Author: Judy Raymond

Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Past masters of the mas

Traditional Carnival characters have been relegated to the periphery of Carnival in Port of Spain, laments Abigail Hadeed. She’s been...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Albert Laveau: A Man for All Seasons

Albert Laveau is a relative newcomer to the Trinidad Theatre Workshop – he didn’t join it until 1962. But as the company marks half a...

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Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago

The Measure of a Mann

Margaret Mann, a girl from Guernsey, sailed to Trinidad in 1847, with her husband Gother, a soldier and civil engineer. While her husband...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Trinidad and Tobago

Meiling and Msquared

Trinidadian designer Meiling is known for her classic one-of-a-kind outfits, the closest the Caribbean comes to haute couture. Over the...

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Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago

JGB Siegert: a taste for adventure

Dr JGB Siegert is known as the inventor of Angostura Bitters, but he wasn’t just a stolid German businessman. In fact he doesn’t seem...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, People, Trinidad and Tobago

They call her Noble — Trinidad’s Noble Douglas

Noble Douglas is dancing. She skips around the room on dainty feet in soft leather shoes, toes pointed. She’s teaching a class, and...

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Culture, Film and Television, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago

Winter movie heads for the tropics

A Winter Tale might not sound like a Caribbean movie—but this film has deep roots in the region. And filmgoers in this part of the world...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago

Meiling: the realm of style

Meiling’s archive consists of a large cardboard box labelled “Meiling’s photos.” The contents date back as far as the 1960s, when...

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