Stabroek Weekend

Putting a cross on the bun is traditional
but not necessary (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

What’s Cooking: Cross Buns

 What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you may have, and things I may have found out myself that I want to share with you.

Doing it her way

“Girl, I am so excited for my wedding, but also stressed out because my father and his wife keep calling and badgering me about him walking me down the aisle.

A scene from the film

Chaotic amusements in “Dog Man”

DreamWorks Animation released two films last year: the Oscar-nominated “The Wild Robot’ which sought to bring warmth and whimsy to a tale of a robot who goes on a journey of motherhood, and “Kung Fu Panda 4”, an attempt to resuscitate the “Kung Fu Panda” franchise to middling results.

Reviving theatre culture

In Guyana there have been attempts to build a culture of theatre – that timeless and universal art that plays a crucial role in the building of a society, the defining of a people, the enlightenment of mankind, and the education and entertainment of all. 

The JAGS aircraft in which we flew to the hinterland

A journey to Jawalla

A recent trip to the hinterland illustrated the stark contrast between the lives of Guyana’s First Peoples and their peers elsewhere.

Shock and awe!

On ‘liberation day,’ April 2, President Donald Trump announced, to the shock and awe of the world, sweeping reciprocal tariffs on the goods of most countries, bringing to an end, in one fell swoop, the era of free trade, the foremost champion of which was Adam Smith in 1776 in “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.”

Leather wallets made by David St Hill

Pioneering belt vendor David St Hill lives by faith and grace

After he could no longer farm in Festival City and North Ruimveldt after the land he farmed there based on the then government’s slogan of ‘land to the tiller’ was allocated for housing for members of the Joint Services, long-standing pavement vendor David St Hill turned to selling belts, wallets and passport cases to steer away from a life of crime, which he could have turned to. 

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