Eulogy for Marie Deterville
If we were her early miracles, lot # 31 was the most significant structural miracle in my mother’s and in our lives. Continue reading Eulogy for Marie Deterville
If we were her early miracles, lot # 31 was the most significant structural miracle in my mother’s and in our lives. Continue reading Eulogy for Marie Deterville
We lost The Honourable Sir Derek Walcott. We lost his childhood home which, in 2016, had been designated a national treasure and was part of a larger redevelopment and rehabilitation project. That got shot to hell. And to add insult to injury, the latest discussion involves the closure of the National Cultural Centre, or at least the movement of said National Cultural Centre away from its only home on Barnards’s Hill to an undisclosed location. Continue reading From The Archives of Judy C Deterville – I Went, I saw…
In 2016, Saint Lucia put on what some might describe as an incredible Saint Lucia Jazz event, in commemoration of 25 years of the festival, which by then had been re-branded as the Saint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival. George Benson, Kool and the Gang, Ronald “Boo” Hinkson and Kazzav were among the head-liners. Continue reading From the Archives of Judy C Deterville – Ants at Jazz
I thought I was enlightened, and artistic. I thought I loved the arts because I had attended a couple of performances, and I had dared to write what I thought were reviews. Now that I look back, I realise that the joke has been on me. Continue reading From the Archives of Judy C Deterville: The Good and The Evil
Desiderata says – “It is still a beautiful world; strive to be happy”. In Saint Lucia, we are proud to wear our black, white, yellow and blue, proclaiming our independence to the world. Continue reading From the Archives of Judy C Deterville: Ah…The Infinite Joy of Being St. Lucian
‘Meeting (President) Mandela was a special moment for me and the other girls.’ Continue reading From the archives of Judy C Deterville: Yasmin – Coming out of Africa
I have been reliably informed that 60 to 70 years ago, children would happily fish alongside this bay for black … Continue reading Tou Ganier – now Serenity Park