Art & Leisure
December 9, 2025
Negril: History, beauty, and the road to recovery
Negril has always carried a certain mystique. Situated in Jamaica’s far-western tip, stretching across the parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover, it is a place where time seems to move differently, the…
December 9, 2025
The life of the West India Regiment
For almost two centuries, the West India Regiment stood as a proud symbol of Caribbean resilience, courage, and service. Britain needed to strengthen its military presence in the Caribbean amid…
December 9, 2025
by Benedict Carpenter van Barthold
Frida Kahlo’s record-breaking painting El Sueño positions death as a roommate
Frida Kahlo’s 1940 self-portrait, El Sueño (La Cama), or The Dream (The Bed), has sold for US$54.7 million (£41.4m) at Sotheby’s New York. It is now the most expensive Latin American artwork in…
December 9, 2025
Martinique-based Richès Karayib celebrates Caribbean’s maritime attractiveness
For the Year of the Sea 2025, Martinique-based Richès Karayib has released its special maritime issue #2, an immersive exploration of the Greater Caribbean’s maritime attractiveness. From Martinique…
December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
Katrina Abrahams’ solo exhibition Celebrating Women opens December 6
After 10 years away from the solo exhibition spotlight, Jamaican artist Katrina Abrahams is set to return with ‘Celebrating Women’. The exhibition is a tribute to the strength, perseverance, and…
December 9, 2025
Rick Atkinson’s Revolutionary War trilogy to be adapted into graphic editions
NEW YORK (AP) Prize-winning military historian Rick Atkinson, a comic book fan growing up, hadn’t imagined his own work being suitable for the illustrated format. Ten Speed Graphic announced that a…
December 9, 2025
Black River: From heritage to hope
In the debris-strewn streets of Black River, St Elizabeth, there is the weight of history in every shattered beam and collapsed roof. Once Jamaica’s third-largest port in the 18th century, Black River…
December 9, 2025
There is ‘blessing’ in the ‘breaking’
To say there is blessing in the breaking — cespecially after facing massive damage that shook our nation, it sounds harsh, doesn’t it? Let’s pause for a moment and ask ourselves: is there anyone who…