the end of Six Feet Under last night while everyone was dying. To my chagrin, I discovered that that track was not for sale...
Six Feet Under was never the most cheerful television series. Considering it was a show about death, set in a funeral home, that's perhaps not entirely surprising. But even the black humour that laced the episodes seemed to get blacker...
An excellent crop of entries for this week's caption competition, including more photoshop entries then ever before. The winners were: First: Andrew Second: sandgrownan - I'm a teapot short and stout, here's my handle, here's my...oh bugger, I'm a sugar...
"Judge finds Rights Act is flawed" said the headline in Saturday's Royal Gazette. A Supreme Court judge has blown the whistle on “serious” flaws in the Human Rights Act which have prevented at least one complaint of discrimination being heard...
Fred Barritt doesn't subscribe to the orthodoxy that Bermuda has too many cars either. "There are NOT too many cars in Bermuda... there is a traffic problem in Hamilton for six hours a day, five days a week. That’s less...
Larry Burchall gets it spot on. How many more people will have to say that it takes too long to get through Bermuda's airport before someone does something about it?
Police are asking parents to make sure their children aren't playing with toy guns that could be mistaken for real weapons - lest they get shot by over-zealous firearms officers. Armed officers were nearly called to a scene on Tuesday...
You may have noticed that the thumbnail images on the site no longer pop-up their full-size version when you click on them. I'm speaking to TypePad support to try to resolve this problem, but at the moment they don't seem...
A reader says: "Saw something completely crazy yesterday on my way home from work and had to take a picture of it. This guy on a bike was having a conversation with his buddy (driving the white car) all the...
The leader of the church that knowingly hired a convicted paedophile as its musical director today conceded that it had been a mistake. But I'm still not convinced that the church has learned its lesson. The leader said he would...
This week's caption competition is not opposed to a little style. Enter your best caption for the picture below. Photoshop entries are also welcomed and should be emailed to me. Winners will be announced on Sunday. Part of the OTB...
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 18 August 2005 I live in St. George’s. Every weekday morning, at around 8.15am, I get into my car and drive to Hamilton. In the evening, usually around 5.45pm, I drive home again. The journey each...
For those of you who have no idea what an RSS feed is, or what those little orange "XML" buttons in the sidebar mean, I've added an alternative way for you to keep abreast of what's happening on A Limey...
How can someone caught driving drunk at 170 kph avoid going to prison? I don't care if it was his first offence. Murderers and rapists usually go to prison for their first offence. Why should this idiot be any different?...
Here's an extract from the travel journal of one of our cruise ship visitors, here on vacation right now: "The ship moved (very slowly) from Hamilton to St. George overnight. St. George is a posh colonial town that was almost...
Robert Stewart embarks on another anti-sustainable development rant in today's Royal Gazette, responding to some of the criticism of his first piece, which ran earlier this month. The essence of his argument seems to be that the Sustainable Development Project...
Another chance to talk about a subject of your choice. First comment sets the topic for debate. If you ask a question, be sure to give your own thoughts on the subject as well. Update: Anon asks: "What are concrete...
In last week’s column I complained about a local computer retailer who would not exchange a faulty CD-ROM that I had purchased, or a malfunctioning PC (brand new) bought by my mother-in-law. Yesterday I received an email from the owner...
Two front-page stories from the Royal Gazette today. First this: "Church leaders are hopping mad over a sexually suggestive poster and flyer featuring two nude women engaging in a sex act for a party at a public beach claiming it...
In last week’s column I mentioned the Payback! reward card, which is due to be launched here next month. Ahead of that launch, I thought people might be interested in hearing a little more about it. The card was first...
This week's caption competition featured Transport and Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart Brown on board the cruise ship Zenith, presenting scholarships to the recipients of this years' Royal Caribbean Hospitality Endowment Fund. The winners were: First: Two Cents - Most attendees...
Oh Christ. Alvin Williams is at it again in this week's Mid Ocean News: With regard to Mr. Philip [sic] Wells (Limey In Bermuda), I see his website as a launching pad for attacks on Bermuda's black political leadership -...
Does anyone know if Northrock has a news server that I can use to access Internet newsgroups (I have an account with them already)? I fired off an email to them on Thursday asking about this but, in another example...
Hott 107.5 no longer covering the Bermuda Music Festival? Gary Moreno and the rest of the media must be breathing a sigh of relief.
Sitting here in my Bermuda shorts, long socks and slip-on leather shoes, I was sad - but not entirely surprised - to come across this article in the LA Times (courtesy of Pondblog) documenting the decline of the Island's signature...
This week's caption competition features Transport and Tourism Minister Dr. Ewart Brown on board the cruise ship Zenith, presenting scholarships to the recipients of this years' Royal Caribbean Hospitality Endowment Fund. Enter your best caption for the picture below. Photoshop...
Still on the subject of shopping in Bermuda, I was interested to read what Maritza Sequeros, group sales manager for the Calypso group, thinks the closure of Triminghams will do for service here: One good thing that may come out...
One of the other things that I wanted to mention in today's column, but decided to omit for reasons of space, was what the future holds for Bermuda's CD, DVD and video game retailers. In short, unless they change their...
Royal Gazette Opinion, Thursday 11 August 2005 Last Friday I returned from a four-day trip to Boston. Staggering back through the airport with bags bursting with my purchases, surrounded by Bermudians similarly laden down, I began to wonder just how...
At long last, CableVision is making Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) available to its customers. The model being offered is the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 MR. It has an 80GB hard drive, enough to store up to 50 hours of programming,...
I was disturbed to hear UBP Deputy Leader Michael Dunkley on the radio yesterday morning, urging the Government to capitalise on the death of ABC news anchor Peter Jennings from lung cancer and introduce a ban on smoking in public...
Today seems to be something of a slow news day, so here's another opportunity to talk about a subject of your choice. First comment sets the subject for debate. If you ask a question, please take the time to give...
I'm sure that Ewart Brown and Grant Gibbons must be a little miffed that in an ad-hoc poll conducted by the Royal Gazette, fewer people recognised them than footballer Shaun Goater. After all, if you aspire to lead a country...
I'm amazed that whenever a tropical storm prevents a cruise ship from coming to Bermuda, the cruise lines feel no shame in simply diverting their vessel to an alternative - usually colder - destination. If Royal Caribbean's passengers had wanted...
Fellow blogger and Royal Gazette columnist Christian Dunleavy clearly hit a nerve with his recent column, which called for a public inquiry into why only 53% of students graduate from the Island’s public schools. In a grumpy letter to the...
I'm back after a relaxing few days in Boston, albeit a little later than planned. Delta cancelled their flight yesterday due to the proximity of Tropical Storm Harvey to Bermuda, giving me an unexpectedly extended holiday. After being delayed for...
I’ve always found it puzzling that anyone can drive anyone else’s car in Bermuda, as long as they have the owner’s permission. While it’s undeniably great to be able to borrow the car of a friend or family member when...
So shouted the headline from the Government ads that ran in the Royal Gazette last week. The Government had just passed a new law mandating at least 3 years in prison for anyone caught with a bladed or pointed weapon...
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