Art & Leisure
30 Aug, 2026
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Want to imagine a better future? Write a poem
At school, I was told by my teachers I wasn’t allowed to take art A-level alongside biology and chemistry. I’ve always regretted listening to them. The crossover between the arts and sciences…
23 Aug, 2026
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Inner wings: from weight to flight
Watching birds move freely across the sky awakens something within us – a longing for freedom, lightness, and the possibility to fly. Perhaps that is why throughout history, we have imagined humans…
23 Aug, 2026
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St James, where freedom was won by fire
Today, August 23, the world observes the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, a global moment to honour those who resisted enslavement rather than simply endured…
23 Aug, 2026
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23 Aug, 2026
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The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
It is disconcerting to envision human thought becoming redundant or deemed inferior due to advancements in artificial intelligence. But for all its ills, AI cannot be ignored or wished away. It is…
16 Aug, 2026
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Medical career roadmap for a Caribbean student
The fictitious case of Kerlene Rumble and her mother, Linda Bissram. An A-QuEST General-Information Guidance Note Linda Bissram and her daughter, Kerlene Rumble, are entirely fictitious persons.…
16 Aug, 2026
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Be a ‘mirror’, not a ‘camera’
A mirror and a camera both reflect what comes before them, but there is one important difference: a mirror reflects while a camera records and stores. When an image moves away from a mirror, nothing…
16 Aug, 2026
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A prophet born in St Ann’s Bay
This week, Jamaica pauses to remember the birth of a man whose voice would eventually echo far beyond the small north-coast town where he took his first breath. August 17 marks the anniversary of the…
16 Aug, 2026
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