All about blue | Round trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Is any colour more distinctive of the Caribbean? Take a tour of the region through our many hues and shades of blue
A beginner’s guide to the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival By Shelly-Ann Inniss | News & Online Exclusives Kingston: a haven for food-lovers. Datebook writer Shelly-Ann Inniss explores the Jamaica Food & Drink Festival
White River, Jamaica | Wish you were here (Nov/Dec 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
The inimitable Grace Jones | Backstory By Nazma Muller | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) She’s an instantly recognisable icon of music and fashion, with a forty-year career in the limelight. And the inimitable Grace Jones is Jamaican to the core, says Nazma Muller
Head for heights | Round Trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) There’s nothing like the thrill of a higher perspective, far above the ground — from ziplining to rock-climbing to floating in a hot-air balloon. Get ready to soar
Arthur Wint: long before Bolt | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Usain Bolt may be Jamaica’s most famous Olympic medallist — but he was far from the first. James Ferguson looks back at the life of Arthur Wint and his extraordinary achievements both on and off the track
Love is in the air | Round trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) For many lovebirds around the world, the idea of a Caribbean wedding — making vows on the beach, with a backdrop of glimmering blue sea — seems like a dream. And it easily comes true
Sans-Souci, Haiti: uncovering a kingdom | Discover By Erline Andrews | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) It’s one of the Caribbean’s most resonant historic sites, but surprisingly little is known about the true history of Sans-Souci, the palace of Henri Christophe, writes Erline Andrews. Now a multinational team of archaeologists are using high-tech tools to resurvey the site, and perhaps rewrite Haitian history
Sin city: Jamaica’s Port Royal | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) It was once known as “the Sodom of the New World” — until a catastropic earthquake sent it tumbling into the sea. On the 500th anniversary of its founding, James Ferguson recalls the history of Jamaica’s infamous Port Royal
Skip Marley: “I’m not trying to fill his shoes” | Own words By Nazma Muller | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) Twenty-one-year-old Skip Marley, grandson of the legendary Bob, on growing up in Jamaica’s musical royal family, his hopes for stardom, and the message of his songs, for his own and every other generation — as told to Nazma Muller
Ronald Moody: a way of life By Cynthia Moody | Issue 46 (November/December 2000) Like the sons of most middle-class West Indians, Ronald Moody was expected to become a professional. Reluctantly, he trained as a dentist, but a chance turn in the British Museum changed his life forever. His niece Cynthia Moody profiles one of the Caribbean's premier sculptors
Seya Parboosingh: painting a story of love By Petrine Archer-Straw | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) Seya Parboosingh's art tells a simple but profound story of her love for her late husband and for her adopted country, Jamaica. Through it, she has found a way of healing her spirit. Petrine Archer-Straw explains
Port Royal, Jamaica — return from the deep By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) The fascinating history of Jamaica's Port Royal is being brought back to life. Mark Wilson reports
Gems of Jamaica By Caribbean Beat | Issue 5 (Spring 1993) Top Jamaican fashion designs specially photographed on Jamaica's north coast by Steve Cohn
Bill Morris: a social conscience By James Ferguson | Issue 52 (November/December 2001) James Ferguson talks to the British trade union leader, Jamaican-born Bill Morris
Jamaica’s Chris Blackwell By Chris Salewicz | Issue 46 (November/December 2000) Jamaica's Chris Blackwell made Bob Marley and U2 household names. Chris Salewicz traces the career of the Caribbean's entertainment mogul
Bongo Herman — The Sacred Drum By Simon Lee | Issue 41 (January/February 2000) Being a master Nyabinghi drummer in Jamaica brings you close to the essential rhythm of the Caribbean. Simon Lee talks to Bongo Herman to find out what it's like
The hidden valley — Jamaica’s Maroon country By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 38 July/August 1999) Steven Thorpe treks into Jamaica’s remote Maroon country, rich with history, culture and pristine wilderness
Akino Lindsay: superhero moves | The game By Kellie Magnus | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) Inspired since childhood by the Power Rangers TV show, Jamaican taekwondo champ Akino Lindsay uses martial arts to change his life and inspire other young people in Kingston’s toughest communities, writes Kellie Magnus
Word of mouth (Jan/Feb 2018) By Various Contributors | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) It’s Carnival time! Come on a panyard lime with Barbara Jenkins, experience the thrilling, shape-shifting ritual of J’Ouvert in a poem by Shivanee Ramlochan, and discover Carriacou’s unique Shakespeare mas. Meanwhile, Jamaica celebrates its musical heritage at Reggae Month
Best of brew — Caribbean coffee | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) Coffee grown in the Caribbean is some of the world’s finest. Pricey Blue Mountain coffee from Jamaica’s high elevations is celebrated by connoisseurs — but can locals actually afford it? And what can Trinidad and Tobago’s farmers learn from Jamaica as they seek to revive their own coffee production? Franka Philip talks to the experts about the present state and future prospects for the business of coffee beans
Twisting Rhodes | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) It’s an irony of history that the legacy of arch-imperialist Cecil Rhodes includes the education of many Caribbean intellectuals — like Jamaican Rex Nettleford, who arrived in Oxford sixty years ago, writes James Ferguson
