Happy Holi
Phagwa, or Holi, in Trinidad usually follows on the heels of Carnival. It is a festival of Hindu origin brought by the Indian indentured...
Frances Anne Solomon: Beating the System
When she directed Peggy Su in 1996, Frances-Anne Solomon became one of the few Trinidadians to have directed or produced a feature film....
The Bahamas File
Caribbean Music Mix When the Caribbean Muzik Festival quietly slipped into The Bahamas in May 1994, the first audience was more curious...
Letter from Barbuda
The boatman cut the outboard motor and the sudden silence was pierced only by the cries of thousands of frigate birds as they wheeled and...
Barbados for Kids
Okay, so when you were single, you stayed at Sandals. Barefoot in the sand, rum punches at sunset, tropical moonlight silvering the...
Doing It Dwight: Tobago’s Dwight Yorke
The story of the young boy plucked from the beaches of Tobago against his mother’s wishes to join the uncertain world of English football...
Andy Narrell: Caribbean Man
For some Trinidadians, Andy Narell represents something of a dilemma. The slim, sad-eyed musician is the most widely recorded steelpan...
Beach Bummer
A great day at the beach in Trinidad? Hmm. That would have to be Manzanilla, 11 years ago. Yep, that was my tourist-brochure-perfect Day At...
