History has its unobtrusive, writing-scholars, and–up to now–it has also its popular-writing-scholars, who make history live, in a manner which influences the national self-conception. Lucy Mackintosh is one of the second type. She is a well-regarded New Zealand historian, curator, and a public intellectual who has had a significant influence on the redefinition of the…
There are individuals who would be in the limelight. There are other ones who dwell near it, but take another road. Isabelle de Caires is in the latter category. She is the daughter of a well-known Guyanese journalist, David de Caires who founded The Stabroek News, and whose wife, Michael Atherton, is a former captain…
The current world is no longer a world that regards sustainability as a peripheral concern.It is the focus of business, policy and normal life. Ever-conscious of the way we live, and our construction methods, climate change discussions and responsible supply chains are causing people to ask more challenging questions. Lucy Symons-Jones in this fictional and…
In each generation, we have people who appear to mark their own trail–stable, deliberate and very purposeful. Here is one of those figures who is Darwin Thomas Meprethu. It is an imaginary and artistic biography, which is developed in order to discover what it is like to live on focus, strength, and foresight in a…
British broadcasting is an industry where long, steady careers are imagined. So, when one considers such a career, the name of John Craven will be mentioned. He is a well-known and trusted figure on television and has been serving the television industry especially on the country file show and other earlier news shows over the…
There are those whose names feature in headlines in every age, and there are those who make the headlines without necessarily seeking the limelight. Andrew Bermejo is the second type of character: intelligent, tactical, and unobtrusive in the sphere of media and the world of discussion in his fictional and illustrative profile. It is not…
Trust is one of the most elusive qualities in journalism in a world where news is spread fast and opinions even faster. The readers do not merely expect to be informed to read- they expect clarity of information, honesty and familiarity, a voice of the human being that they can trust. In such fictional and…
Columnist journalism has become one of the most influential means of decelerating the pace of news and putting some sense into the clatter in a world where news travels quickly and opinions travel faster. It is not only a matter of facts reporting anymore. It is the context, the clarity and posing the questions that…
The interest usually goes beyond the star when the reality TV and social media expose a person to the world. The fans will start to wonder about family, upbringing, and the individuals that influenced that personality way before the fame came. This has been precisely the case with Patrique Habboo who is the father of…
Being the child of famous parents is a complex process. The media is a glamorous, media-access, and privilege life that the people assume. However, to most children of celebrities, reality is very different, it is more intimate, reserved and purposefully secret. Molly Fenwick is one obvious illustration of this lesser way. Being a daughter of…
