Art Buzz (January/February 2004)
A calendar of their own An artist friend once told me the two things he needed most were space to paint and money with which [...]
View ArticleAn afternoon with George Lamming
In contrast to the idyllic Caribbean calm of Barbados’s “platinum” west coast, the sea at Bathsheba on the east coast is wild, whipped by the [...]
View ArticleLittle Boy Blue
Stories of childhood and growing up feature prominently in the history of Caribbean literature. Maybe it’s because so many authors from the region end up [...]
View ArticleAll Business
If you do business in the Caribbean, or are thinking of doing so, here’s a collection of business-related sites to keep your cash flowing and [...]
View ArticleAll this jazz
Besides the ubiquitous sun, and seas guaranteed to make jacuzzis run dry with envy, the Caribbean is a musical paradise awaiting your discovery. You’re winging [...]
View ArticleHappenings (January/February 2009)
Beat of the Big Apple Caribbean Beat sales manager Helen Shair-Singh recently returned from New York with good news: you can now read your favourite [...]
View ArticleIsland hopper (May/June 2006)
In May and June, Caribbean music lovers are spoiled for choice, with big events nearly every weekend showcasing rhythms to suit nearly all tastes. The [...]
View ArticleHappenings (November/December 2010)
Guyana Fashion Week: art with a heart The Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) is a fashion event with a difference. Each year, the event supports causes [...]
View ArticleSnapshots (March/April 2008)
Shontelle Layne: focus pon me That’s the title of one of the tracks Shontelle Layne wrote for her debut album. But really, as she says [...]
View ArticleReviews (July/August 2009)
BOOK REVEIWS A piecemeal portrayal Lisa Allen-Agostini A mere ten years ago, photography was discussed in terms of shutter speed, aperture, exposure, composition. Today, it’s [...]
View ArticleLewis Hamilton: the drive to win
It takes a precocious ten-year-old to walk up to one of motor racing’s leading figures and say that he wants to drive for his Formula [...]
View ArticleBook reviews (November/December 2008)
Marcus Garvey: hero or hustler? “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can [...]
View ArticleSaving sea turtles in the Grenadines…one turtle at a time
Sea turtles have been swimming the world’s oceans since the days when dinosaurs walked the land. Now all seven species of these ancient and enduring [...]
View ArticleHappenings (March/April 2008)
More mas in St Maarten Judy H Fitzpatrick There’s something especially captivating about Carnival in the tiny Dutch/French island of St Maarten/St Martin. With 106 [...]
View ArticleGrenada’s brown gold: organic cocoa
Grenada is known as “the Spice Isle”, but the island’s artisan organic chocolate has won awards – and fans – among lovers of the dark [...]
View ArticleThe cricket-lover’s instant guide to the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda Sun, sand and sea have made Antigua and Barbuda popular both with families and as a port of call for cruise ships. [...]
View ArticleA short history of World Cup Cricket
1975 One day inter-national cricket was in its infancy — only eighteen games had ever been played worldwide — when eight teams assembled in England [...]
View ArticleHappenings – March/April 2011
Not just another manic Monday “Is mud, mud, mud, mud, mud madness!” This line from rapso group 3Canal’s hit song, “Mud Madness”, describes what J’Ouvert [...]
View ArticleHappenings (July/August 2008)
Carnival in the air “Carnival in the air, pretty girls everywhere…” go the lyrics of a song by Trinidadian soca artiste Patrice Roberts, from Carnival [...]
View ArticleWhat’s fun and fresh in the Caribbean this month
Rude girl power Tanya Stephens isn’t the usual sugar-coated musical snack-bite that record companies seem so fond of. She’s too honest — and too outspoken [...]
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