Art & Leisure

Sabrina Ajax, publisher and editor-in-chief of Richès Karayib.
28 Nov, 2025 0

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…
The moment of healing grace, by Katrina Abrahams.
28 Nov, 2025 0

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…
28 Nov, 2025 0

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…
This 2003 photo shows a section of Black River town
27 Nov, 2025 0

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…
27 Nov, 2025 0

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…
Pope Leo XIV meets with Spike Lee during an audience with and stars directors from the cinema at the Vatican, Saturday, November 15.
21 Nov, 2025 0

Why Pope Leo is making a plea to save our cinemas

To the best of my knowledge, Pope Leo XIV has never visited the town of Yass in New South Wales. Yet efforts by the Yass community to restore the town’s 1930s art deco Liberty Theatre are very much…
21 Nov, 2025 0

Gratitude beyond ‘comfort’ - Gifts hidden in ‘hard times’

Gratitude is something we all learnt from childhood. We are taught to say “thank you”, to appreciate people, and to recognise the blessings in our lives. Many of us even practise gratitude daily,…
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Motorists are seen on the Linstead-Moneague link of the North-South Highway.
21 Nov, 2025 0

The 13,000-mile journey of rebuilding

In Jamaica, the seemingly endless coils of asphalt that wind through valleys and along the sea remind us of more than just geography. The island’s road network stretches to almost 21,000 kilometres of…