By Colin Croft ● Issue 33 (September/October 1998)
By Any Other Name
“Tooth Pick”, “Groover”, “Fruit-T”, “Tangles”, “Iron Gloves”, “Dog”, “Little Master” may sound like horses...
By James Ferguson ● Issue 35 (January/February 1999)
More than Life or Death: CLR James’ Beyond a Boundary
It was Bill Shankley, the manager of Liverpool Football Club, who once famously said that football wasn’t really a matter of life or...
Culture, Festivals and Events, Sports
By Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 35 (January/February 1999)
Fields of Dreams
The International Test Cricket season is always awaited with eagerness by cricket-mad West Indians. And with the top-rated Aussies as...
Culture, People, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago
By Jack Carroll ● Issue 37 (May/June 1999)
Doing It Dwight: Tobago’s Dwight Yorke
The story of the young boy plucked from the beaches of Tobago against his mother’s wishes to join the uncertain world of English football...
By Dylan Kerrigan and Kwame Laurence ● Issue 60 (March/April 2003)
Sean Paul, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Giselle Salandy
When it comes to dancehall, 2002 belonged to the uptown Jamaican performer Sean Paul and his Dutty Cup Crew. With a historic recording deal...
Culture, Festivals and Events, Sports
By Dylan Kerrigan ● Issue 61 (May/June 2003)
West Indies Cricket: The Next 11 . . .
Whether the team performs magnificently or otherwise, there’s nothing in the world like West Indies cricket. There was a time when...
Culture, People, Sports, Barbados
By Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 61 (May/June 2003)
Tony Cozier: a Voice & a Vision
“Why, you’re Tony Cozier,” said the rental car man. Cozier, you see, had spoken. Until he opened his mouth, he had simply...
Culture, People, Sports, Guyana
By Vaneisa Baksh ● Issue 61 (May/June 2003)
Poignant Power: West Indies cricket
World Cup 2003 in South Africa was all theatre. Unwavering titans crushing all comers; epic battles fought by underdogs; unknown heroes...