Thoroughly modern Millie Small
March 1964 was a dull month in Britain. The swinging 60s had yet to really arrive, the Cold War loomed ominously in news bulletins, and...
In the pink
The dazzling pink or yellow flowers of Trinidad’s poui trees may be the dry season’s most spectacular sight. Scattered across the hills...
The shot at the mercy gate
The Haitian Revolution, a titanic thirteen-year struggle that ended slavery in the Caribbean’s most prosperous colony, has rightly been...
Get a grip
In the Caribbean, climbing adventures don’t always mean high altitudes. The payoff from this sheer cliff on the coast of western Jamaica...
Keys to the coral kingdom: protecting Caribbean reefs
A pinhead. Worth US$375 billion. Annually. This is the magical mathematics of coral: a microscopic organism, invisible to the naked eye,...
A library of their own: Grenada’s Mt Zion project
As a child, Ayisha John looked forward to the days her mother took her to the library. Five blocks from where she lived in Hyattsville,...
Need for speed: Renée “Buttaz” Edwards and Lisa “Lisalis” Abraham
On the track, strapped in, engines revving, Antiguan drag racers Renée “Buttaz” Edwards and Lisa “Lisalis” Abraham are defying...
What lies beneath: geothermal energy in Dominica
Dominica’s Valley of Desolation is actually a place of great hope — if you know what you are looking at, that is. This desolate,...
