The Pilgrim’s Way
On a dusty roadside in northern Spain: two journalists and a donkey. Pointed west, towards the setting sun. The story actually begins more...
Who Put the Pepper in the Vaseline?
Ever had a yearning for Pomacanthus paru or a Chaetodon striatus? Those are the Latin names for the French Angel and Banded Butterfly...
Notting Hill Carnival: Coming from the Cold
August Bank Holiday, the last Monday in August, marks the end of the summer holiday season, and for most of Britain is the time for the...
Golden Jubilee: UWI at 50
Professor Rex Nettleford examines the first 50 years of UWI as “a history of creative response to the challenge of change” In 1948,...
Jamaica Watch – Kingston Jammin’
Flying over Kingston Harbour into the Norman Manley International Airport under a hazy midday sun, you get a panoramic view of Jamaica’s...
Time for Tobago: A Destination Guide
INTRODUCTION TO TOBAGO The early morning sunlight warms the water of Stonehaven Bay, the drying seines, the pelicans perching solemnly...
Wendy from the West Indies — Trinidad’s Wendy Fitzwilliam
“The unity of the West Indies . . . ” This was one of the goals Wendy Fitzwilliam promised to work for as she was acclaimed Miss...
Six Miles High: Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
Two. Only two Jamaicans I knew had climbed the Blue Mountain Peak. It towered more than 7,000 feet over Kingston. That meant six miles of...
