Claire Adam: “I’ve always felt, ask me where I’m from!” | Own words By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Claire Adam, Trinidad-born novelist, on learning to observe, the usefulness of honest criticism, and the notion of “home” — as told to Nicholas Laughlin
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The poems must have decided on me” | Own Words By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Poet Shivanee Ramlochan on her debut book Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting, and why she’s so powerfully drawn to difficult subjects — as told to Nicholas Laughlin
Remembering Derek Walcott (1930–2017) | Icon By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) St Lucian poet, playwright, and Nobel laureate
Mt Roraima: “I could hardly imagine how we came all this way” By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) Caribbean Beat editor Nicholas Laughlin on his trek to Mt Roraima, his most memorable trip in a decade of travel
Bookshelf (March/April 2002) By James Ferguson and Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 54 (March/April 2002) New books from and about the Caribbean
Kaieteur dreaming By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 132 (March/April 2015) With their 741-foot drop over a sandstone plateau, the majestic Kaieteur Falls are an icon of Guyana, and a must-see for adventure travellers. But while most visitors hop down on an airborne day-trip, a lucky few get to experience this natural wonder the old-fashioned way, travelling by boat up the Potaro River. Nicholas Laughlin recounts the journey, and the falls’ magnetic attraction
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2002) By Nicholas Laughlin, Robert Clarke and David Katz | Issue 53 (January/February 2002) This month's reading picks
Beyond the beyond: the Shetland Islands By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) The Shetland Islands, northernmost part of the United Kingdom, seem utterly remote on the map. But Nicholas Laughlin finds they have a busy history as a crossroads of the North Atlantic
Word of mouth (November/December 2014) By Philip Sander, Nicholas Laughlin and BC Pires | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) 2014’s hottest Caribbean novel, Caribbean artists on show in Santa Fe, and a celebration of food and drink in Barbados
Finding the centre in Mexico City By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 128 (July/August 2014) Nicholas Laughlin arrives in Mexico City, and realises his whole notion of geography is wrong. The Aztecs thought this was the centre of the universe — maybe they were right
The man with the butterfly tattoo By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 100 (November/December 2009) Real-life adventure or just a rollicking good yarn? Nicholas Laughlin reads between the lines of Papillon, the classic account of an escape
Ian McDonald: evening in the garden By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 96 (March/April 2009) Poet and novelist Ian McDonald shares his memories of a rich and happy life with Nicholas Laughlin
Maria Merian: the Caterpillar lover By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 96 (March/April 2009) Nicholas Laughlin tells the curious tale of how a middle-aged 17th-century German housewife and mother travelled to the tropics...
San Andres: native island By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 94 (November/December 2008) They speak English with a Jamaican twang and listen to reggae and dancehall. But...
How to be cool at the Calabash By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 91 (May/June 2008) Nicholas Laughlin, a seasoned Calabash participant, gives the low-down on really enjoying this Jamaican literary festival
Mt Roraima: House of the Gods By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 88 (November/December 2007) Nicholas Laughlin retraces his steps to the summit of the mystical Mt Roraima
A fort with a view: Kyk-over-Al By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 84 (March/April 2007) Nicholas Laughlin braves the heat as he goes in search of Kyk-over-Al, the ruined Dutch fort that is one of Guyana's most storied historical sites
Fr Gregory Ramkissoon: “The basis for development is care” By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 83 (January/February 2007) Fr Gregory Ramkissoon, founder and head of Jamaica’s Mustard Seed Communities, on his philosophy of caring and the true meaning of development
Carnival captured By Mark Lyndersay, Nicholas Laughlin and Simon Lee | Issue 83 (January/February 2007) Carnival is colour. Carnival is music. Carnival is bacchanal. Movement. Energy. Art. Excitement. Top Trinidad photographers weigh in on the festival
Great beyond: Guyana’s Rupununi By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Guyana’s remote Rupununi savannah is still all but unknown to outsiders
Masman: Peter Minshall By Nicholas Laughlin, Attillah Springer and Georgia Popplewell | Issue 79 (May/June 2006) Peter Minshall has been one of the most controversial and influential Trinidadian artists of the last thirty years
Book Buzz (March/April 2005) By Anu Lakhan, Nicholas Laughlin and Jeremy Taylor | Issue 72 (March/April 2005) The Prodigal shows Derek Walcott at the height of his poetic powers; Lorna Goodison's stories in Fool-Fool Rose is Leaving Labour-in-Vain Savannah know the truth about love and life; Duty struggles with freedom in Lakshmi Persaud's new novel, Raise the Lanterns High
