The Journal
Wednesday Pulse. Saturday Roots. Sunday Sit-down. Edited by Denise — culture in your week, not just on your trips home.
Eight days to Jubilee. At midnight on 26 May 1966, the Union Jack came down and a country called itself something new.
Seven days to Jubilee. On 23 February 1970, Guyana became the world's first co-operative republic. The experiment didn't last, but the date still matters.
The man who gave us 'Not a Blade of Grass' never tried to be a prophet. He just wrote what he saw.
The dense, dark sweetness that sits heavy on the table and lighter in memory.
Eleven days out, here are the voices that shaped how we see ourselves.
The poet who turned verse into revolution, then revolution into verse again.
The dish that anchored every weekend, from Buxton to Brixton.
The Guyanese novelist who bent the English language until it could hold the rainforest, the river, and the dead.
Dense, dark, and unapologetically sweet — this is the dessert that doesn't apologise for what it is.
The Christmas cake that sits wrapped in rum-soaked cloth until somebody's birthday, or Tuesday.
How plantain chips became the snack that bridges Georgetown kitchens and London lunch breaks.
President Ali says the government is actively exploring mass transit — including light rail and larger buses — to keep pace with the country's oil-driven expansion.
The man who gave us 'Electric Avenue' turned his back on London's music machine in 1982. He built a studio in Barbados and never looked back.
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