Topic: Compass Archives

Well, the last week has been one rife with nostalgia. What with Red Sky at Night at the Harquail, and then the Cayman Compass releasing decades of online digital archives for everyone to pore through, I took a deep dive into the history and culture of the islands.

Over the past 60 years, the Cayman Islands has grown precipitously, from a largely seafaring territory with just over 10,000 residents, to a financial services and tourism powerhouse with a population approaching 100,000.

Compass Media has launched digital archives of the national newspaper. The free-to-access archives feature issues of the Cayman Compass and its predecessors, dating back to...