Leah Gordon is a former punk artist from London. She is also a photographer and this book reflects upon her experiences of Kanaval on the streets of Jacmel in Haïti between 1995 and 2010. Haïti was the first black republic
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Month: March 2017
Review: Dirty Combat – Secret Wars and Serious Misadventures – by David Tomkins
David Tomkins has led an interesting life, to say the least. Our swashbuckling protagonist begins his autobiography as a tough safe-cracker, self-trained in explosives. His early adventures lead him to prison life where he swaps tales and picks up skills,
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Review: The Repeating Island – The Caribbean and the Postmodern Perspective – by Antonio Benítez-Rojo
The Cuban author offers a postmodern view of the Caribbean. It is a sociocultural study that encompasses aspects of history, economics, sociology, cultural anthropology, psychoanalysis, literary theory, and non-linear mathematics, incorporating chaos theory. The book’s aims and theories are laid
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The Repeating Island – Representations of the Francophone Caribbean
With close reference to Benitez-Rojo’s notion of the ‘repeating island’, discuss how the Francophone Caribbean has been represented by writers, travellers and artists. This essay shall focus on how various writers, travellers and artists have represented the Francophone Caribbean.
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Review: Viviane Élisabeth Fauville – by Julia Deck
You are Viviane Élisabeth Fauville, a 42 year old French woman in the midst of a crisis. You have a child, a young baby, who you nurture and care for, yet your husband is in the process of leaving you.
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End Of Terror Meeting with Politician, Jessica Morden MP
This morning I met with my local MP Jessica Morden. Jessica represents Labour and is the parliamentary representative for the Newport East constituency. Over the past few years that I have known Jessica we have had two face-to-face meetings scheduled that
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