St. Lucians Don’t Read: Fact or Myth?
St. Lucians Don’t Read, is often repeated as a truism by writers and readers alike. Understandably, the statement is partly…
Poet and Playwright Kendel Hippolyte to deliver the 2022 Derek Walcott Memorial Nobel Lecture
Tuesday 18 January 2022 7:30 p.m. Finance Administrative CentrePoint Seraphine, CastriesSocial distancing protocols will apply. Title of Presentation: The Demand…
Poems for Kendel at 70
Kendel Hippolyte Donning dreadlocks and a rustic and arty look, poet and playwright, Kendel Hippolyte, is the very personification of…
John Robert Lee on Revitalizing and Upgrading St. Lucia’s Cultural Institutions and Programs
The Cultural Development Foundation (CDF) “A re-thought, re-vitalised, re-envisioned CDF should establish a shop on their premises or in a…
Happy New Year | 2021 St. Lucia Bookshelf | Cultural Gems
2021 was both a trying and hopeful year. With vaccination came the hope of a return to normalcy. Yet we…
Taking Stock: The Youth Economy
by Alexander Clarke and Dr. Anderson Reynolds Taiwan recently pledged EC$5.4 million to help fund St. Lucia’s youth economy initiative,…
THE MOTHERLAND IN DESPAIR
© Anderson Reynolds(From the unpublished collection, The Land Is Crying) Famine in EthiopiaFamine in RwandaFamine in SomaliaFamine in the Sudan.An…
Chastanet a Blessing in Disguise
During the 2021 general elections campaign and throughout his term in office, Allen Chastanet was vilified as a failed prime…
The Fear of COVID Vaccines
On Thursday 5 August, the prime minister of St. Vincent, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, was hit on the head by a…
Aftermath: A Provocative Post-Election Analysis of St. Lucian Politics
With the news of the landslide 2021 SLP election victory of 13 to 4 (or 15 to 2 if the…