Stabroek Weekend

School of the Nations University student Jessica Clementson, 20, harboured a significant thought ever since she learnt to play chess as a modest teenage girl.

In Good Taste recipes this week – one side and one dessert – are not your usual Christmas fare and that’s a good thing.

Norfolk Island Pine or Christmas Tree, Araucaria excels, originated from Norfolk Island, off the coast of Australia in the South Pacific.

Hi Everyone, Make way for a princely cut of meat that will impress the heck out of everyone at your holiday table – a crown roast of pork.

For as long as I could remember, I was always uncomfortable with my frizzy, curly hair.

Each year the elected leaders of Britain’s overseas territories (OTs) gather from around the world to meet with British ministers in London.

Photos by Joanna Dhanraj   Golden Grove or Grove, as most persons call it, on the East Bank Demerara is said to be one of the most developed villages in Guyana.

I’m a think-positive guy, not from some Pollyanna position, but largely because that’s how my mind works.

I regret I write with grimness in this festive season. Perhaps it is good to remember that for countless millions in the world this is, as T S Eliot reminded us in the greatest poem ever written about the birth of Christ, “Just the worst time of the year.”

(Kamal Ramkarran is the author of the original and longer version of this 2009 article, which has been abridged and amended by me with his permission).

Not simple The revenue challenge facing the new administration is not a simple one.

Introduction Last week I offered the view that for the foreseeable future, the GDP will continue as the premier measure worldwide, and in Guyana, of economic size and progress, as well as national and individual welfare/well-being.

The Guyana Prize for Literature in collaboration with the Department of Culture in the Ministry of Education staged a “Festival of Guyanese Literature” a week ago.

(continued)   Tongue problems Let’s today look at ailments associated with the tongue.

President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has transferred the powers of his office to Deputy President Georgios Makropoulos following the announcement that the US Treasury had placed him on a blacklist.

5-Spice-rubbed, Hoisin-glazed Roast Chicken   While many people will be clamouring for the more prized meats at this time of the year, there are also many who will be looking to an all-time, ‘ordinary’ favourite – the bird, chicken.

(Continued from last week)   Poinsettias are now available in Guyana and are on sale at plant shops.

Hi Everyone, There is increased demand for bread during the holidays and not just any bread but good quality homemade bread.