Brimstone Hill, St Kitts | Bucket list By Caribbean Beat | Issue 158 (July/August 2019) The “Gibraltar of the Caribbean” is the most impressive heritage site in St Kitts, and a monument to the violence of colonialism
Charlestown, Nevis | Neighbourhood By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) The capital of St Kitts’s sister isle boasts historic architecture, museums, and proximity to one of the Caribbean’s most famous beaches
The Basseterre beat By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 39 (September/October 1999) The St Kitts Music Festival is becoming one of the Caribbean’s most attractive music events. Patricia Meschino reports from this year’s venue in Basseterre
The wisdom of Socrates By Garry Steckles | Issue 107 (January/February 2011) He's alive and well and living in St Kitts. And Garry Steckles finds the calypsonian with the philosopher's name is as savvy as his Ancient Greek namesake
!Viva el Caribe! Looking back at Carifesta 2000 By Simon Lee | Issue 46 (November/December 2000) Carifesta is the most important arts and culture festival in the Caribbean. This year it was held in St Kitts, where despite storm warnings, courtesy tropical storm Debby, the atmosphere got electric
After the storm | Perspective By Caribbean Beat | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) In the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, here’s how you can help the islands most badly affected
Llewellyn Caines: “Sunshine” in paradise | Nevis By Garry Steckles | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) How did tiny Nevis come to have one of the Caribbean’s most famous beach bars? Garry Steckles meets Llewellyn “Sunshine” Caines and hears the story behind his Pinney’s Beach establishment, its celebrity clientele — and the lethally delicious Killer Bee rum cocktail. Plus: why a new geothermal project could soon make the island one of the world’s greenest destinations, and an exporter of energy to its neighbours
25 Caribbean achievers under 25 By Various Contributors | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) Caribbean Beat celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2017. But this isn’t only an opportunity to look back at our quarter century of publication: it’s also a moment to look ahead to the new generation of talented, determined Caribbean people who will shape the decades ahead. In this special feature, we introduce 25 remarkable young people aged 25 and under. Athletes and entrepreneurs, artists and scientists — they and their contemporaries are the future of our region
On a clear day in St Kitts . . . By Caribbean Beat | Issue 141 (September/October 2016) Three islands in one amazing view
St Kitts & Nevis: five centuries in two days By Garry Steckles | Issue 131 (January/February 2015) St Kitts and Nevis may be the smallest independent nation in the Americas, but every inch of its landscape is roiling with history. Garry Steckles suggests a two-day tour covering five hundred years of Caribbean life in miniature, from the first British colonial settlement to the beginning of the tourism industry
Konris Maynard: King of St Kitts By Garry Steckles | Issue 95 (January/February 2009) Garry Steckles risks the wrath of connoisseurs by anointing Konris Maynard of tiny St Kitts-Nevis the calypso monarch of the Caribbean
The little house of history: St Kitts’ International House Museum & Edgar Challenger Library By Sharon Millar | Issue 94 (November/December 2008) Sharon Millar rummages through the historical documents in a tiny museum-cum-library in St Kitts
Seven days in St Kitts By Garry Steckles | Issue 89 (January/February 2008) Garry Steckles finds seven days of activities for you to do while in St Kitts and Nevis
Lady Saw: she came, she saw By Garry Steckles | Issue 88 (November/December 2007) Garry Steckles becomes a Lady Saw fan at the St Kitts Music Festival
Mine host bows out By Garry Steckles | Issue 86 (July/August 2007) After 13 years of drinking his rum and Coke for free, Garry Steckles makes a last toast to a St Kitts bar he founded to make his tropical island dream
Good and bad By Garry Steckles | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Garry Steckles finds reason to celebrate in St Kitts, reason to mourn in the London High Court
Fuelling growth By Richard Costas | Issue 77 (January/February 2006) “Oil is the lifeblood of our world,” says Richard Costas, and furthermore the Caribbean’s mass tourism isn’t possible without fuel. A look at how rising oil prices affect island economies
St Kitts: Small island, big music By Garry Steckles | Issue 77 (January/February 2006) Garry Steckles is already looking forward to the highlight of his musical year, the St Kitts Music Festival
CRUCIAL GENIUS By Garry Steckles | Issue 73 (May/June 2005) Garry Steckles says today‘s best reggae is in St Kitts. Meet Crucial Bankie
Back and fort By Caribbean Beat | Issue 127 (May/June 2014) The Caribbean’s history of wars and colonisation has left an extraordinary legacy of military architecture, some of it nearly five centuries old. Recognised today as historic sites, these forts and naval bases are a reminder of the often bloody past that shaped our present
Dennis Bovell: time will tell By Garry Steckles | Issue 117 (September/October 2012) No musician has had a greater influence on British reggae than Dennis Bovell. Plus a tribute to the late Masud Sadiki of St Kitts
Caribbean Bookshelf (Spring 1992) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 1 (Spring 1992) New and recent books about the Caribbean
