Art & Leisure
December 9, 2025
The ‘giving’ that never runs out
In these challenging times, people across the nation are doing their best to support those most affected, offering food, clothing, shelter, and comfort. Every act of kindness matters in the rebuilding…
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…