The chicken getaway
I’ve had very few pleasant encounters with birds: wild, pet or poultry. When I was a child, I had been pecked by an overprotective...
Donna Symmonds: “what she know about cricket?”
“On the last day South Africa were 122 for two, needing only 201 to win, and there was this feeling, obviously, that the West Indies...
Grenada grace
Up here, on the ramparts of Fort George, you can see everything. The little town of St George’s spreads up the hill above the harbour,...
Potted history
Caribbean handicrafts — from canoe building to basket making, lace embroidery and vaudou flags — combine function, aesthetics and...
Oxford blues
“Step up! Step up!” The voice was loud, male and aggressive. Nah, it couldn’t be — “He must be Jamaican,” I said to Richard. He...
Bongo Herman — The Sacred Drum
Mi na beat drum, mi play wid notes. When oonoo beat drum oonoo beat woman too. Oonoo mek all type a noise. King David say fi play pon yuh...
Carnival Messiah: Geraldine’s Possession
To say that she’s possessed may not sound complimentary, but it describes the passion and drive that Trinidadian-British composer...
Carnival Countdown (Part 2)
Children’s Carnival Kids show them Most children love to play dress-up; in Trinidad and Tobago, however, they have an official forum for...
