Culture, Theatre and Dance, People, Guyana
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 6 (Summer 1993)
Mister Theatre: Ken Corsbie
A million tourists do it every year. Columbus did it in 1492, and Ken Corsbie did it in 1971. Yet many people who should do it, haven’t....
Culture, Festivals and Events, Barbados
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 6 (Summer 1993)
Pick of the Crop: Barbados’ Crop Over
There’s an old Barbadian expression for walking the hot midday pavement, usually on a tedious mission: “slapping tar”....
Culture, Environment, People, Canada, Barbados
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 11 (Autumn 1994)
The Bellairs Research Institute: Finding the Answers
It is late at night. Savage waves pound the shoreline of Barbados’s rugged Atlantic coast. Emerging from the turbulence, a l80-pound...
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Brian Talma: King of the Waves
Barbadian windsurfer Brian Talma is one of the best in the world, and has been attracting plenty of international attention both for his...
Culture, Music, People, Barbados
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 18 (March/April 1996)
Arturo Tappin – Tappin’ into the Music
The place was a decorator’s nightmare. This bar was almost new, but it had that half-broken outdoor-furniture look, with garish...
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 21 (September/October 1996)
The Sugar of Spice
The stadium was packed beyond capacity, the stands and the grounds a dense patchwork of revellers. It was the largest crowd ever gathered...
By Debbie Jacob, Roxan Kinas, Essiba Small and Nazma Muller ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
New Music from the Caribbean
CALYPSO A Tribute To The Mighty Spoiler, Vol. 1 Various artists The Mighty Spoiler was one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most beloved...
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
Big Mac: Barbados’ Mac Fingall
At six foot five, the Games Master at the Lodge School looks small in his cramped cubicle, which is three feet square. Paper is scattered...