Stabroek Weekend

When “Love, Simon” premiered in 2018, it made headlines as the first major Hollywood studio film to focus on a gay teenage romance.

Ever since three very famous Harvard economists – D. Rodrik, R.

Karen Rogers is a strong believer in eating healthy which is why she plants her own garden to ensure all of her fruits and vegetables are organically grown.

During the restrictions imposed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the gyms were still closed and most people were confined to their homes, I picked up a new hobby: cooking.

For months in 2016, mother of three Sharron Ally knew that all was not well with her physically, but even as she sought treatment she persevered with working and providing for her family until a shocking diagnosis literally stopped her in her tracks and today she wishes she had been more alert and concerned about her health.

The opening moments of “Tragic Jungle” feature its best sequence. We hear, before we see, the forested jungle that will define the narrative to come.

Tiffeney Ageda is a woman who is living in constant fear as she said an ex-boyfriend has been stalking and harassing her even as he manipulates the system to make it appear that he is the victim.

When some years ago Colin Campbell, an old Etonian and quintessentially English, died at his home in Blackhorse Lane, South Mimms, in Hertfordshire at the age of 86 his death went almost completely unnoticed in Guyana.

Caribbean nationhood has been, through a history marked by colonial imperialism, plunder, triumph and glory, intricately associated with and profoundly defined by its literature.

Several weeks back, on a flight from Miami to Toronto, I ended up chatting with a Jamaican about the painful and often unintentionally humourous mangling of the English language that we see these days. 

The modest measures taken by the Government of Guyana, described in the announcement by Attorney General Anil Nandlall, “to right a tragic wrong,” marking the 41st anniversary of Walter Rodney’s assassination, are welcome.

Recently, animal shelter Tails of Hope posted a photograph of a pair of quaint looking chairs on Facebook that had been made from recycled pallets.

Last month, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) published the qualification criteria that will be used for entry into the 2022 Candidates Tournament.

If any of you reading this column has access to red food colouring, send me some.

Things are slowly reopening here and the excitement feels almost like Christmas.

At 90, Harold Edwards, better known as ‘Uncle Joe,’ of Soesdyke, can be described as remarkable.

When a young Carla Cassiano agreed to be part of a refraction technique training, she was unsure what it entailed but looking back years later she believes that it was the best decision she has made as not only is she now a qualified optometrist but she has been able to use her skills to make eye care more accessible in hinterland regions.

The PPP/C Government attained political office in circumstances in which the rule of law was under severe stress.

It happens. It is life. Great contributions are made. Years go by and they are forgotten and those who made them are forgotten too.

In the course of doing my column recently, I was reflecting on our tendency to see Guyana only through a negative lens, and I remembered a time in 2008, when I was living in Cayman, and had an exchange with a close Guyanese friend, George Jardim, living in America, who had sent me a couple emails on some matter in Guyana.