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Part of our routine for the train is me giving her my headphones and playing different kinds of music. She likes Stevie Wonder and Tye Tribbett

‘Former Governor-General, Sir James Carlisle, who served in the post from 1993 to 2007, has penned an autobiography that chronicles his life from humble beginnings to ascending to the office of Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. Sir James, accompanied by his wife, Lady Emma, presented the book to Prime Minister Gaston Browne on Tuesday. The book is titled ‘A Life Shaped by Extraordinary Circumstances’, and it traces Sir James’ life from childhood in Bolans to his journey to the UK and his quest for higher learning, his service in the Royal Air Force and his decision to study as a doctor specialising in dentistry. He later returned to Antigua to open his dental office. He was appointed as Governor-General following the death of Sir Wilfred Jacobs. “I remember after Sir Wilfred Jacobs had passed and I had assumed office, a reporter came to Government House and queried ‘what should I write about him. I know nothing of him (Sir Wilfred). I don’t want that to happen to me. This is my attempt at leaving my footprints in the sand of time,” Sir James remarked. Both Sir James and PM Browne called on young people in the country to look past their current circumstances and to set themselves lofty goals and to strive to achieve them.’ Press Release, 🇦🇬Office of the Prime Minister, 7 March 2024.