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Eric Lewis, madder than most over the proposed extension to 72 from 67 of Barbados' retirement age.

Bajans Not So Retiring

Madder than that. Entertainer and social commentator Eric Lewis is among the thousands of Barbadians upset over government’s suggestion to…

Robert Edison Sandiford·September 8, 2022
George Lamming, the celebrated Barbadian author of the classic novel In the Castle of My Skin, died June 4, 2022, just four days shy of his ninety-fifth birthday, in Barbados.

George Lamming, Going Home

George Lamming, 1927-2022. Photo Copyright © 2002 by Ronnie Carrington. HOW IMPORTANT is a book, any book? To any one person, people, time,…

Robert Edison Sandiford·June 5, 2022
Weights & Measures by Linda M. Deane, April 2022.

Voting for Real: The Weight and Measure of an X

What's the worth of an X? A woman's vote? A man's life? Our better world? Illustration Copyright © 2022 by Linda M. Deane. I HAVE BEEN…

Linda M. Deane·April 25, 2022
Russian protests against Putin's invasion of Ukraine, February 2022.

When Sovereignty Is Not a Choice

Protests in Russia against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Photo Copyright © 2022 by The Punch. SOME BARBADIANS have criticized our…

Robert Edison Sandiford·February 26, 2022
My patriotic, festive TV stand, Christ Church, Barbados, December 2021.

Republican Reflections

My patriotic, festive TV stand, Christ Church, Barbados, December 2021. Photo Copyright © 2022 by Robert Edison Sandiford. IT’S BEEN YEARS…

Robert Edison Sandiford·January 10, 2022
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Dear Mia, come lewwe talk…

Table talk, everything in one. Illustration Copyright © 2021 by Izora Devonish. DEAR MIA, May I call you Mia? Madam Prime Minister? PM? Not…

Robert Edison Sandiford·August 18, 2021
Horace I Goddard, February 10,1947-November 20, 2020.

Passing On, Lifting Up: Remembering Horace I. Goddard

Montreal writer, educator and community activist Horace I. Goddard had a commitment to community first nurtured in Barbados. Photo…

Robert Edison Sandiford·August 2, 2021
World Press Freedom Day Poster, May 3, 2021.

Vigilance: An Editorial for World Press Freedom Day

UNESCO poster reminds us there's still work to be done to protect freedom of speech and journalists, maybe now more than ever. RESPONSIBLE.…

Robert Edison Sandiford·May 4, 2021
American poet Amanda Gorman reading at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden January 20, 2021.

Letters to Foreign Friends: A Good Day for Poets

Cloaked in hope: American poet Amanda Gorman reading at the Inauguration of President Joe Biden, January 20, 2021. Photo Copyright © 2021…

Robert Edison Sandiford·February 12, 2021
Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressing the UN in 2019.

Barbados a Republic: Three Times a Charm?

Prime Minister Mia Mottley speaking at the United Nations in 2019. Barbados' first Prime Minister, Errol Barrow, declared in a December…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 30, 2020
ArtsEtc Editor Linda M. Deane pointing toward the Statue of Nelson in Bridgetown, St Michael, June 2020.

Tek de brute down—Barbados’ Nelson must fall, and how

At last! Bajans seem up for the takedown of the statue of Lord Nelson. Photo of ArtsEtc Editor Linda M. Deane pointing the way copyright ©…

Linda M. Deane·July 28, 2020
AE Editor Linda M. Deane with her children, Izora and Anderson, at a Black Lives Matter demonstration held in Bridgetown June 13, 2020.

What black mothers go through every George Floyd time

Our Global Spring: ArtsEtc Editor Linda M. Deane (right) and her children, Andy and Izora, march in Bridgetown June 13, 2020, for what…

Linda M. Deane·June 14, 2020