Upbeat (Winter 1994)
Lyrics Man David Rudder (Lypsoland) A lyrics man is a calypsonian with a strong message: listen to the words, not just the music. This is...
Bookshelf (Winter 1994)
A Way In The World V. S. Naipaul (Knopf/Heinemann, 1994) The American edition of Naipaul’s latest book calls it a...
Caribbean Kitchen (Winter 1994)
Because the Caribbean is a meeting-point for so many cultures, a trip through the islands can produce as much variety as a trip across four...
Postcard from Tobago
Dear Kathy and Bob, A local restaurant owner said to me: “There are two things easy to do in Tobago. One is to relax, and the other...
Dan The Crab and The Dumpling Ghost
Dan the Crab and his friend the Dumpling Ghost went to swim in the sea on a beautiful moonlit night. The sea was calm and the water was...
Hollywood in the Caribbean
Before the Second World War, Hollywood couldn’t afford real locations for pictures with exotic settings – if it had the budget, it...
I Used to Live Here Once by Jean Rhys
She was standing by the river looking at the stepping stones and remembering each one. There was the round unsteady stone, the pointed one,...
Point and Click
If you want to know how many dotish people there are walking around these islands, then buy a camera, buy a camera. Imagine, years now I...
