Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2018)

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Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean

The celebration of Las Parrandas de Remedios nears its dramatic climax. Photo by Stephen Smith/Alamy Stock Photo

The inimitable Grace Jones | Backstory

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She’s an instantly recognisable icon of music and fashion, with a forty-year career in the limelight. And the inimitable Grace Jones is Jamaican to the core, says Nazma Muller

Jones’s “statuesque flamboyance” in full display on stage. Photo by Joseph Okpako/Getty Images

Jeanine De Bique: “It doesn’t matter where you come from” | Own words

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Jeanine De Bique, Trinidad-born classical singer, on the influence of her upbringing, and why Trinis “could do anything” — as told to Caroline Taylor

Photo courtesy Jeanine De Bique

Foodies’ Barbados | Destination

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The island fondly known as Bim is famous for its fabulous beaches, but now it’s becoming a fixture for Caribbean gourmands as well. Shelly-Ann Inniss takes us on a parish-by-parish tour of culinary highlights

Enjoying the vibe — and the food — at the Friday-night fish fry in Oistins. Photo courtesy Barbados Touyrism Marketing Inc
The celebration of Las Parrandas de Remedios nears its dramatic climax. Photo by Stephen Smith/Alamy Stock Photo
Jones’s “statuesque flamboyance” in full display on stage. Photo by Joseph Okpako/Getty Images
Photo courtesy Jeanine De Bique
Enjoying the vibe — and the food — at the Friday-night fish fry in Oistins. Photo courtesy Barbados Touyrism Marketing Inc
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Kevin Jared Hosein: a writer with a plan | Closeup

His recent win of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize affirms that Kevin Jared Hosein is a rising literary star. But his success didn’t come from nowhere, Shivanee Ramlochan discovers — rather, it’s the achievent of a patient devotion to writing, despite the odds

immerse Kevin Jared Hosein with his dog Saucy. Photo by Mark Lyndersay
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Ayurveda: finding the balance | Be well

Practised for millennia in the Indian subcontinent, traditional ayurvedic medicine, with its focus on achieving both physical and spiritual balance, was brought to the Caribbean in the nineteenth century — and recently has been more widely adopted as a form of “alternative medicine.” Cate Young learns more, and talks to two practitioners who say ayurveda has helped them bring their lives and health into equilibrium

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The secret life of sunscreen | Green

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The blazing rays of the tropical sun can take a heavy toll on your skin — which is why most beachgoers and swimmers in the Caribbean slather on a layer of protective sunscreen before they disrobe. But the very chemicals that protect human skin can be toxic for corals — and the Caribbean’s reefs pay the price. Erline Andrews investigates

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The war after the war | On this day

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Thousands of men from the British West Indies enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War, playing a crucial but often thankless role in the Allied victory. And when the fighting was over, another struggle for respect and recognition began — feeding a new wave of self-determination in the Caribbean. James Ferguson remembers the events of a century ago that set it all in motion

Illustration by Rohan Mitchell
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