By Simon Lee ● Issue 55 (May/June 2002)
All this jazz
Besides the ubiquitous sun, and seas guaranteed to make jacuzzis run dry with envy, the Caribbean is a musical paradise awaiting your...
Culture, Literature, Arts, Barbados
By Simon Lee ● Issue 55 (May/June 2002)
An afternoon with George Lamming
In contrast to the idyllic Caribbean calm of Barbados’s “platinum” west coast, the sea at Bathsheba on the east coast is wild,...
Culture, Festivals and Events, United Kingdom
By Simon Lee ● Issue 74 (July/August 2005)
Mas on the (Notting) Hill
Whether you’re a Trini in transit or a Limey looking for action, the place to be this August Bank Holiday is on the streets of west...
Culture, Travel, Destinations, Grenada
By Skye Hernandez, Vaneisa Baksh and Simon Lee ● Issue 1 (Spring 1992)
Destination Focus: Grenada
ON THE ROAD If a rastafarian is identified by dreadlocks, what happens when he loses his hair? I wondered about this as a tall, balding man...
Culture, Travel, Cuba, United States
By Simon Lee ● Issue 42 (March/April 2000)
A day in Little Havana
If Los Angeles is the city of angels then Miami is the city of refuge and dreams, a haven for those fleeing South America or the Caribbean,...
Culture, Lifestyle, St. Kitts and Nevis
By Simon Lee ● Issue 110 (July/August 2011)
History in the remaking
Clayton Perkins first came here for family holidays while still a schoolboy in neighbouring Montserrat. Now he moves nimbly, directing...
Culture, Music, Arts, St. Kitts and Nevis
By Simon Lee ● Issue 111 (September/October 2011)
Nothing so sweet as Nevis String Band
Every Caribbean island has its own signature soundtrack, a distinctive distillation and evocation of its native spirit. So a few bars of...
Culture, Festivals and Events, St. Kitts and Nevis
By Simon Lee ● Issue 112 (November/December 2011)
Carnival at Christmas in St. Kitts
For many visitors carnival is synonymous with the Caribbean, and while Trinidad, to the south, may lay claim to the mother of all...