Call of the wild | Did you even know By Caribbean Beat | September/October 2020 • Digital Issue Our trivia column tests your knowledge of the Caribbean’s rare and diverse wildlife
Time to Grow | Green By Nazma Muller | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue In recent years, a handful of NGOs in Trinidad and Tobago have worked to set up community-based agriculture initiatives, both to provide healthier food options and to make local communities more self-sufficient. It’s a movement that has become even more relevant in the time of COVID-19, writes Nazma Muller, as food security becomes crucial
An island for a princess | On this day By James Ferguson | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue Sixty years ago, the newlywed Princess Margaret, sister to the queen of England, arrived in Mustique on her honeymoon. It was the start of a relationship between the tiny Grenadine island and international celebrity, writes James Ferguson — and a twist in the complicated and often unhappy life of the princess
Caribbean favourites | Did you even know By Caribbean Beat | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue Our trivia column tests your knowledge of some of the Caribbean’s signature places
Nature’s Bread | Green By Erline Andrews | Issue 162 (March/April 2020) It’s delicious, nutritious, and popular across the Caribbean. Even so, breadfruit — brought to the region from the Pacific more than two centuries ago — is still underappreciated for its potential role in increasing regional food security, and helping to green our cities. Erline Andrews learns more
Be fruitful and multiply | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 162 (March/April 2020) March brings the 180th birthday of the man who singlehandedly created the Caribbean banana industry. James Ferguson looks back at the life and times of Lorenzo Dow Baker, Yankee entrepreneur
Easter in the islands | Did you even know By Caribbean Beat | Trivia, Issue 162 (March/April 2020) Our trivia column tests your knowledge of Caribbean Easter traditions. See how many of our questions you can answer correctly
All creatures great and small | Inspire By Erline Andrews | Issue 161 (January/February 2020) Last September, Hurricane Dorian devastated the lives of thousands in the Bahamas — and not just the human residents of the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahamas, but their pets as well. As Erline Andrews learns, in the aftermath of the storm, animal welfare organisations have stepped in to save hundreds of domesticated animals and reunite them with their owners
