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Monthly Archives: June 2008

On badjohns, Brent Sancho and things in between

22-Jun-08

There is much about the local media that raises my blood pressure, but today’s feature in the Sunday Express on the origin of the word ‘badjohn’ is a beautifully-written exception. I’ll cite only the beginning, but the piece – written by Kim Johnson – is worth reading in its entirety: Of the countless jailbirds to [...]

How Bizarre

18-Jun-08

I'm always fascinated (and sometimes irked) by outsiders' perceptions of Trinidad and Tobago. In this video, which I rediscovered while trawling through my inbox, Andrew Zimmern chronicles his encounters with dasheen, pig tail, callaloo and "baconshark".

The T&T Guardian needs more than a cosmetic change

13-Jun-08

For the sake of my blood pressure, I try not to read the local newspapers. This is difficult, given my obsession with news and media and my day job as a reporter, and more often than not I succumb. And each time I pick up a copy of the Trinidad Express, or the Guardian, or [...]

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