It is undoubtedly true that one of the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is the rather sudden realisation of aspects of daily life which had become part of the fabric, so that we had unconsciously come to see them as a given and were therefore jolted by not being able to simply go where the crowds are as in, for me, dinners at Grand Coastal and the very attentive hamburger service at the Pegasus Poolside or the latest film at the cinema.
“The unexamined life is not worth living” – Socrates. When I was no more than twelve or thirteen the feeling grew in me that it was important not simply to live life day by day but somehow to give greater meaning to it by recording what was happening every one of those days and by planning how I should shape and what I should make of my life in the future.
Political lifespan in the third world, unlike the developed world, accords generally with a person’s physical lifespan, if no intervening political, health or other event intervenes to terminate the political career.
Chess.com, a popular chess site where online games can be contested among players of international and lesser stature, has published its interpretation of “The Ten Best Chess Moves of All Time”.
Weekends are about treats. And while it also the time we take to make many things to fill the Sunday lunch or dinner table – often with no space left to actually sit and eat at the table – it is also the time that some of us take to cut back on the cooking.
With the death toll continuing to climb and an upsurge of COVID-19 cases globally, the future can seem bleak for many who have been navigating new businesses this year.
“I Carry You With Me” opens with an older man, Iván, walking towards the subway in New York.
As a teenager, Tinishe Bourne failed almost every class in secondary school and after a while she had enough and decided to quit in form four—she was 19 years old.
It speaks to the ever-increasingly blurred lines between television and cinema that one of the most vibrant pieces of filmmaking out of the fall festival season has been the entries from Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology premiering over the course of the New York Film Festival this year.
Being cooped up at home due to the initial restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 provided unexpected inspiration for gym instructor and expedition coordinator Tyson English.
Jaden’s Foundation, a new special needs organisation, was recently launched at Kamuni Creek, Santa Mission.
“I was on my back step teaching my son when he turn to me and say, ‘Mommy look some children hiding in the bush.’
Adapting to COVID-19 hasn’t been easy and for many of us that is particularly true when it comes to managing our finances.
As you get older, you need to work out and stay active and healthy as best as possible.
(Michael Jordan, Kamarang, Georgetown, published by Michael Jordan, 2017; with illustrations by Harold Bascom; 500pp.)
By Nikita Blair Two weekends ago, I scratched something off my bucket list: I attended the Bocas Literature Festival.
The first shot we see of Henry Golding as Kit in “Monsoon” is instructive.
Start position: The St Louis Chess Club in the US held its annual Chess 9LX 2020 Tournament as an online competition owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
for what else is there but books, books and the sea, verandahs and the pages of the sea to write of the wind and the memory of wind whipped hair in the sun, the colour of fire.
Introduction Today’s column continues consideration of Rystad Energy’s modelling of the cost of delay in the Payara Project, incurred from the delayed approval of ExxonMobil and partners’ final investment decision (FID), which had been submitted to the Government of Guyana (GoG) last year.
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