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LESSONS FROM BERMUDA: A CONVERSATION WITH SHAUN LAVIS Originally Published on August 2, 2022 Republished @ Bermudians.blog August 18, 2022 with kind permission of Island City Lab Introduction Hey Shaun, thanks for joining us, can you share your name, role, and length of service and can you describe the overarching goal of your organization? Shaun […]
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Bermuda is just a tiny dot of an island in the middle of the ocean, so transportation around the island must be a breeze, right? It turns out that transportation options on Bermuda can get a little complicated and so planning ahead is a must so that you can enjoy your trip and have easy […]
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It was a blistering hot day in June 1730 when the enslaved woman Sally Bassett was burned at the stake at the foot of Crow Lane in Hamilton, Bermuda. Her alleged crime: conspiring to poison her granddaughter’s enslavers. On the way to her execution, Bassett reportedly called to the gathering crowd, “No use you hurrying […]
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If it begins with love, there will never be any regrets… Without a doubt this rings true for the birth of Bermuda Carnival. At the start, there were four friends, many supporters, all of whom carried a shared love for Carnival woven into their souls. Together they formed the BHW Ltd. team and brought the […]
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A team of divers and archaeologists discovered the 19th-century fragrance in a shipwreck off the coast of Bermuda! BY LINA ZELDOVICH JUNE 30, 2020 AFTER AN INTENSE STORM PUMMELED Bermuda in February 2011, the island’s custodian of historic wrecks Philippe Max Rouja went to do a coastal survey and spotted a partially exposed bow of a boat. The […]
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The island has a population of a little over 65,000 but with an expanded World Cup in 2026, qualification for the tournament is not out of the question! Bermuda, with a population of just over 65,000, will be the smallest nation outside of Oceania to ever compete in a senior men’s Confederation championship. That figure […]
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Sure, you can (and should) get a mean Dark n’ Stormy—but don’t miss out on world-class wines and locally brewed suds. Bermuda’s love affair with drinking has long been connected to its most heavily imbibed spirit—a molasses-colored rum known as Gosling’s Black Seal, which was first blended in the 1850s by the sons of an […]
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By Gloria Schramm       I first visited this surreal island with hubby back in 1992, and although I continued returning each year, I couldn’t write about it because what could I possibly say about it that wasn’t already said?             Who would want to hear about the utter, breathtaking beauty that […]
