A melting pot with no glass lid

For one week each year Bermuda plays host to rugby players from around the globe. Teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, the United States, Spain, Portugal and Uruguay - they've all made the pilgrimage to this little dot in the Atlantic for the World Rugby Classic. And what a week it is! 

With winter on it's way, the temperature dropping, the nights drawing in, what better way to pass the time than by wrapping up to watch battle commence between global arch rivals. Last night's USA vs. Canada pairing made for an interesting match. With both sides equally well supported by expats in the bleechers. When it got to the Classic Lions (England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales) against the South Africans, I felt that the Lions were a little under-supported. Considering Bermuda is an English overseas territory, it's funny that the saffas outnumber the Brits. And not just in number but also in spirit. They even had a random saxophonist up in the stands, whilst the Brits maintained just the usual stiff upper lip while we suffered a familiar defeat on the sporting field. All was forgotten ten minutes later as we all got down until the wee small hours to the sounds of the sixties under canvas lubricated by just a drop of Black Seal Rum.

Meanwhile away from the Rugby field, we had a change of leadership since I last wrote... meet Premier Paula Cox!

Short in height but tall in stature and with faabulous dress sense, she is already making her mark having reshuffled and renamed most of the ministeries under her. And she talks a lot of sense, which of course helps if you're running a country, albeit a small one. Premier Cox was former part-time Minister of Finance under her predecessor, Premier Ewart Brown, whilst holding down a high-powered lawyer job at insurance giant, ACE. So she is busting through that glass ceiling in more ways than one! 


Sisters are doing it for themselves all over the island it seems.The latest Government statistics revealed that women are earning on average 1.4 percent more than men. Woohooo, let's here it for the girls!! Sadly, this has to be one of the few places in the world where that's the case.