The Queen’s kaiso
When British calypsonian Alexander D Great heard calypso for the first time, it wasn’t in Trinidad, where he was born in Belmont, the...
Word of mouth (July/August 2015)
On Haitian earth Philip Sander explains the historic significance of Carifesta’s visit to Haiti There’s a sad disproportion between...
Flower power: the Caribbean at the Royal Chelsea Flower Show
Imagine having to put your cut flowers to bed at night, tucked up in a warm blanket! This is what happens when tropical blooms are flown...
Beyond the beyond: the Shetland Islands
At the gate to the path leading up to Hermaness, there was a helpful sign explaining how to fend off a skua attack. The massive seabirds...
The triumph of calypso cricket
The clue comes in the sixth line of the famous calypso’s fifth and final verse. The song we’re talking about is “Victory Test...
Notting Hill Carnival: Mas and the mother country
Fifty years ago, England’s first real Trinidad-style Carnival took place – indoors, in the middle of winter, at St Pancras Town Hall....
The Rhodes more travelled: Gary Rhodes
Caribbean eyes are smiling at another conquest of the British. And this time it’s not in sport, but in the culinary arena. Just as the...
Sarah Beckett: mixed media
There are two reasons you end up in another country: work or love. So it was love – I married a Trinidadian. I came here in the late 60s...
