Sombrero Island — a distant light | On this day
A small speck of land at the northern end of the Leewards, Sombrero Island is known to few — but has a surprisngly colourful history. James Ferguson tells tales of shipwrecks, guano mines, and the 150-year-old lighthouse that saved countless sailors’ lives in the dangerous Anegada Passage
Defenders of the faith | On this day
In 1917, eighty-three years after its abolition, the spectre of slavery still haunted colonial Trinidad and Tobago. The descendants of...
The Lüders affair | On this day
For much of the more than two centuries since its declaration of independence on 1 January, 1804, Haiti has been the victim of both foreign...
Heartland album: Andrea de Silva & Alva Viarruel explore the landscape of Indo-Trinidadian culture
Roopnarine Birbal, known to his friends as “Sarge,” cuts sugarcane on lands his family owns at San Pedro Poole. Despite the end of...
John James Audubon: The Birdman | On this Day
Of all the weird and wonderful pictures that have ended up in my house over the years, there is one I particularly like. Bought ages ago by...
Harry Belafonte: calypso with a conscience
In 1956, the year in which Elvis Presley topped the US singles chart with “Heartbreak Hotel”, America’s bestselling album was neither...
The Beat goes on: Caribbean Beat turns 25
Caribbean Beat marks its 25th anniversary In early 1992, passengers boarding BWIA planes across the Caribbean, South and North America, and...
Caribbean Airlines turns ten
A decade of warmth in the skies In January 2017, Caribbean Airlines marks its tenth anniversary — a milestone for the airline’s...
