By James Ferguson ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
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
Engage, History, Trinidad and Tobago
By James Ferguson ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
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...
By James Ferguson ● Issue 147 (September/October 2017)
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...
Arrive, Community, Culture, Travel, History, Lifestyle
By Various Contributors ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
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...
Engage, Culture, History, Lifestyle
By James Ferguson ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
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...
Engage, Music, History, People, Jamaica
By James Ferguson ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
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...
Immerse, Literature, Business, History, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
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...
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
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...