Happenings (May/June 2010)
Caribbean Fashion Week: a decade of design Mirissa De Four As it celebrates its tenth edition, perhaps Jamaica’s Caribbean Fashion Week...
Marlin Madness: masters of the deep
It’s 5am on a warm, overcast morning and I’m negotiating a wobbly exit from the pirogue which has taxied me out from Tobago’s Pigeon...
Happenings (July/August 2010)
Celebrating Crop Over Wayne Simmons and Mark Jason Welch It’s time for Crop Over, the annual festival that sweeps across the green hills,...
Happenings – November/December 2010
Chocolate in all its glory Chocolate lovers won’t be surprised to learn that the word “cocoa” translates as “food of the gods”....
Ramleela: epic on a village stage
In the pantheon of Hindu festivals, Divali probably holds pride of place in Trinidad & Tobago. The festival of lights, which falls on...
Happenings (September/October 2011)
Divali: a holy time for Hindus The Hindu community throughout the world celebrates Divali – the triumph of good over evil, or that of...
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...
Happenings (November/December 2011)
Cycling vacation in Curaçao Intrigued by the idea of a racing vacation, former Dutch professional cyclists Leo van Vliet and Erik...
