Stabroek Weekend

Two books of essays on the work of Nobel laureate Derek Walcott were published in 2022.

By Rae Wiltshire Chris Bissessar recalled that he had gripped his desk until his palm bruised red.

Introduction Today’s column concludes this 14-part series devoted to re-visiting Guyana Government’s Take ratio and estimates of its of recoverable hydrocarbons.

If you have made the important decision to start exercising or get more serious about it, kudos to you.

When I was young I often used to sit in the evening with an old aunt while she told her rosary beads.

On Friday last President Biden presented the Presidential Citizens Medal to 14 US citizens – policemen and civilians – who resisted attempts to undermine the elections of November, 2020, and resisted the mob that violently stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, to overturn the election results.

Three significant occurrences took place in local chess for the year 2022.

When I began this weekly column last October, the discussions focused on the elements of art and the principles of design.

Parents, do you realise that you are Influencers? Today I want to appeal to you to embrace your role as an Influencer.

Happiness is perhaps one of the only destinations for which the map is created by our own unique experiences.

Journey of the Magi A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.’

Predictions of significant economic growth in Guyana due to the developing petroleum industry are being realized.

Having worked 52 years in the sugar industry, including working closely with Governments and regional institutions along the way, if there is one thing I have learned it is the extreme frailty of all grand plans.

Sometimes, when I hear the wind whistling through the trees and rustling the old branches, I am reminded of the Peepal tree and the secret song that it hides in every leaf.

In the week before Christmas, on the occasion of its 56th Convocation Ceremony, the University of Guyana conferred upon Ameena Gafoor the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters.

I am aware that not everyone reading this weekly column is in Guyana.

This review contains some mild spoilers Writer/director Rian Johnson would like you to know that very wealthy people are generally awful, exhausting, and immoral.

In Mahdia, Boniface Fredericks laments the fact that nothing is indigenously traditional about Old Year’s or New Year’s Day in Mahdia.