“Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note as his corpse to the rampart we hurried.” This stanza from the poem “The burial of Sir John Moore” as recorded by Charles Wolfe (1791-1823), reminded the Read More
TRAINING OF WALKING TOUR GUIDES FOR THE CITY OF ST. GEORGE.
After many years of unfavorable reports from our Cruise ship visitors to the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) and to its predecessor – The Board, and to others, regarding inaccurate (historical) Read More
PRODUCTION OF A HERITAGE BROCHURE of the HISTORIC QUARTER
PRODUCTION OF A HERITAGE BROCHURE of the HISTORIC QUARTER Conditions of Engagement The Willie Redhead Foundation (tWRF) is desirous of producing and publishing a coloured brochure of Read More
URBANIZATION AS A NEW ECONOMIC FRONTIER.
In 1994 when the Willie Redhead Foundation (tWRF) was established, it had as its mantra: “For the development and renewal of Urban St. George”. Over the years as the foundation began to evolve the Read More
PRINCIPLE TEN, A GRENADA IMPERATIVE
A local television news item on the evening of June 22, 2017 captioned PRINCIPLE TEN caught the attention of the Sentinel, and on Sunday June 25, 2017 there was a more in-depth presentation on Chime Read More
FROM TANTEEN TO PERSEVERANCE
In the year of Our Lord – 2010, St. George’s “celebrated”, in a manner of speaking – it’s tricentennial anniversary. In simple language, the citizens of Grenada took time out to mark the 300th Read More
Full text of GIS interview with tWRF on the BUILT HERITAGE on April 27, 2017. (Heritage month April 2017)
In the introduction to their book entitled CARIBBEAN STYLE, two famous Martiniquan Architects, Jack Berthelot and Martine Gauomé made the following observation: Quote: “the origin of the Caribbean Read More
BLACK SKIN WHITE MASKS
The caption of this Sentinel article is borrowed from the book of the same title, written by Frantz Fanon and published in 1952, which has sold over one million English language copies and translated Read More
The continued UGLIFICATION of Urban St. George.
In days of yore, when Grenada had Local Government, which was administered by District Boards in every town, St. George’s as the capital, had the distinction of having a MAYOR as its chief executive Read More
HERITAGE MONTH – April 2017
“A county that does not appreciate and protect its natural and cultural heritage is not deserving of nationhood” – Dr. Keith Rowley Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago. (words to that Read More