Ever-blooming Calypso Rose By Joshua Surtees | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) She’s a musical legend: the first woman to win T&T’s Calypso Monarch title, beloved by generations of Caribbean listeners. Now her latest album is winning her fans across Europe, and taking her sixty-year career in an unexpected new direction. Joshua Surtees profiles the inimitable Calypso Rose
Patricia Scotland: “I wanted to do” By Joshua Surtees | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) The first woman to be elected Commonwealth secretary-general, Dominica-born Patricia Scotland has made history in more ways than one over her stellar career. Joshua Surtees interviews the new Commonwealth head and finds out where her passion for speaking up comes from
Baroness Valerie Amos: Wakenaam to Westminster By Joshua Surtees | Issue 136 (November/December 2015) Born on a tiny island in Guyana’s Essequibo River, Baroness Valerie Amos has journeyed to the world’s corridors of power. As Joshua Surtees discovers, her Caribbean heritage has journeyed with her
The Queen’s kaiso By Joshua Surtees | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) Calypso came to Britain in 1948, on board the Windrush — and found a home in multicultural London. Joshua Surtees discovers what makes the UK version of the artform distinctive, and meets some of the kaisonians who keep it alive
Melanie Abrahams: “I like Jamaica, but I’m more Trini-minded” By Joshua Surtees | Issue 131 (January/February 2015) Melanie Abrahams, London-based literary promoter, on her mixed Caribbean heritage, and using literature to negotiate identity — as told to Joshua Surtees
St. Lucia’s Joseph Marcell: “Some say it’s luck” By Joshua Surtees | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) St Lucia-born actor Joseph Marcell on his path to the stage, his celebrated role on a hit US sitcom, and the value of both “grace” and “rivalry” for performing artists — as told to Joshua Surtees
