Parris Lyew-Ayee’s childhood in St Thomas is replete with blissful joy. From catching janga (shrimps) in the rivers of St Thomas; learning to swim in the sea, which was in his backyard in Yallahs Bay; to attending Kumina meetings are some of the...
Matsushima, Japan: The land of the rising sun has distinct nuances that permeate the air and meet the eye – humility, meticulousness, precision, and spirituality - each intertwined by threads of unequivocal faith, woven by the invisible hands of...
As the rescheduled 2020 West Indies Test tour of England proceeds in extraordinary circumstances, we should not forget 1973, a year of firsts for the regional team. It was the team’s maiden Test victory against England after losing in Test matches...
Ice cream has been described as “happiness condensed”, so what better way to boost your mood during this pandemic summer than to bring the hues and patterns of this frozen treat into your living space? A few well-chosen accessories, a can of paint...
Fly like a bird We’re going to fly like a bird in the sky. We’re going to fly like a bird in the sky. We’re going to fly like a bird in the sky. We’re going to fly like a bird in the sky. Peaceful birds, not angry birds. Birds flying from...
NEW YORK (AP): A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, his prize-winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a special this fall. HBO announced last Thursday that the programme will feature...
Nelson and Winnie Mandela made a hectic 24-hour visit to Jamaica on July 24, 1991. Their reception was emotionally charged as thousands jammed the National Stadium for a rally in Nelson Mandela’s honour. Mandela was conferred with an honorary...
The poems below are Part 3 of the Meeting Ground: Poems in the Time of COVID-19 series. – Ann-Margaret Lim L for Locked Out Some things are beyond the cutting edge of poems. Like this true story (BBC report with photographs) of this widow in a...
So this is love So this is love, I’ve never felt love like this so in love, sometimes scary, so real but now I’m sure, that this is the way true love is suppose to feel, I’ve never felt it so strong before, that’s why it must be...
Even as the global fashion industry reckons with a new normal in the COVID-19 era, what remains consistent is the solid relationships fashion insiders have forged with the Caribbean’s leading model-management company, Saint International. An of-the...
This was supposed to be the year of the comeback for Boysie Dikobe, a South African dancer recovering from his second hip replacement and gearing up to get back on stage when the coronavirus hit. Dikobe, a 29-year-old dancer who performs with a...
The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean (UCC), Jamaica’s largest private non-affiliated tertiary institution, which was registered as a University College by the University Council of Jamaica in 2007, has recently been granted institutional...
The Green Pond Infant School in St James is undergoing a facelift as it prepares for certification by the Early Childhood Commission (ECC). This project comes ahead of the new school year, scheduled for September. Like other local schools, Green...
For many Jamaican small businesses, the implementation of social distance to avoid the spread of COVID-19 has put their businesses on life support. Entrepreneurship already has its many obstacles, and coupled with this pandemic, businesses will...
Earlier this year, the School of Education, in collaboration with the Humanities Department at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, convened a breakfast roundtable meeting with school leaders; a representative from the Ministry of...
The national dance finals (Creative, Folk, Modern, Jazz, Popular) was held on July 10, 1968, at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Drive, in Kingston. Here are some pictorial highlights from The Gleaner Archives. The Gleaner Library is a rich...
The dusty town of Tierra Amarilla perches in the shadows of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Here, five decades ago, this poor northern New Mexico community saw one of the most violent clashes in civil-rights history when armed Mexican American...
A Dawning Like the Wind is the debut poetry collection by Veniesha Rochester, in which she takes readers on a thought-provoking journey spanning nearly two decades of poetry. Her writing is inspired by everyday human vulnerabilities – pain, love,...
It was in St Ann’s Bay that Christopher Columbus is assumed to have landed when he first ‘discovered’ Jamaica in 1494. Columbus named the spot he landed on Santa Gloria, claiming that the land was the most beautiful he had ever laid eyes on. The...
Naandeyé García Villegas’ earliest memories of delving into creative pursuits were ‘drawing’ letters on the earliest known Word programme. The palette had a choice of four fonts and black and white colours to fill – minimalism driven by technology...
“And some will think outside the box.” – Damian Marley During this time of social distancing and quarantining, it has become evident that even with the principles of science and technology that provide us with access to practical methods for...
The spaces in between When you connect you want to always be It could simply be in writing or in body Consistent communication is very key Relationships are sustained on this primarily. It's hard to stay away but the process you must trust When...
The ‘Mona Lisa’ found herself all alone. The coronavirus had emptied her room at the Louvre Museum of its usual throngs of admirers. In a silence worthy of a cathedral, she could gaze undisturbed at the huge canvas on the opposite wall, The...
