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Mark Twain’s Christmas Eve Heartbreak

On Christmas Eve, 1909 a heartbroken Mark Twain — who had returned to his Connecticut home from Bermuda just four days earlier — put pen to paper to eulogise his youngest daughter who had died just hours earlier. Jean Clemens [1880–1909] was the youngest of the three daughters of Samuel Langhorne Clemens — better known by his pen... Read more of this article

Videos: Humperdinck’s ’74 Bermuda Show

Superstar Englebert Humperdinck swapped the glittery showrooms of Las Vegas for some quainter Bermuda settings in a 1974 TV special which featured Canadian songbird Ann Murray and local acts Hubert Smith & The Coral Islanders and the Clayhouse Inn Steel Band. Featuring the singer duetting with Ms Murray in the back of a horse-drawn carriage, sitting... Read more of this article

Bermuda-Raised Embroidery Queen Dies

Erica Wilson, the needlework instructor who spent the early years of her life in Bermuda and went on to become known as the Julia Child of embroidery, has died in New York at the age of 83. Ms Wilson’s 1962 book “Crewel Embroidery” is credited with reviving the craft and launching a publishing category, transforming her into “America’s... Read more of this article

Bieber Has A Rankin-Bass Christmas

Superstar Justin Bieber is coming to town in a new Christmas video in the guise of one of the Animagic puppets from a TV special made by Bermuda’s Arthur Rankin Jr. The Canadian pop singer brings his perky persona to the puppet party as he joins young Kris Kringle and his pal Topper the Penguin — the stars of Mr. Rankin’s animated... Read more of this article

The Bermuda Adventures Of Mark Twain

Mark Twain is all over Google as the Internet search giant marked what would have been his 176th birthday yesterday [Nov.30] with one of its trademark doodles — but the great American author would probably still rather be in his beloved Bermuda. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, his pen name Mark Twain came from the call steamboat navigators... Read more of this article

Wrestling Champ JBL’s Scooter Stolen

[Updated:] Wrestling superstar JBL’s scooter was stolen from the L.F. Wade International Airport parking lot — and fans of the part-time Bermuda resident are saying the thief is lucky he wasn’t caught in the act. “Can you imagine what might have happened?” one JBL follower wrote at an on-line fansite this morning [Nov.30].... Read more of this article