by Annabelle Alcazar
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come. Starring reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, written by Trevor Rhone and directed by Perry Henzell, the movie achieved virtual cult status, and is being re-released in several US cities. It was also a watershed in Caribbean film...
by Annabelle Alcazar
Since the days of Walter Raleigh, the name La Brea has been synonymous with Trinidad’s Pitch Lake (La Brea means pitch in Spanish). Its churning asphalt saved Raleigh’s leaky fleet, and its endless supply gave smooth surfaces to the roads of the world until a synthetic equivalent made...
by Annabelle Alcazar
August Bank Holiday, the last Monday in August, marks the end of the summer holiday season, and for most of Britain is the time for the final trip to the seaside, candyfloss and ice-cream, toes dipped into the sea. But in the Notting Hill area of west London something quite different is in the air...
by Annabelle Alcazar
The conflict in the former Yugoslavia began in 1991 when Slovenia and Croatia declared independence and the Serbs, backed by the powerful Yugoslav army, attacked Slovenia. Over the next two years the war escalated into a horror that became familiar viewing on television. Bosnia seceded, but the...