Walter Tull — over the line | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) A century ago, as the First World War drew to a close, a Barbadian-British man named Walter Tull was killed on the battlefield. He was one of many thousands dead in the “Flanders clay,” but also unique: as James Ferguson writes, Lieutenant Tull was the first officer of colour ever appointed in the British Army, in defiance of race prejudice
Word of mouth (July/August 2016) By Emily Zobel Marshall and Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) Barbados Crop Over and the Leeds West Indian Carnival are two stars of the August festival season
Patricia Scotland: “I wanted to do” By Joshua Surtees | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) The first woman to be elected Commonwealth secretary-general, Dominica-born Patricia Scotland has made history in more ways than one over her stellar career. Joshua Surtees interviews the new Commonwealth head and finds out where her passion for speaking up comes from
When London was the place By James Ferguson | Issue 137 (January/February 2016) Sixty years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, London Transport faced a labour shortage. The solution? Recruit employees in the Caribbean to run the city’s buses and trains. James Ferguson explains how these migrants survived difficult times, and changed the old imperial capital for ever
The Queen’s kaiso By Joshua Surtees | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) Calypso came to Britain in 1948, on board the Windrush — and found a home in multicultural London. Joshua Surtees discovers what makes the UK version of the artform distinctive, and meets some of the kaisonians who keep it alive
Word of mouth (July/August 2015) By Philip Sander and David Katz | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) Haiti hosts the Caribbean’s biggest arts festival, and a London exhibition celebrates the legacy of John La Rose
Guerrilla: V.S. Naipaul By Jeremy Taylor | Issue 53 (January/February 2002) V. S. Naipaul: born in Trinidad 1932, Nobel Prize for Literature 2001. A personal view of the man and his work by Jeremy Taylor
Flower Power: the Caribbean at the Royal Chelsea Flower Show By Geraldine Flower | Issue 54 (March/April 2002) The Caribbean has done well at the annual Chelsea Flower Show in London — and is reaping the rewards. Geraldine Flower reports
Beyond the beyond: the Shetland Islands By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) The Shetland Islands, northernmost part of the United Kingdom, seem utterly remote on the map. But Nicholas Laughlin finds they have a busy history as a crossroads of the North Atlantic
Hannah Lowe: making her claim By Melissa Richards | Issue 124 (November/December 2013) In her debut book Chick, poet Hannah Lowe — born in the UK to an Afro-Jamaican father and white British mother — comes to terms with family history
Ifeona Fulani: Jamaica homecoming By Ifeona Fulani | Issue 122 (July/August 2013) Ifeona Fulani left Jamaica when she was four, and didn’t go back for thirty years. But the island is still home, and every return visit is a gift
Back in times By Garry Steckles | Issue 118 (November/December 2012) Garry Steckles takes stock after a star-studded season of reggae performances in London
London is the place By Attillah Springer | Issue 117 (September/October 2012) For Attillah Springer, Trinidad is home — but London is a place as special as it is hard to define
Exploring Caribbean London By Kito Johnson | Issue 116 (July/August 2012) As the crowds begin to descend on London for the 2012 Olympics, Kito Johnson finds out how the Caribbean has helped to make London a great city
Excavating Claudia Jones By Jeremy Taylor | News & Online Exclusives Jeremy Taylor on Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones, by Carol Boyce Davies
DVD Reviews – July/August 2010 By David Katz | Issue 104 (July/August 2010) The new films that are reflecting the region right now
