Wining words: a Trinidad Carnival wining dictionary | Classic | Last word
When I was a little girl, it was bad form for a middle-class lass to play Brown Girl in the Ring and actually wine when she had to “show...
Diane McTurk: “Karanambo was twice accursed”
My great-great-grandfather Sir Michael McTurk came to British Guiana in the early 19th century — he was a medical officer. He was the...
Fuelling growth
Our civilisation is built on oil. Every time we turn on a light or a television set, we are consuming oil. Every product in the supermarket...
Doctor say: Eric Williams’ history lessons
It’s hard to imagine now — in an age of intensive academic research and publishing — that only 35 years ago there was barely a single...
St Kitts: Small island, big music
I love a good music festival. And over the years I’ve been lucky enough to attend more than my fair share of them. My fond memories...
Volcano is boss: Montserrat after the Soufrière Hills eruption
“It came upon us very suddenly one night — 18 July, 1995. It sounded in Plymouth as though a big jet was landing. It was roaring,”...
Alison Hinds: on her own, and on a roll
There are two things Alison Hinds wants people to know, now that she is no longer the lead singer of the band once called Square One. The...
Caribbean bookshelf – January/February 2006
Freedom poems Yoruba from Cuba: Selected Poems – Nicolás Guillén, translated by Salvador Ortiz-Carboneres (Peepal Tree Press, ISBN...
