Art & Leisure
January 4, 2026
December 28, 2025
From red donkeys to vibrant art
DORAL, Florida. (AP) When Fernando Dávila was 8 years old in Colombia, he failed a drawing class because he painted donkeys red. There was a reason for that: He is colour-blind. Now the 72-year-old…
December 28, 2025
‘Happy New Year’ by being ‘Happy you’
As the new year arrives, greetings, resolutions, and hopes fill the air. We wish each other happiness, success, and peace, believing that a change of date may change life. But a deeper truth quietly…
December 28, 2025
Poems
How can we celebrate Christmas in a mash-up land? (A Jamaican advent lament and hope) How can we celebrate Christmas In a mash-up land, O Lord? When zinc and sorrow scatter the roads, And every…
December 28, 2025
Share your gifts
A Jamaican Christmas has always been more than a date on the calendar. Long before the glitter of imported décor and the rush of modern commerce, Christmas in Jamaica was anchored in service,…
December 28, 2025
December 28, 2025
Artist captures lived experience of Ukraine’s resistance to invasion
KYIV (AP) Maxim Kilderov works among reminders of death — scorched metal, torn fabric, and the personal debris of lives cut short by war. In a basement near Kyiv’s Maidan Square, the Ukrainian street…
December 21, 2025
Indigenous artefacts returned by the Vatican find home in Canada
OTTAWA (AP) A selection of Inuit artefacts returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History, after First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders for years called for the repatriation of…
December 21, 2025
Kingston Harbour: Heartbeat of the city
Kingston Harbour is the birthplace of Jamaica’s capital’s history and life. Extending about 16 kilometres long and 3.2 kilometres wide, this semi-enclosed bay on Jamaica’s south coast is known as one…