Author: Roxan Kinas

Culture, Theatre and Dance, People, Guyana

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....

Read More

Culture, Festivals and Events, Barbados

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”....

Read More

Culture, Environment, People, Canada, Barbados

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...

Read More

People, Sports, Barbados

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...

Read More

Culture, Music, People, Barbados

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...

Read More

Culture, Music, Barbados

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...

Read More

Culture, Music, Reviews

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...

Read More

Culture, People, Barbados

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...

Read More

Funding provided by the 11th EDF Regional Private Sector Development Programme Direct Support Grants Programme.
The views expressed on this website are those of the the authors and do not reflect those of the Direct Support Grants Programme.

Close