Jamaica Gleaner Lifestyle
Published: Monday Tuesday | October 27, 2009
Top Hill troubles
There's trouble in the out-of-the-way farming community called Top Hill in St Catherine. While larger neighbourhoods in the valley contend with goat thieves, mango pilfering and the distressing effects of everyday criminality, there's a far more sinister issue... Read More...
Errol Flynn celebrated
For close to a decade, Errol Flynn lit up the silver screen with a series of swashbuckling roles. On November 14, the dashing actor will be remembered by the people of Port Antonio, the Portland town he once called home... Read More...
JA Story set to music
JA Story The Musical, a theatrical celebration of Jamaican history, makes its debut on October 29 at the Stratford Circus venue in east London. The production is scheduled to run for three days and concludes a series of events ... Read More...
Every contestant is a star - The gleaner honour awards, 2009
Boris Gardiner's subtle reassurance or Big Youth's ultra-cool braggadocio on their respective versions of Every Nigger is a Star may or may not sit well in a world where, for some, the 'n' word has mutated from ultimate racial put-down to an expression of macho... Read More...
'No national development without cultural development'
When Lester Lewis entered the National Gospel Contest in 1988, the born-again singer from Mount Prospect, Manchester, was largely unknown. Life changed considerably for him after his song Everytime I Read My Bible won the second staging of the competition... Read More...