United Kingdom

Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United Kingdom

London is the place

Saturday. The sun is out and I’m staying in Notting Hill, house-sitting for a friend. It’s not the warmest weather, but the market on...

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Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora

Exploring Caribbean London

It seems like only last week that Usain Bolt was strolling his way to Olympic gold in the 100 metres final in Beijing, smashing the world...

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People, Sports, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora

In a nutshell: the Caribbean ones to watch in London

CUBA Lázaro Álvarez Born                        January 28, 1991 Event                      Boxing (featherweight)...

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History, Sports, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago

A Golden Anniversary? The Caribbean at the Olympic Games

Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain during the London Olympics. What would be the perfect gift for its...

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Sports, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora

The Caribbean paralympians 2012 — olympians too

Cuba and Jamaica have been the big Caribbean players in the Paralympic Games for athletes with physical disabilities, which are held right...

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Culture, Film and Television, People, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago

Trevor McDonald: Into the Lion’s Den

It’s strange now to recall that for a few months in late 1990 the President of Iraq held the world in terror. Going back on a solemn...

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Culture, People, United Kingdom

Caryl Phillips: “the arts are the window through which we see ourselves”

I was born in St Kitts in 1958, at a time when Caribbean people were migrating to Britain in terrific numbers. My parents were very young,...

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Music, Food and Cuisine, People, United Kingdom, Jamaica

Levi Roots: singing for his supper

Green banana and celery soup; sweet lime and Angostura Bitters chicken bits with saffron rice and salad; and a dessert of boozy bananas,...

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