Art & Leisure

Today, we see everything outside the way we are and not the way they actually are. It is like seeing everything through a mirror. A mirror does not show what is on the other side. It only shows what is in front of it. A good-hearted person sees...

Those of us who walk down memory lane and, possibly, hooked to Indian cinema I would like to take them to the famous scene of the Bollywood classic film Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) in which, befitting the royalty of Prince Salim and the...

Spanish Town resonates with centuries of Jamaican history and stands as a proud testament to our island’s layered past. Once the bustling capital, Villa de la Vega under Spanish rule from 1534, and later, St Jago de la Vega as the English...

Fiction, it is said, is not always about what is being made up – and books often found what still may not be hidden. Jamaica-born author in South Florida, Davonie Green, who briefly but stoutly arm wrestled Jamaica’s Commissioner of Police, Dr...

Recently, my eight-year-old son received a birthday card from his grandmother. He opened the card, looked at it and said, “I can’t read cursive yet.” Then he handed it to me to read. If you have a child in the Philadelphia School District, chances...

There are places in Jamaica that feel like stories waiting to be told, and Trelawny is one of them. The proud parish on Jamaica’s north coast, where past and present walk hand in hand. Falmouth, the capital of this proud parish, established in 1769...

April was celebrated globally as World Landscape Architecture Month. However, the profession of landscape architecture is still largely misunderstood by most people, including other design professionals. When most people hear the term landscape...

Any broken or fragmented ceramic material associated with an archaeological site is commonly referred to as a sherd or shard. Since humans began the art of ceramic making, it has become a fundamental feature of cultures worldwide, with pottery...

‘Home to Self’ was a beautifully staged exhibition which showcased a significant body of work by artist Judith Salmon. For her, it is a meditative, introspective journey; for the viewer, it is a prolific output of captivating canvases, textile...

College Journal Rise In the late nights and early mornings, He had only candles burning These were moments with silence, when pages and screens held questions, he could not answer, but it’s here he learned, perseverance There were days when...

We all want to see ourselves and those around us improve. Whether it’s our children, co-workers, or the people who assist us in daily life, we often feel the need to correct them when they do something we believe is wrong. While the intention may...

In recognition of the failures of our primary education system to adequately prepare students to read, write, and do math, Holy Trinity High School has embarked on what may be the most radical educational transformation project ever undertaken in...