by Vejay Steede When the Defence Amendment Act 2018, which resolved to abolish conscription to the Royal Bermuda Regiment (RBR), passed in the House of Assembly in June of 2018, a long, arduous battle for…
by Dr. Quito Swan Pauulu Roosevelt Nelson Osiris Browne Kamarakafego is a legendary figure. Born in Bermuda on November 28, 1932 to parents from St. Nevis and St. Kitts, Dr Kamarakafego would traverse the world…
by Vejay Steede Charles Richardson’s story is an examination of the human ability to find redemption in the direst corners of society imaginable. He was a wayward youth, sent to prison for a violent crime,…
by Liana Hall “I was brought up with a sense that if I was going to have a destiny, it might as well be a destiny to lead. Anything short of that is no destiny…
by Robyn Bardgett Dr. Dorothy Louise Matthews – Paynter At 97, Dorothy Louise Matthews-Paynter doesn’t disappoint anyone interested in a walk down memory lane. Inside her shop, Dottie’s Unisex Beauty Centre, where she’s been doing…
December 11, 1893-November 11, 1986 A platform for the black voice Alfred Brownlow “A.B.” Place was the founding publisher of the Bermuda Recorder and its driving force for 45 years. He established the newspaper “in…
“Mentor of Dreams; Model of Action” “Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?” In 1919 (this year will mark 100…