Immerse, Travel, History, Trinidad and Tobago
By Judy Raymond ● Issue 151 (May/June 2018)
Port of Spain: the story of a city | Backstory
A childhood encounter with a touring steelband began Stephen Stuempfle’s connection with Trinidad. Now the US scholar has written an illuminating history of Port of Spain in the era before Independence. As Judy Raymond learns, Stuempfle’s research has only deepened his love for T&T’s capital
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, History, People
By Judy Raymond ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
Fanny Eaton: forgotten beauty
When Fanny Eaton died in west London on March 4, 1924, her memories were already lost to senility. She had worked as a cleaner, a...
Immerse, Community, History, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Judy Raymond ● Caribbean Resilience (1 May 2020), Issue 140 (July/August 2016)
The Merikins: heroes of the forgotten war
The company villages perch atop the ridges of low hills in southern Trinidad — too low to offer panoramic views, but high enough to keep...
Immerse, Culture, History, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Judy Raymond ● Issue 138 (March/April 2016)
Angelo Bissessarsingh: back in times
“He got excited about the drainpipes!” said the astonished reporter. She’d been assigned to write a profile of Angelo Bissessarsingh...
By Judy Raymond ● Issue 136 (November/December 2015)
Gerard Besson: “I’m such a set of loose ends”
I only became white recently, you know. I remember the day — but that’s another story. Daddy was white and blond, and looked like Bing...
By Judy Raymond ● Issue 1 (Spring 1992)
Carifesta V (1992): A Grand Family Reunion
Over the next few months, under the shadow of the hills of Trinidad’s Northern Range, an Amerindian village will rise from the...
By Judy Raymond, Attillah Springer and John Robert Lee ● Issue 131 (January/February 2015)
Word of mouth (January/February 2015)
The beauty of the battle Attillah Springer on the traditions and power of stickfighting, Trinidad’s homegrown martial art Forget the big...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United States
By Judy Raymond ● Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
Picking the Big Apple
No cheese? You gotta have cheese, baby!” yelled the man behind the counter at La Bagel Delight. He was yelling, in a not unfriendly way,...