Art & Leisure
August 30, 2026
by Anna Turns
Want to imagine a better future? Write a poem
At school, I was told by my teachers I wasn’t allowed to take art A-level alongside biology and chemistry. I’ve always regretted listening to them. The crossover between the arts and sciences…
August 23, 2026
Inner wings: from weight to flight
Watching birds move freely across the sky awakens something within us – a longing for freedom, lightness, and the possibility to fly. Perhaps that is why throughout history, we have imagined humans…
August 23, 2026
St James, where freedom was won by fire
Today, August 23, the world observes the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, a global moment to honour those who resisted enslavement rather than simply endured…
August 23, 2026
August 23, 2026
by Billy J. Stratton
The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
It is disconcerting to envision human thought becoming redundant or deemed inferior due to advancements in artificial intelligence. But for all its ills, AI cannot be ignored or wished away. It is…
August 16, 2026
Medical career roadmap for a Caribbean student
The fictitious case of Kerlene Rumble and her mother, Linda Bissram. An A-QuEST General-Information Guidance Note Linda Bissram and her daughter, Kerlene Rumble, are entirely fictitious persons.…
August 16, 2026
Be a ‘mirror’, not a ‘camera’
A mirror and a camera both reflect what comes before them, but there is one important difference: a mirror reflects while a camera records and stores. When an image moves away from a mirror, nothing…
August 16, 2026
A prophet born in St Ann’s Bay
This week, Jamaica pauses to remember the birth of a man whose voice would eventually echo far beyond the small north-coast town where he took his first breath. August 17 marks the anniversary of the…
August 16, 2026