Ever since I got back from Bermuda, people have been asking me “How was Barbados?” and “How did you like the Bahamas?” It seems that Bermuda is quite unknown to many… Which is a shame, because it is a formidable destination. Good thing I went, now I can tell you all there is to know about it. And there is a lot!
So here goes: facts you didn’t know about Bermuda, but totally should.
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First and foremost, Bermuda is not in the Caribbean. It is located …
Bermuda needs a new passenger terminal at the L. F. Wade International Airport. The short video “The Best Option For Bermuda” shows why the bilateral Government-to-Government approach with a AAA-rated country is the best option for Bermuda.
The Classic, generally recognized as the Seniors Rugby World Cup of Rugby, has built up a reputation over twenty years for great international rugby, super social events and an atmosphere of sheer enjoyment unique in the game.
“Hello, how are you?,” the border official at the airport security greeted us. We thought she was just being friendly, that our faces exhausted from the long night of travel to the island needed a little pick me up.
We soon found out she wasn’t being particularly polite to just us, but that everyone in Bermuda is polite. “Hello, how are you?” is not just a platitude that rolls out in every greeting, but a genuine wish shared between islanders.
If you think Canadians are polite, you haven’t been to Bermuda!
As you’ve gathered from my blog posts I love water — rivers, beaches, pools, lakes, and especially Bermuda. I have included many good and bad water adventures in my first novel, Stealing Time, about hurricanes and time travel. You can find it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, in paperback and other places here! In the meantime join me while I relive a day on the pink sandy beaches of Bermuda.
Bermuda considers itself to be a first world country – it has a fully functioning democracy, its infrastructure is basically good, it enjoys a standard of living that is, overall, also generally good. It has developed legislation that, certainly in the case of international business, is often seen as world class. It is seen as […]
The murder of Isaiah Furbert is another shocking statistic. At 19-years-old he must be the youngest person to die by the gun yet. What I find desperately sad, however, is that the energy shown about the SSM debate is not on show here. Don’t get me wrong, SSM is an extremely important issue and I […]
Brian Burland (23 April 1931 – 11 February 2010) was a Bermudian writer, who was the author of nine acclaimed novels that typically dealt with colonialism, family strife and race. He was also a published poet. Burland was the first Bermudian novelist to receive international acclaim
After his death Burland’s family donated a collection of his original manuscripts, unpublished novels, poems, journals, correspondence and paintings, for educational use to the Bermuda College,where on 9 May 2013 the Brian Burland Centre for Research was formally opened. Dedicated to preserving and promoting his works and as well as to encouraging aspiring Bermudian writers, the Centre features a specially commissioned mural by leading Bermudian artist Graham Foster that depicts imagery from four Burland novels: The Sailor and the Fox, Flight of the Cavalier, A Fall From Aloft, and Stephen Decatur, the Devil and the Endymion.
A special course is to be taught at Bermuda College on the work of Brian Burland, whom Angela Barry of the Burland Collection Committee has described as “the greatest writer never to be known or acknowledged in the country of his birth”.
August 14th, 1775 was a hot, humid, moonlit night. The British Governor of Bermuda was sound asleep in his bed. The Royal Gunpowder Magazine was unguarded. It made a tempting target. The American Rebels needed gunpowder. The Bermudians needed provisions. A secret deal was done. A covert band of Bermudians carried out the theft, a potentially treasonous crime against the British Crown.But it worked. It was a masterpiece of deception, planning and execution. To the British Governor it was “a most heinous and attrocious crime” and his worst nightmare. To General Washington it was a gift from heaven.
This is a dramatic story of intrigue, manipulation, high risk and great danger. In his fascinating new book, Bermudian Historian and Author Michael G. Marsh painstakingly unravels the truth about Bermuda’s GREAT GUNPOWDER PLOT of 1775.
In this presentation at the BUEI Michael sifts through the historical records and delivers a special, illustrated summary of this hair-raising tale of midnight skulduggery and daring and we finally discover what actually transpired.
The Defining Story of #Bermuda ‘s Great Gunpowder Plot 1775: The American Connection and Other Selected Highlights Including the Attack on Washington (1814) @Amazon
Directed by Laura Bardgett | Produced by by Emma Muggleton & Kim Day | Musical Director: Lisa Maule | Musical Arrangement by James Burn | Choreographer: Sophie Whitmore
Show Dates: Beginning of December
Have you ever wondered where all the Pantomime characters live when they’re not performing in Pantomimes?
The answer is The Land of Make Believe where they play happily waiting for auditions to come around again. But now a nasty witch has cast a spell and they’ve lost their memories and can’t remember which Pantomime they belong too …. Oh no! But wait! Fairy Honeysuckle has come to the rescue and is taking our heroes through six pantomimes to find out where they belong. However an evil witch and her silly sidekick are determined to thwart her plan…….. Oh no!
Adventure in Pantoland is a fun filled, old fashioned celebration of Pantomime complete with lots of audience participation, traditional characters and some really bad jokes. Seven different storylines are visited including Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, Dick Whittington, Jack and the Beanstalk, Snow White and Cinderella along with the traditional song sheet and silly skit! We even have a Pantomime cow
This Panto has seven principal parts and 7 – 8 Smaller roles plus chorus and dancers:
Dame: typical panto dame in each pantomime – male, 30 – 60, sings and dances
Girl: Principal girl character, plays Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, female – 16 – 30, sings and dances
Boy: Principal boy character, plays Princes, Jack, Aladdin, Dick, male or female, 16 – 30, sings and dances
Fool: Village Idiot type character, plays Simple Simon in each role. Ideally male but can be female, 25 – 65
Honeysuckle: Immortal – typical good fairy, plays Fairy Godmother in Cinderella – female 25 – 65
Poison Ivy: Immortal – typical wicked witch, plays Wicked Queen in Snow White and Ugly Sister in Cinderella – female 20 – 55, sings and dances
Wizbad: An evil (but unintentionally comical) Wizard, plays Abanazar, King Rat and an Ugly Sister – male 25 – 60, sings and dances
Chorus: Herald, Lord Chamberlin, The King, The Queen, The Genie, The Giant, Tommy the Cat, Buttermilk the Cow, Mirror plus Villagers, Citizens of Peking, Guardsmen, Farm Folk, Royal Servants, Ball Guests plus comedy skit just before finale! Sing and Dance
Dancers: Show us any special skills
Child Chorus: 8-14 years, enthusiastic, can sing and follow dance steps
In the Sargasso Sea and around Bermuda, fragments from the breakdown of plastics, especially single-use plastics, are accumulating in sea life, and we are all responsible. The impact of plastic and its impact in the oceans is gaining increasing attention, and this film succinctly presents the problems—and hints at a solution to reversing some of them. – Justin Lewis & Michelle Stauffer
