Historical Stories – A Pallette off the Old Block
by Dr. Edward Cecil Harris, MBE, JP, PHD,FSA A century after the beginning of the Great War (1914–18), we are reminded of the name of the warship HMS Aboukir, for it was on the demise
Do you know… About Colonel Sir Richard M. Gorham, DFC and His Role in the Battle of Monte Cassino?
by Horst Augustinovic Born in Pembroke in 1917 and educated at Saltus Grammar School and Ridley College in Canada, Richard Matthew Gorham enlisted in the Bermuda Volunteer Engineers in 1938 and was attached to the
Art Matters – The Wonderful World of Peter Woolcock
By Lisa Howie, Director, Bermuda National Gallery As I write this article we are going to print on a fascinating compilation of never before published children’s illustrations by artist Peter Woolcock. Entitled Woolcock’s Wonders, the
Bermuda Shorts – The origin
That ‘Bermuda Shorts’ became the stylishly casual choice in the still uptight U.S. of the 1950s? by Horst Augustinovic Only children and athletes wore shorts before World War II. Men wore long pants and women
Bermuda Historical Stories
Tempting Providence in the Caribbean Sea by dr. edward cecil harris, mbe, jp, phd, fsa After the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia (1607) and Bermuda (1612), the London entrepreneurs who settled those places turned their attention
Art Matters
By Lisa Howie, Director, Bermuda National Gallery Local Action, Global Impact: A Community Project on the World Each December we celebrate the creativity of our youth in a month long student art exhibition. This year’s
