Art & Leisure

October 18, 2026

Heroes who shaped a nation

Tomorrow, October 19, the third Monday of October, Jamaica pauses to observe National Heroes’ Day, the centrepiece of National Heritage Week and one of the most meaningful days on our calendar. It is a day to remember how an island of enslaved and colonised people found the courage to claim its own destiny, and to honour those who led the way.

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Freedom from ‘hoping’

Hope is often what keeps us going through difficult times. It gives us the strength to endure pain, face uncertainty, and believe that life can get better. Like a soothing balm, hope comforts the mind…
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Jamaican voices with stories that inspire

As a strategic complement to the Black History Month celebrations observed in Britain during October, the team of spoken-word artist and film-maker Judith Falloon-Reid and internationally acclaimed…
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Poems

In Jamaica, We Don’t Say Two In Jamaica, we don’t say ‘two’ The number after one, or twice Limited to the ‘few’ Where little boys are lynched For swaying too much Or maintaining eye contact In an…
‘Tin Man’ – Photo taken in Fort Myers, Florida.
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This week’s Shutterbugs

JICA volunteer Tamami Okado teaching a class.
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Bridging cultures, building bonds

On a school farm in St Ann, Tamami Okado is teaching children about the importance of developing vegetable gardens. One of the lessons is how to turn kitchen scraps into compost. In the same parish,…
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Poems

Miss Understood She doesn’t need to do anything strange or bad to be misunderstood. She just needs to be her authentic self in the neighborhood. She smiles beautifully and they say, she is faking…
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Is your life in a ‘waiting room’?

Have you noticed how quietly we turn life into a waiting room? We tell ourselves, “I will relax when things settle down,” “I will enjoy life once I sort myself out,” or “I can only have peace when…
Devon House
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From great houses to courthouses

Some of Jamaica’s finest storytellers don’t speak at all. They stand on street corners and hillsides, in town squares and harbours, holding centuries of memory in brick, limestone, and timber. This…
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Your brain runs on 20 watts. Could brain-inspired computing do the same?

Right now, your brain is recognising the shapes of these letters, analysing their meaning, and holding a stream of thought together, all on about 20 watts of power. That's roughly what it takes…