Caribbean Datebook (January/February 2013)
Around the region Jump and wave! Carnival: the origins of the festival are disputed by scholars, the name alone evokes different things for...
Word of mouth (January/February 2013)
Dancing for dawn Attillah Springer holds up her flag for J’Ouvert, Trinidad Carnival’s opening act A little enamel cup of coffee, with...
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2013)
Our Pick Daughters of Empire, by Lakshmi Persaud (Peepal Tree Press, 334 pp, ISBN 9781845231873) For Amira Vidhur and her family, life in...
Caribbean Playlist (January/February 2013)
Our pick The Pot Hounds, by jointpop (Anarchy on the Avenue Records) A new album from Trinidad’s leading rock and roll band, jointpop,...
Mummy’s sweet hand
Some of my friends will start the New Year with champagne, scotch, and lavish meals at parties, while others will stay home and cook peas...
Datebook (November/December 2012)
BARBADOS Grab a bite… Come November, chefs across Barbados turn up the temperature for the Barbados Food & Wine and Rum Festival....
Word of Mouth (November/December 2012)
Parade of lights Neil Marks on the illuminated motorcades of Guyanese Diwali Every Diwali (or Divali, as Trinis spell it), Hindus turn...
Bookshelf (November/December 2012)
Our pick The Ladies Are Upstairs, by Merle Collins (Peepal Tree Press, 160 pp, ISBN 9781845231798) Employing short fiction to span a...
