Art & Leisure

Artist Thomas Kinkade once said that he had something in common with Walt Disney and Norman Rockwell: He wanted to make people happy. And he won success with brushwork paintings that focused on idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches - highly popular works that became big sellers for dealers across the United States.

The Enlightened Cyclist aspires to be a kind of bible for bicycle commuters, who will read it, laugh, weep and identify with almost every detail. It's also the kind of book that motorists and pedestrians should read but probably won't, either because they just don't care and/or because they just outright hate cyclists.

Today a baby was found lying in the street

Me did see it pon di news an read bout it inna Star

Our meeting wasn't a mere coincidence

Courtesy of the National Gallery of Jamaica, we present an essay from the catalogue of 'Barrington: A Retrospective', now on show at the National Gallery, the Bank of Jamaica and the Olympia Art Centre through April 29, 2012.

The recent royal visit to Jamaica was such an acclaimed success in the foreign and local press that another successful event associated with King's House was almost overlooked.

An author who writes about going "undercover" at Walmart or a migrant farm sets up expectations that she's about to reveal a scandal or, at the least, juicy secrets. But few of the revelations in Tracie McMillan's new book are all that surprising.

If craving lingers for a taste of Jamaica's pre-colonial existence and a nation's entry into the realm of self-governance to Independence and beyond, or thirst develops for a simply wonderful literary feast, Carey Robinson's Memoirs of a Media Man will suffice.

A nation bares her soul

Jamaica has a rich history and as we we celebrate 50 years of independence, we take a look back at how we got here.