Art & Leisure

How is an animal feeling at a given moment? Humans have long recognised certain well-known behaviour like a cat hissing as a warning, but in many cases we’ve had little clue of what’s going on inside an animal’s head. Now we have a better idea,...

For every woman who feels stuck between God’s promise and its fulfilment – this book can serve as a guide. Too often, the waiting season feels like a lonely, uncertain place. Doubt creeps in. Temptations to settle grow stronger. But what if this...

I picked up a copy of Loved One based solely on the fact that its first-time author, Aisha Muharrar, was involved in three television comedies that made me laugh: Hacks, Parks and Recreation and The Good Place. The opening scene of “Loved One”...

In the hush before dawn, the Blue and John Crow Mountains wear their mist like a benediction. Here, ridgelines cradle stories of resistance, healing, and everyday wonder etched into forest and stone. In 2015, this rugged massif became Jamaica’s...

The VJHOPE Foundation, a Kingston-based non-profit organisation, in its continued mission to empower Jamaican youth to become leaders, change makers and model citizens, has recognized three exceptional students who embody academic excellence,...

On August 6, 1962, the British Crown officially granted Jamaica the right to political independence. However, this was not the first time the Crown granted the island some of the rights of an independent state, specifically the right to self-...

Though separated apart by distance of over four and half millennia in time and a long length of land, what joins Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan with the mineral rich tribal regions of the eastern Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal is the...

Many of us hold ourselves to extremely high standards. Sometimes, these expectations come from within – the inner critic that says “you’re not enough unless you achieve this.” Other times, it’s the acquired pressure from others – the belief that we...

This year, 2025, is the bi-centenary of the arrival of William Knibb in Jamaica. He was 21 years old when he left England – presumably energized to journey to the British West Indies. The powerful humanitarian destiny of William Knibb would begin...

In the vibrant core of New Kingston, Emancipation Park rises like a quiet anthem, six acres of serenity cradled in the hum of city life. Although the city continues to evolve, the park encourages us to pause, reflect, and remember. And this Sunday...

Yuri is a 16-year-old orphan who lives simply with her religious aunt in a big, old house in Communist Cuba in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Yuri’s parents had named her after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin, hoping that one day...

Montego Bay, capital of St James Parish, offers more than breath-taking vistas. Its history pulses with the rhythms of change and the courage to evolve. When Christopher Columbus arrived in May 1494, he recorded the region’s Taino name and...