Author: Tony Deyal

  • Bird on a Blackberry Bush

    It was just a few days to go before Christmas and we went over to Adam’s Bagelry, the only real bagel factory in the Caribbean, Continue reading

  • The Aye Ayes Have It

    When I was in my salad days and very green in judgment, I was often accused of being too “manish”, a term reserved for those Continue reading

  • Let the Right One Win

    I read somewhere that the word “politics” is really two words and not one, something like “harass”. The writer explained that the first syllable “poli” Continue reading

  • The Putin Protocol and Other Presidential Gaffes

    It is said that diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice doggy” while reaching for a rock.  However, for those like Boris Yeltsin, former Russian Continue reading

  • Britannia Rules

    The evil that men do lives after them and so too their laws. This is the case of the British in India. Ironically, I saw Continue reading

  • Don’t Know Beans

    A cappuccino is an Italian coffee drink which is traditionally prepared with espresso, hot milk, and steamed-milk foam. The name comes from the Capuchin friars, Continue reading

  • Women, Wheels and Deals

    William Congreve (1670 – 1729) was an English poet and playwright. Two of his characteristic pithy and witty turns of phrase, both from the play Continue reading

  • Cricket Below Parr

    Jack Parr was the first host of the ground-breaking, late-night television programme known as ‘The Tonight Show’ later made even more popular by Johnny Carson Continue reading

  • Tony and the Rooster Booster

    There are twelve signs in the Shēngxiào or Chinese zodiac, each linked to an animal. The Rat is the first animal in the cycle and Continue reading

  • Pilot Errors

    If I had a nickname for any of the pilots of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) who “sicked out” a few days (Tuesday July 1) ago and left passengers stranded in many different airports throughout the region and wherever else the airline flies, it will be “Wrong Way”

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