Bahamas Reflected in Machiavelli’s “Great Man” Theory
There is a book, slim enough to hold in one hand, that has never gone out of print since it was first circulated in Renaissance Florence more than five centuries Continue Reading
A Love Letter Written in Law: The Last Will and Testament of Kelson Samuel Cox (1928 – 2023)
There are love stories, and then there are Bahamian love stories. Not the kind written in novels or sung in ballads — but the kind forged in the predawn darkness Continue Reading
1896 and 1996: How Two Supreme Court Acts Transformed Bahamian Law
The Bahamas Supreme Court Act of 1896 represents one of the most significant pieces of legislation in the development of our modern legal system. By establishing a unified Supreme Court Continue Reading
Azure a Fess Or Issuing from the Dexter… Nassau 1972
Once you know what it means, it becomes poetry of an iambic pentameter that upon uttering can summon every will and valour. Azure a Fess Or Issuing from the Dexter Continue Reading
He Didn’t Like Politics But Politics Liked Him: The Richest Bahamian Dies, 1994
When Charles Trevor Kelly, C.B.E., was laid to rest in St. Anne’s Cemetery, Fox Hill, in June 1994, The Bahama Journal’s obituary painted a portrait of humble success: the multimillionaire Continue Reading