COVID-19 has thrust all of us into a world that seems so contracted as if everything has been depleted, shortened, or suddenly and surprisingly …

I UNDERSTAND where people are coming from when they open themselves up to works of beauty, hope, peace, and happiness in times of crisis. …

AS MANY of us practise social distancing, I am hopeful that more people will become aware of the value and benefit of the arts. …

THE first noticeable thing about Hanya Yanagihara’s novel, “A Little Life,” is how contradictory it seems even before one opens the cover. Despite, its …

I HAVE come to realise that Bollywood films have played an important role in the lives of most Guyanese people, especially those of us …

IS ‘Hamilton’ the greatest play ever staged? The current answer to this question is probably in the negative. It is not THE greatest play …

‘NORMAL People’ is a story about many things – education, class, mental health. More than anything else, however, it is a story about love. …

BONG Joon-Ho has always been one of my favourite filmmakers. Besides ‘Parasite,’ there is an array of other works to choose from – movies …

OYINKAN Braithwaite’s novel, ‘My Sister, the Serial Killer,’ brought to mind Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s famous Ted Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” for …

LIKE many people, “My Bones and My Flute” was the first work I read by the celebrated Guyanese writer, Edgar Mittelholzer. Mittelholzer’s legacy as …