Barbados

Culture, Food and Cuisine, People, Barbados

Chef Hans Schweitzer

Hans Schweitzer’s five-by-seven-foot office in the main kitchen of the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados harbours everything from a computer...

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Culture, Technology, People, Barbados

Going Solar: Oliver Headley’s Sun Traps

One night in 1957, the calm of a district in Barbados known as Mile And A Quarter was shattered by the launch of a home-made rocket...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, Festivals and Events, Barbados

Yarico: Staging slavery in 1999

Barbados: just beyond your imagination. The tourism slogan works by subtle provocation. We think we already know about the place —...

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Travel, Lifestyle, Barbados

A Break in Barbados

In days gone by, Barbados’s climate was one of the most famous in the world. People came visiting from England and America for...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Barbados

Pick of the Crop: Barbados’ Crop Over

There’s an old Barbadian expression for walking the hot midday pavement, usually on a tedious mission: “slapping tar”....

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Culture, Lifestyle, Sports, Barbados

Why Warri

It is Saturday afternoon in a narrow alley next to a modest home in the suburbs of Bridgetown. Shaded by a rusted iron paling, several men...

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Culture, Music, People, Barbados

No Eclipse for the Mighty Gabby

Gabby sat beside a swimming pool under an eclipsing moon on Bayley’s plantation, remembering the first day he met the owner, the...

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Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Barbados

The Barbadian Beauty of Andromeda

What do a mythological maiden and a world-famous botanic garden have in common? Andromeda, in ancient Greek mythology, was a beautiful...

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