Stabroek Weekend

This past week the Star Wars franchise was in some brief trouble.

Situated on the East Coast Demerara, Clonbrook us the village between Ann’s Grove and Bee Hive.

Isaiah Berlin was in my view the most distinguished political philosopher and historian of ideas of the 20th century.

I came back to live in Guyana in 2008 with no illusions, no pipe dreams, no blindness to the reality of life here. 

“Yes so…,” and then she was silent for a few seconds, or longer.

Various observations Various observations about the Guyana economy have been made over the past year or so. 

By Alim Hosein As the deadline for receipt of entries to the 2017 Guyana Visual Arts Competition (GVAC) approached on May 27, there was a large number of artists who had earlier arrived at Castellani House, the National Gallery of Art, to submit their entries.

Umm, baked custard, it is one of the most comforting sweet treats.

By John Lloyd (John Lloyd co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is senior research fellow.

We all know that a glass or two of red wine may lead to an interesting evening, but what other foods can we incorporate into our lives if we wish to increase our mood and libido?

At the conclusion of the 8th round of the brutal Altibox Norway Chess Tournament, categorized as the strongest-ever in the world based on the elite rank of its participants, world chess champion Magnus Carlsen sits in the penultimate position following his lone victory over his former challenger for the title, Sergey Karjakin.

As repeatedly urged, readers need to be familiar with the basic structure/features of global oil refining, if they wish to make informed contributions towards Guyana’s first oil, particularly in view of the fact that a local refinery would likely contribute marginally (0.1 per cent) to global refining capacity.

As I said last week, with rain comes fungus. With the constant rainfall that we are experiencing, plants are not being allowed to dry off properly.

Hi Everyone, How are you enjoying the bountiful mango season? I love gazing at the basket of mangoes on my kitchen counter.

June is the month where special allowance is made to colour block your fashions for 30 days straight without looking ‘too much’.

The loud, dog like yelping calls of the White-throated Toucan can carry for a long distance. 

Few words are spoken in Adero, the new short film from Guyanese filmmaker Kojo McPherson.

Mora is a tiny village on the right bank of the Essequibo River, 35.5 kilometres from Vreed-en-Hoop tucked between Salem and Sparta and home to just a few families.

The performance of the British Labour Party in the elections last week has been spectacular.

On Tuesday this week I’m walking up Carmichael Street about to turn into Lamaha, and a man comes running out of the business on the corner and hails me: “Boy, I’m glad I ran into you.