Thenmaradchi (Chavakachcheri)

A weatherproof box where anyone can leave books, toys or kitchen bits and take something else: sustainability can be that simple. What matters is a good spot, permission from the owner or the council, and a few people w…

Not everyone finds smartphones, online bookings or long forms easy. Often a patient half hour is all it takes to help someone. Important: never take over passwords or bank details, go through it together step by step in…

Whether it's a part-time job in a café, delivering leaflets or tutoring: your first job brings not just money but confidence too. Make sure you get a written contract and that your hours fit around school or college. Wh…

A driving licence is a big step towards independence for many, but it takes time and money. Compare offers beforehand, study the theory regularly in small chunks and stay relaxed during lessons. Bikes and public transpo…

Spring brings blossom everywhere, summer calls you to the water, autumn leaves glow and winter gets cosy. Which season do you love most in Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat, and what do you like to do then? Let us kno…

Some words only make sense if you grew up here. Which local expression from Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat do you love, and what does it mean? Post it in the comments, ideally with a short explanation for everyone …

Moving somewhere new often means not knowing anyone yet, and that's exactly when a neighbourhood can show how welcoming it is. Just arrived in Thenmaradchi Divisional Secretariat? Tell us where you're from and what you'…

Mozart Concerto No.16 in D for piano II. Andante (Mozart) European Archive Musopen · Public Domain

Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' - II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai Musopen · Public Domain

Mozart - Die Zauberflöte, K620 - Overture Musopen · Public Domain

Borodin - String Quartet No. 1 in A major - II. Andante con moto Musopen · Public Domain

Saint Paul holds a special place in Antigua's story: Falmouth, the parish capital, was the first part of the island to be settled by the British, in 1632. By 1640 Governor Warner lived near Falmouth Bay, and in 1689 the…

Saint Philip was created in August 1681, when Antigua was divided into five parishes, and was permanently established in 1692. As elsewhere on the island, its early colonial history was dominated by sugar: more than 36 …

Saint Peter is home to one of the oldest chapters of Antigua's history: Twenty Hill near Parham is one of the two earliest and most significant sites of human occupation on the island, dating back to around 1775 BC. The…

Saint George is Antigua's newest parish: it split from Saint Peter in 1725. Yet its shores tell a much older story. Along Winthorpe's Bay, people of the Archaic Age left scatters of flint flakes and shell deposits, the …

Saint John, on the northwestern side of Antigua, is centred on the city of St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda and seat of the parish's Anglican church. Facing the Caribbean Sea and framed by some of the isla…

Saint Mary is home to the Jolly Beach site, the best-known intact Archaic habitation site in Antigua and Barbuda. Radiocarbon dates show people lived here between about 1775 and 1589 BC – some 3,500 to 4,000 years ago. …

People first came to Barbuda around 2900–3000 BC. These Archaic Age settlers arrived by canoe and lived as hunter-gatherers; scholars still debate whether they came from South America, the Greater Antilles or the Yucatá…

In 1493, on his second voyage, Christopher Columbus and his crew became the first known Europeans to see Redonda. He named it Santa María la Redonda – "Saint Mary the Round" – after its shape, but never landed. For cent…

In the Middle Ages, Dibër was part of the Principality of Kastrioti, ruled by Gjon Kastrioti. After his death in 1437 the eastern region came under Ottoman rule, but his son Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg went on to reclai…