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Can we pick the winner of this unpredictable World Cup?
Reading Time: 1 minuteWho is going to take home the Fifa World Cup trophy in 2018? Talk ‘Bout Us asks for predictions from investigative sports journalist Lasana Liburd, founder of popular website Wired868. He looks to the form guide to pick a winner of this year’s unpredictable tournament. Lasana and Franka also discuss the future of Trinidad and […]
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The Culture of Cultural Development: A Look at Trinidad and Tobago
Reading Time: 1 minuteAbove: The Strange Tale of an Island Shade (2009), examines shade and race in Trinidad and Tobago. Choreography by Sonja Dumas – photo by Jeffrey Chock By Sonja Dumas, June 17, 2018, first published in four installments in NewsdayTT in July 2018. Back in the late 90s, I began writing articles about cultural development as it […]
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A safe ride down memory lane
Reading Time: 1 minuteAbove: Edward Cumberbatch, Raymond Edwards and Nigel Floyd of QED TT during their June 3 concert at Queen’s Hall, Port-of-Spain. Photo courtesy Don’t Sleep T&T Photography A review of QED TT’s concert Down Memory Lane – Remixing the Jam by Franka Philip One’s an attorney, the other a broadcaster and the third is a scientist. […]
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In Trinidad, jazz is an adjective
Reading Time: 1 minuteAbove: Vaughnette Bigford performs at Jazz Artists on The Greens in 2017. Photo by Stuart Patrick, courtesy Production One Ltd. On the weekend when Trinidad & Tobago’s most popular female jazz vocalist, Vaughnette Bigford hosts her first solo show in the capital Port-of-Spain, Franka and Ardene explore the ‘jazz economy’. Music analyst and concert […]
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