Art & Leisure

Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga is all set to launch volume two of his detailed auto-biography on November 8, at an event to be held at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in St Andrew.

Dr Anthony Vendryes, the prolific Gleaner health columnist and nutrition expert, is out with another book of health tips and guidelines, especially for women.

Ever since Johannes Gutenberg invented mechanically movable type that ushered in the printing process in the 15th century, the question of the survival of the book has been raised every time there has been a new technological advance.

My mother used to sit around the Singer sewing machine pedalling away, singing and humming, humming and singing, and sewing. The songs, replete with African retentions, were Revivalist songs, songs to make you think, songs to make you reflect, songs to make you fret.

Five months ago, Princeton Brown, a 19-year-old academic over-achiever living in Port Antonio, Portland, sat at home trying to figure out what to do with his life.

Associated Press:Jose Alaniz spent about a week sorting and packing each comic book - carefully, lovingly.

Master Painter Barrington Watson celebrates a milestone of 50 years of drawing with the publication of a new book, Barrington: 50 Years of drawing 1958-2008, depicting more than 200 drawings dating back to 1958.

In celebration of National Heritage Month 2010, the National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to present a panel discussion to accompany its current exhibition,...

Redefining myself: In the midst of my pain,In the midst of my fears,I cry out, Lord help me to redefine myself.

Some of us are blessed with good neighbours. Those of you who keep fit by climbing the rocky, pot-holed, eroding-around-the-edges and threatening-to-collapse road known as Mountain Spring, Kingston 6, might be surprised to learn that up to 12 years ago Daniel Theophilous Palmer, Esquire, lived just before the mouth of the spring.

Banks are usually quiet. Even the most boisterous person suddenly becomes decent when he or she steps into a bank. Yet, there are those who, from time to time, forget they are in a 'hallowed' place. The persons who speak through their cellular earpieces readily come to mind.

The Department of Literatures in English, University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, will pay tribute to Dr Victor Chang on Tuesday, October 26 at 6 p.m. at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts on the occasion of his retirement from the UWI. Dr Chang retires as senior lecturer after having taught in the department for 32 years.