Art & Leisure

11 Oct, 2026 0

Poems

Miss Understood She doesn’t need to do anything strange or bad to be misunderstood. She just needs to be her authentic self in the neighborhood. She smiles beautifully and they say, she is faking…
11 Oct, 2026 0

Is your life in a ‘waiting room’?

Have you noticed how quietly we turn life into a waiting room? We tell ourselves, “I will relax when things settle down,” “I will enjoy life once I sort myself out,” or “I can only have peace when…
Devon House
11 Oct, 2026 0

From great houses to courthouses

Some of Jamaica’s finest storytellers don’t speak at all. They stand on street corners and hillsides, in town squares and harbours, holding centuries of memory in brick, limestone, and timber. This…
04 Oct, 2026 0

Your brain runs on 20 watts. Could brain-inspired computing do the same?

Right now, your brain is recognising the shapes of these letters, analysing their meaning, and holding a stream of thought together, all on about 20 watts of power. That's roughly what it takes…
04 Oct, 2026 0

The snob factory is real

It started out as a normal Monday morning. Approximately 10:45 a.m., the clock on the wall said. I was at The Eatery, one of my favourite low-economy restaurants, with its quaint décor and inviting…
04 Oct, 2026 0

Self-schema: An instruction manual

Have you ever wondered why people sometimes treat you in ways you never expected and at other times in ways below your expectations? We often believe their behaviour is entirely about them, their…

Basil Watson’s bronze bust of National Heroine Nanny of the Maroons.
04 Oct, 2026 0

Moore Town, where the ancestors still speak

October has arrived, and with it, Jamaica’s official Heritage Month, a season set aside to honour the island’s layered history, its many bloodlines, and the unbreakable spirit that has carried its…
04 Oct, 2026 0

Poems

Tomorrow becomes today Today becomes yesterday. Tomorrow becomes today. Embrace the now. Enjoy the show. Today is the present. The most beautiful gift present. The past is yesterday. The future…