Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2020) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 161 (January/February 2020) Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — Carnival Kings and Queens in T&T, Barbados’s Hometown Festival, Jamaica Jamaica! exhibition, and more
Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2019) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean — parang in Trinidad, Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize, Sugar Mas in St Kitts, and more
Need to know | Events calendar (September/October 2019) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of September and October across the Caribbean — from a new literature festival in Brooklyn to Divali in T&T, Guyana, and Suriname
Five days in Barbados | Destination By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) Heading to Barbados? Of course you’ll hit the beach. But there’s much more to this island of twenty-one by fourteen miles — as this itinerary compiled by Shelly-Ann Inniss makes clear. Get ready for adventures on the hiking trail, underground, on a historic railway — and that’s just to start
Need to know | Events calendar (July/August 2019) By Andre Bagoo and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 158 (July/August 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of July and August across the Caribbean — from Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica to Carifesta in T&T
Far and near — Milton Kam | Panorama By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 158 (July/August 2019) Suriname’s indigenous communities walk a line between the traditional and the contemporary, distance and proximity — documented in a new book of photographs by Milton Kam
Need to know | Events calendar (May/June 2019) By Nazma Muller and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 157 (May/June 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of May and June across the Caribbean — from motorsports in Barbados to a pineapple festival in the Bahamas and a marathon in Tobago
Sir Hilary Beckles: “I’m aware of how fragile the Caribbean is” | Own words By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 157 (May/June 2019) Sir Hilary Beckles, Barbadian historian, cricket enthusiast, and UWI vice chancellor, on his intellectual formation, the role of a Caribbean university, and the moral imperative of slavery reparations — as told to Shelly-Ann Inniss
Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2019) By Philip Sander, Kellie Magnus and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 156 (March/April 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from music festivals to Holi poems to Jamaica’s Champs athletics extravaganza
Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019) By David Katz and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados
A beginner’s guide to the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival By Shelly-Ann Inniss | News & Online Exclusives Kingston: a haven for food-lovers. Datebook writer Shelly-Ann Inniss explores the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2018) By Bridget van Dongen, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean
Michelle Sohan: the accidental baker | Cookup By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Baking wasn’t always a passion for Michelle Sohan — but this “accidental” career has won her international kudos
Foodies’ Barbados | Destination By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) The island fondly known as Bim is famous for its fabulous beaches, but now it’s becoming a fixture for Caribbean gourmands as well. Shelly-Ann Inniss takes us on a parish-by-parish tour of culinary highlights
Mother knows best | Be well By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) For centuries, Caribbean women delivered their babies with the help of traditional midwives. Now a new generation of mothers are opting for natural birthing centres like Trinidad and Tobago’s Mamatoto, reports Shelly-Ann Inniss
The Graeme Hall Swamp: Return Of The Birds By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 45 (September/October 2000) The Graeme Hall Swamp in Barbados was slowly filled in over the course of a century, in the process losing much of its wild inhabitants. Now they are coming back. Roxan Kinas explains
Caribbean spirit By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) US photographer Wyatt Gallery's images reflect a part of the Caribbean that is often ignored — or perhaps not ever seen — by the average holiday visitor. These images taken during a six-month journey around the Caribbean, capture the spirituality that emanates from particular places and buildings, whether they are religious or secular. They form part of a study that Gallery is continuing in Trinidad and Tobago on a Fulbright scholarship
Talk Yuh Talk By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) The conscious lyrics of 3 Canal's hit song
The Basseterre beat By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) The St Kitts Music Festival is becoming one of the Caribbean’s most attractive music events. Patricia Meschino reports from this year’s venue in Basseterre
Patrick Chamoiseau: Return of the Creole By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) James Ferguson talks to the novelist Patrick Chamoiseau whose controversial ideas have fuelled a raging debate on Martinique’s future
Port Royal, Jamaica — return from the deep By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) The fascinating history of Jamaica's Port Royal is being brought back to life. Mark Wilson reports
Keeping The Money Clean By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 45 (September/October 2000) The Caribbean is a key battleground in the fight to ensure that drug money does not become legitimised. And Caribbean banks are the first line of defence against "money laundering". David Renwick explains
