Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah’s untimely passing over to be with the ancestors happened a few weeks before the usual New Year’s Honours list. Among the multiple reasons I admire Zephaniah, the one that stands out, is his refusal to accept an OBE from the establishment and its ‘Firm’ around which Empire’s lasting effect continues to…

Among my collection of folk tales, legends, myths and fables is James Finn Garner’s Politically Correct Bedtime Stories (1994) which offers humorous insights on society’s negotiating of the ‘tightrope walk’ of what some will label as ‘political correctness’. As a ‘vertically challenged’ person, I needed my library chair, which doubles-up as a ladder, to get…

I love walking, though I need to do more of it. From accompanying our hyper-active dog on daily walks and going up down escalators wherever such may be, to walking across the countryside and up/down not too high mountains, I find walking a delightful, pleasant, refreshing, healthy, and  safe undertaking. Of recent though, I have…

As an avid reader and a book-collector, I am resharing a piece I wrote in 2007 as a reflective ‘faith’ piece . Today being World Book Day (March 2, 2023 ) propels me to so do. In a context of limited access to works of fiction and prose (as a teenager in Guyana), it was…