The idea that any Trinbagonian could even consider engaging in a pre-meditated attack on his own people and within his own Carnival is so beyond the pale of the imagination as to be dismissed as just another Trini rumour. And yet, this is what the public was told by the T&T Police Service (TTPS) following the arrest of four persons said to be involved in a criminal conspiracy to disrupt Carnival Monday and Tuesday.

I might be biased but Danny Boyle’s boundlessly creative, life-affirming party for London 2012 will take some beating for curtain-raising Olympic bashes. However, the Live Winter Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony (BBC One) from South Korea came pretty close.