Bookshelf (May/June 2021) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 164 (May/June 2021) This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie; Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden; An Autobiography of the Autobiography of Reading by Dionne Brand; and Mama Phife Represents: A Verse Memoir by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor
The rightest place | Portfolio By Andre Bagoo | Issue 162 (March/April 2020) “Art has to transform,” says Blue Curry. The London-based Bahamian artist puts unlikely objects into new contexts, writes Andre Bagoo — and sometimes out of place is where things belong
Letitia Wright | Backstory By Caroline Taylor | Issue 157 (May/June 2019) Growing up in Guyana, Letitia Wright never imagined a Hollywood career. But after a string of stage and TV roles and early recognition of her talent, her casting in the blockbuster movie Black Panther was the break every actor hopes for, says Caroline Taylor
Remembering Windrush By Caribbean Beat | Issue 153 (September/October 2018) When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, its West Indian passengers didn’t know their arrival would become a historical watershed. A new exhibition at the British Library explains how the Windrush generation changed Britain for good
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
Dominique Le Gendre — Shakespeare and me By Bruce Paddington | Issue 46 (November/December 2000) Dominique Le Gendre trained for eight years as a classical guitarist, fully intending to perform, but her nerves would not let her face an audience. As a result, she turned her many skills towards composing, which is where Bruce Paddington finds her...composing the music for all of Shakespeare's 38 plays
Oxford Blues By Nazma Muller | Issue 42 (March/April 2000) Nazma Muller looks for Caribbean warmth in the English university town of Oxford
Carnival Messiah: Geraldine’s possession By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 41 (January/February 2000) People on the move
