The games are coming
As world-class athletes from around the region gather to compete in the region's biggest meet ever, James Fuller is there at the starting line
Issue 98 (July/August 2009)
A major new regional athletic meet kicks off in July. James Fuller is in the starting blocks • It’s known as the Spice Isle for its nutmeg, but Grenada has other, darker pleasures to offer. Lisa Allen-Agostini visits an estate that produces high-quality organic cocoa • They may have slowed down a little, but this seminal band is still playing its zany, high-energy music. David Katz was drawn into their orbit • Her name is synonymous with elegance and etiquette, and now Marguerite Gordon has published a book on the topic. Cedriann J Martin browses through the colourful chapters of her life • Whatever else you think of Machel Montano, he’s never dull. Tracy Assing follows the soca superstar in his latest new direction • Donna Yawching gets on board the little jazz bar that could • Duane Stephenson transforms Jamaica ghetto life into art. Nazma Muller quotes chapter and verse • For Robert Young, fashion is as much a calling as a career. Laura Dowrich-Phillips unpicks the seams to see what’s under his appliqués • and much more!
Grenada’s brown gold: organic cocoa
It’s known as the Spice Isle for its nutmeg, but Grenada has other, darker pleasures to offer... high quality organic cocoa.
Around the world with the Skatalites
They may have slowed down a little, but this seminal band is still playing its zany, high-energy music. David Katz was drawn into their orbit
Marguerite Gordon: lady of the manners
Her name is synonymous with elegance and etiquette, and now Marguerite Gordon has published a book on the topic
Machel Montano: Man with a mission
Whatever else you think of Machel Montano, he’s never dull. Tracy Assing follows the soca superstar in his latest new direction
Frank Francis: riding Toronto’s jazz trane
Donna Yawching gets on board the little jazz bar that could, and then man — Frank Francis — who can
Duane Stephenson: reggae’s poet of the people
Duane Stephenson transforms Jamaica ghetto life into art. Nazma Muller quotes chapter and verse
Robert Young: man of the Cloth
For Robert Young, fashion is as much a calling as a career. Laura Dowrich-Phillips unpicks the seams to see what’s under his appliqués
If you’ve had a few too many…keep walking
Mirissa De Four falls into step with a campaign to help drinkers learn their limits
Kendel Hippolyte: a light for St Lucia
Writer Kendel Hippolyte and Jane King want to bring down the curtain on the search for a home for their pioneering theatre company
Word sound and power
Of course popular musicians are entitled to free speech. But what if they’re promoting violence and hate? Garry Steckles speaks out on the issue
Redonda: kingdom of the birds
King Juan II is the monarch of all he surveys…even if his realm is only a small rock that he inherited from a friend
The Rhodes more travelled: Gary Rhodes
British chef Gary Rhodes owns a restaurant in the region, yet he’s only now discovering its food
Lost in translation
Overseas visitors often assume there’s only one West Indian dialect. But native daughter Desiree McEachrane knows better…fi true!
