Bermuda’s best-known and most influential architect of the 20th century, Wilfred Richmond “Wil” Onions was instrumental in developing the revivalist Bermudian vernacular style that came to define the island’s architecture and inspire Bermudian architects long after his death.
Taking the traditional Bermuda cottage as inspiration, he designed graceful houses with large, well-portioned rooms and bearing his trademark features such as high, graceful chimneys and ‘welcoming arms’ staircases. His designs include some of Bermuda’s best-known properties commissioned by prominent families. His most famous landmark is City Hall in Hamilton, although he tragically died before it was completed in 1960.
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The Stubbs bill, which decriminalised sex between men, became law, five months after receiving the green light in Parliament.
The Private Members Bill was steered through Parliament by Dr. John Stubbs on May 13 and passed by a vote of 22-16. Introducing the bill, Stubbs said gays did not choose their sexual orientation and the UK had decriminalised gay sex in 1967.
The debate in Parliament mirrored months of contentious debate in the community. MPs were allowed to vote according to their conscience rather than along party lines.
The original bill would have put the age of consent at 16, but the final version that won MPs’ approval upped the age of consent to 18.
The bill passed the Senate on May and became law on September 2.
Sadly Stubbs, who had been battling prostate cancer, did not live to see it become law. He died on June 7.
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Dr. John Stubbs steered the historic Private Members Bill through Parliament.
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