Rules is Rules is Rules! Hopefield Preparatory and the Problem of Hair

Several of us have been keenly following the story of little Zavier Assam, banned from attending Hopefield Preparatory in Jamaica Continue reading →

My Mother Was A Guidance Counsellor

Norman Allen, the chipmunk-cheeked President-Elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association has come out in defense of the islands’ guidance counsellors. Continue reading →

If A Gay Man Screams In The Caribbean, And A White Man Isn’t There To Hear Him, Has He Still Made A Sound?

On the Matter of Trees You know of course the philosophical question I am punning on – the tree that Continue reading →

Mel Cooke Misses The Point Again

Apologies if today’s blog doesn’t address as wide an audience as I might usually address. I am talking mostly to Continue reading →

Continuing The Conversation With Damion Crawford

  Dear Damion Crawford, First I must say maximum respect for responding to my open letter. That you would take Continue reading →

An Open Letter to Damion Crawford, MP

    Dear Damion Crawford   I write to you as a fellow Jamaican. I could show you my passport Continue reading →

Mario Deane Is Only A Statistic, But What An Awful Statistic It Is!

The case of Mario Deane represents a very human and tragic story — a story that should make us all Continue reading →

In Defence of Carolyn Gomes, and Human Rights in Jamaica

1. From Writing to Righting Say what you will of Dr Carolyn Gomes, even her worst critics must give her Continue reading →