Trinidadian writer Monique Roffey on Earl Lovelace’s first novel in 15 years: Is Just a Movie
Peter Minshall has been one of the most controversial and influential Trinidadian artists of the last thirty years
Essiba Small previews the mas bands of T&T Carnival 2012
The great painter of American birds, Jean-Jacques Fougère-Audubon, was born in the Caribbean. Caroline Popovic investigates
Since 2005, he’s dominated Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival with what he calls “theatre mas” – costumes that are more than just bikinis and beads...
The master musician has new tricks up his sleeve for T&T Carnival 2012
For most people, Trinidad Carnival only lasts two days. But for the men and women who build or sew the thousands of costumes, the season starts early
Pat Ganase meets calypso's boy wonder, winer extraordinaire Machel Montano
Caroline Taylor gets close to Ella Andall, a singer with a distinct voice and the power to make the spirits sit up and listen
Michael Goodwin profiles American pan virtuoso Andy Narrell, and his debut as an arranger at the 1999 Steelband Panorama competition in Trinidad
Barbados Crop Over bandleader and designer Betty West on the importance of understanding history and preserving culture
Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately known as Miss Lou, was one of the most influential figures in Jamaican culture
It was the era of independence – but Anguilla wanted to remain a British colony. Montague Kobbe looks back at an odd victory for people power
Classic recipes are handed down in a book that spells out the ABC of Indo-Trinidadian cuisine...
Each year, with drums and fire, Trinidad re-enacts a struggle for emancipation. Ray Funk and Jeffrey Chock witness this renewed tradition
A round-up of current and coming events on the Caribbean calendar
Designer Wayne Berkeley this year equalled an all-time Carnival record – George Bailey's four consecutive crowns 40 years ago.
'Masman' Peter Minshall took the revolutionary techniques of his Trinidad Carnival bands to the opening of the Olympics
St Lucian painter Dunstan St Omer dedicates all his work to the Virgin Mary. Caroline Popovic went to meet him
Angry, fearless, and sharply funny, Jamaica Kincaid’s novels and short stories explore the repossession of the self and the assertion of individual...