Bermudian Magazine

02/11/2024

Elizabeth Jones on what to do in your garden this November – the essential blooms and crops to pick and plant this month.

02/11/2024

Ray Pushie, gimlet-eyed purser of Q.T.E.V. Queen of Bermuda, faces passengers from behind the inadequate shelter of a counter amidships on C deck where he sells postage stamps, cashes travellers' cheques, and absorbs complaints and questions with almost unfailing good humor, even under the most trying circumstances.

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the January 1959 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.

02/11/2024

Rum has long been synonymous with festive drinks and warm, sunny islands. But its sweet, sugary base has over time easily extended itself to become an integral addition to a host of delicious desserts.

01/11/2024

Have you always wanted where the most Instagram worthy spot is according to a photographer? Here's your chance to learn that, and more, about Amanda Thuell!

What is your favourite Bermuda tradition? Good Friday, fishcakes, and rum swizzleWhat did you want to be when you were a child? A jockey, or a dolphin trainer.Where is your favourite  way to decompress? Binge watch my favorite netflix showsWhat’s your favourite beach? Coopers IslandWho was/is...

01/11/2024

The thing about 200-year-old houses is that, while beautiful and naturally very charming, the actual living s**ces rarely function well by today’s standards.

A grand old Paget home was updated in 2014 by Benevides and Associates and won an honourable mention that year in our Building Design Awards.

01/11/2024

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01/11/2024

Autumn in Bermuda can still be hot – too hot to not was a refreshing cocktail. This mojito with Black Seal Rum & cider brings the best of both worlds into one glass.

Autumn in Bermuda can still be hot – too hot to not was a refreshing cocktail. This mojito with Black Seal Rum & cider brings the best of both worlds into one glass. This recipe makes a large pitcher so you can share! (or not…)

31/10/2024

Quite when the jack o’ lantern tradition began in Bermuda is unclear, though Halloween is mentioned in the Bermuda Royal Gazette in January of 1854. However, pumpkins have been growing in Bermuda since its first settlement.

Well, the nights are getting longer and the clocks are about to go back. It’s that time of year, if my Irish childhood friend Shona was right, when Stingy Jack can be seen staggering in the twilight mist over marshes and bogs. Stingy Jack, her parents had told her, was a ne’er- do-well but cleve...

31/10/2024

Throughout the late 19th century, whenever winter gripped the Eastern Seaboard, a small coterie of affluent Americans took refuge in Bermuda. By day they walked, bicycled and sailed, while by night they became much sought after additions to the life of the colony's social elite.

Throughout the late 19th century, whenever winter gripped the Eastern Seaboard, a small coterie of affluent Americans took refuge in Bermuda. By day they walked, bicycled and sailed, while by night they became much sought after additions to the life of the colony’s social elite.

31/10/2024

Get ready for a night full of fun! Level up your family game night or throw a spooky Halloween party with this collection of fun games.

30/10/2024

It is probable that the Spaniards, who certainly knew of Bermuda since 1511, built some vessels to carry ship-wrecked Spaniards away from the Islands, as there were two or three Spanish wrecks found here in 1593 by the Englishmen, Henry May, who was wrecked in a French ship on the northwest reefs in that year. Before the ship went to pieces, they saved the captain’s tools, nails, sails and tackles and then went to work and built a barque of 80 tons, caulked it with lime mixed with tortoise oil instead of pitch. They sailed away to Cape Breton. This is therefore the first recorded bit of ship-building in Bermuda.

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the November 1942 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.

30/10/2024

Looking to have some fun this weekend? Here’s what’s going on around the island.-to-do-this-weekend/

Looking to have some fun this weekend? Here's what's going on around the island.

30/10/2024

Today, within its old walls, phantoms of a forgotten world continue to live out their shadowy play. Indeed, one skeptic was converted into a believer in ghosts some years back, when he was occupying the house.

“I supposed it all began around 1980,” Raymond Southern recalled.

A couple of hundred yards down the road from Camden is another old house imposingly set above an avenue of mahogany trees. This is Inlands, which was built by a leading merchant named Henry Gilbert Hunt. Hunt never lived in the house, choosing instead to rent it to a succession of tenants.

29/10/2024

Meet the Winner & Runners-Up of our 2024 Cutest Pet Contest!

After more than 200 entries and 1600 votes, BEAN has been crowned The Bermudian’s 2024 Cutest Pet, taking home a $250 gift certificate to Noah’s Ark Feed & Supply, courtesy of Ettrick Animal Hospital. 

29/10/2024

animals on the hunt!

Ever stop to look at the brilliant purple-tipped tentacles of the anemone as it drifts in sea currents? Anemones are beautiful, but it’s common knowledge that their tentacles can irritate the skin.

29/10/2024

There was a moment in the recent past when a dear friend of ours quietly admitted to having received a strong visual impression of a dignified lady of regal bearing, dressed in extremely formal and old-fashioned attire, moving silently and purposefully about the hallway of the old house.

Once an imposing old dwelling built in the 19th century, Shelly Hall is an old homestead site that today has been absorbed into new and gracious condominiums of elegant proportion.

29/10/2024

Try this simple risotto complemented by roasted cauliflower florets. With cauliflower currently in season this is the perfect dish to enjoy during the next few months.

Try this risotto – slow-cooked to perfection and complemented by roasted cauliflower florets. With cauliflower currently in season this is the perfect dish to enjoy during the next few months.

28/10/2024

In 1980, legendary musician and former Beatles member John Lennon embarked on a transformative journey to Bermuda...

In 1980, legendary musician and former Beatles member John Lennon embarked on a transformative journey to Bermuda, where he found inspiration and solace for his songwriting. Arriving by boat and having been out of the public eye for years, Lennon’s two month visit to the island marked a significan...

28/10/2024

My acquaintance with Belair began in the summer of 1970. Theatrical director Jack Manning and his Bermudian wife, Frances Smith, were renting the house from the Moncure Robinson estate. At the time, I was friendly with Frances’ younger sister Lisa and we savoured long summer afternoons on the s**cious Belair verandah, while we took turns reading aloud. Jack Manning listened with patient interest, offering tips on diction and delivery.

My acquaintance with Belair began in the summer of 1970. Theatrical director Jack Manning and his Bermudian wife, Frances Smith, were renting the house from the Moncure Robinson estate. At the time, I was friendly with Frances’ younger sister Lisa and we savoured long summer afternoons on the s**c...

28/10/2024

Bermudians won’t take in the deck chairs until a hurricane is within sixty miles. Then, Gorham’s runs out of plywood and batteries, schools let out early and Hamilton gets boarded up and emptied. Hurricane lamps are filled and old wicks trimmed. Those with pools delight their children by chucking the garden furniture into the shallow end before the storm does it for them.

Dan Dempster takes us on an emotional journey through a child and then adults view of hurricanes on island!

27/10/2024

Completed and activated on May 1, 1846, accounts of unaccountable events at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse have been noted by a few past lighthouse keepers.

Completed and activated on May 1, 1846, accounts of unaccountable events at Gibbs Hill Lighthouse have been noted by a few past lighthouse keepers. The following was related to Mac Musson by Michael Dolding of Marine & Ports, part of whose job it is to oversee the care of our two lighthouses! Since....

27/10/2024

When James Alfred Lister left his country, the island of St. Kitts, in 1902 to sail to Bermuda, he embarked on a family journey far longer than the geographical one between two islands.

27/10/2024

As they journeyed through life together, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were inseparable. They lived their lives side by side wherever their duties took them.

It is fitting, therefore, that two of the renowned forts in Bermuda’s East End bear their names – Fort Victoria and Fort Albert – side by side.

As they journeyed through life together, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were inseparable. Read about a fort named for her.

26/10/2024

The marine or giant toad (Bufo marinus) is the only species of toad found in Bermuda, and is altogether an impressive amphibian.

The marine or giant toad (Bufo marinus) is the only species of toad found in Bermuda, and is altogether an impressive amphibian. While most amphibians have porous skin that must be kept moist to allow them to breathe, the marine toad can withstand salt on its skin, allowing it to swim through bracki...

26/10/2024

There were many strange noises at night, doors opening and shutting, foot-steps, etc., and when I asked Reg about them, he said airily, “Oh yes, the place is haunted; Canon Walker (a predecessor who lived in the house for many years and who started Somers College there) often visits us at night. I see him and talk to him…”

Seeing the horror on my face, he quickly added, “but he is very friendly, nothing to be frightened of.”

After our marriage, I moved into the St. Anne’s Rectory with Reg. It is a very old house with many interesting features including bricked-up and plastered-over fireplace, which is said to have a secret passage.