The following is part two of an interview with Dr. Eddie Chambers, curator of the exhibition 'Curator's Eye II, Identity and History: Personal and Social Narratives in Art'. The exhibition is currently on show at the National Gallery.
MAYBE, LIKE Miss Lady, you have noticed how few people have used the phrase 'Happy New Year' to you since 2006 dawned. Once upon a time, all well into February people would still be carried by the newness momentum.
TREVOR BURNARD of the University of Sussex says of Plantation Jamaica 1750 - 1850: "A sustained tour de force of superb scholarship that deals with an extremely important and hitherto lightly examined topic in Jamaican history in a way that will shape...