Sandra Brewster: the shape of a name
“The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory,” suggested Bruce Chatwin in his book In Patagonia. The insight is...
Tituba’s secrets
She admitted to flying on a “sticke” with witches, and her confession sparked a witch-hunt whose memory still hangs like a spell over...
Happy trails: Guyana’s Easter Rodeo
Founded in the early twentieth century — by a cowboy transplanted from Wyoming, according to one story — the Easter rodeo in Lethem is...
George Simon: in search of lost time
Like the hummingbirds he loves to paint, George Simon is hard to catch up with. At the age of sixty-five, the Guyanese artist and...
Guyana: great escape
The Caribbean is full of surprises. Postcards, movies, tourist board brochures carefully maintain the image of small tropical islands where...
The holes in history
The paper was achingly fragile. So thin and worn that chunks of it had vanished entirely. So brittle that I was only allowed to touch it if...
The Caribbean Trade Barriers Come Down
Trading opportunities in the 13-nation Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) group will increase substantially from this year, as...
Annette Arjoon-Martins: “The grassroots people are the real heroes”
Growing up in the riverain community of Pomeroon was very instrumental in instilling my love for nature. I spent my formative years with my...
