Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba, Curacao, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● July/August 2020 • Digital Issue
The Caribbean we love | Round trip
The world’s best beaches, stunning mountains, forests, and waterfalls, vibrant culture, delectable cuisine — there are many reasons the Caribbean is one of the world’s most desired tourism destinations. The global COVID-19 pandemic brought many travel plans to a halt, temporarily — but as lives gradually return to normal, it’s once again possible to plan for your dream vacation. When you’re ready to head out and experience the world, the islands of the Caribbean will be ready to greet you
Embark, Food and Cuisine, People, United States, St. Lucia
By Franka Philip ● Issue 162 (March/April 2020)
Nina Compton: “I’m going to do something different” | Cookup
Chef Nina Compton discovered her passion for cooking as a teenager in St Lucia. After winning fame on the TV show Top Chef, she’s now turning heads with two restaurants in her adopted city, New Orleans
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 161 (January/February 2020)
The Pitons, St Lucia | Bucket list
These twin volcanic peaks are the most recognisable icon of the island sometimes called “the Helen of the West Indies”
By Joshua Surtees ● Issue 157 (May/June 2019)
Back to St Lucia | Escape
A childhood visit to St Lucia was a life-changing experience for Joshua Surtees — and an introduction to the Caribbean, where he’d later make his home. Returning to St Lucia after thirty years, what would he learn about the island and himself?
By Laura Dowrich-Phillips ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Dennery Style | Backstory
If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, St. Lucia
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 154 (November/December 2018)
Picture-perfect St Lucia | Escape
Is there any place in the Caribbean more ready for Instagram? As our photo album shows, St Lucia has photogenicity to spare
Culture, Literature, St. Lucia
By James Ferguson ● Issue 51 (September/October 2001)
A New World Odyssey
The decisions of the learned people who hand out the Nobel Prize for Literature can sometimes be slightly mystifying. But in 1992, they...
Travel, History, Lifestyle, St. Lucia
By Suzanne Gordon ● Issue 45 (September/October 2000)
Mamiku Mystery
Deep in the green interior of St Lucia, in Praslin, high above the sea, a project is under way to save a small fragment of history. It...