An island for a princess | On this day By James Ferguson | July/August 2020 • Digital Issue Sixty years ago, the newlywed Princess Margaret, sister to the queen of England, arrived in Mustique on her honeymoon. It was the start of a relationship between the tiny Grenadine island and international celebrity, writes James Ferguson — and a twist in the complicated and often unhappy life of the princess
An ABC for SVG | Explore By Caribbean Beat | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Twenty-six ways to experience the best of St Vincent and the Grenadines — in alphabetical order
For the sake of a lizard | Green By Erline Andrews | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) The gem-like colours of the tiny Union Island gecko — a lizard found only on one small island in the Grenadines — are why it’s so highly coveted by the exotic pet trade. As Erline Andrews reports, hopes for the endangered gecko’s survival depend on new conservation efforts, and a push for eco-tourism
Tobago Cays, St Vincent and the Grenadines | Wish you were here (May/June 2019) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 157 (May/June 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Snapshots of St Vincent By Skye Hernandez | Issue 45 (September/October 2000) You can climb the volcano, hit the trails, or watch whales and dolphins. You might snorkel the reefs, bathe in mountain pools, or brace for the waterfalls. You could head straight for some of the best sailing waters in the world, or simply relish the island life and people. Skye Hernandez remembers some of her favourite moments in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Union Island bounty | Parting shot By Caribbean Beat | Issue 149 (January/February 2018) On Union Island, colourful produce makes a still life of a vendor‘s stall
St Vincent & the Grenadines — one destination, 32 islands | Escape By Caribbean Beat | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) Near the southern end of the Antillean chain, St Vincent and the Grenadines is one country made up of thirty-two islands. Welcome to the charms of Caribbean Airlines’ latest destination — from the clear turquoise water of the Tobago Cays to St Vincent’s volcanic black beaches, to the gingerbread cottages of Mustique and the boat-builders of Bequia
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
Port Elizabeth, Bequia | Neighbourhood By Caribbean Beat | Issue 144 (March/April 2017) The capital of the second-largest of the Grenadine Islands is a haven for yachties — but also for artists and foodies
Caribbean volcanoes: fire down below By Caribbean Beat | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) Shaped by subterranean forces, the islands of the Lesser Antilles are an arc of volcanoes — some extinct, some dormant, some still active. And among their dramatic forested peaks, crater lakes, and hot springs, amateur vulcanologists (and ordinary tourists) can find ample evidence of our planet’s restless energy
Adonal Foyle: in the big league By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 49 (May/June 2001) From the small island of Canouan in the Grenadines, Adonal Foyle makes it into the NBA. Georgia Popplewell traces his journey
Baliceaux: no place like home By Christopher Taylor | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) The tiny island of Baliceaux in the Grenadines is uninhabited today. But over two centuries ago, it was a place of temporary exile for St Vincent’s Black Caribs. Christopher Taylor goes in search of that tragic past
On the edge: Karen De Freitas By Alia Michele Orane | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) Vincentian designer Karen De Freitas combines a dancehall vibe with big-city style
Earthy delights By Caribbean Beat | Issue 128 (July/August 2014) The Caribbean’s public gardens are places to enjoy the pleasures of nature — and centres for research and conservation as well
St Vincent top ten By Paul Crask | Issue 105 (September/October 2010) Don’t know what to do in St Vincent and the Grenadines? You’ll be spoilt for choice if you follow Paul Crask’s suggestions
Breadfruit: superfood of St Vincent By Jonathan Ali | Issue 96 (March/April 2009) Often thought of as stodgy and dull, the humble breadfruit has an exciting history that’s part of one of the most famous seafaring stories
The nine days of Christmas By Mirissa De Four | Issue 94 (November/December 2008) Forget the 12 days of Christmas: in St Vincent they celebrate for only nine—but they start from as early as 3am
Saving sea turtles in the Grenadines…one turtle at a time By Lesley Anne Rose | Issue 79 (May/June 2006) Two small-scale conservation projects in Bequia and Carriacou help protect the Grenadines’ sea turtles
At the Cyrus museum By Philip Nanton | Issue 78 (March/April 2006) Over his 39-year career, Dr Cecil Cyrus has earned himself the gratitude of hundreds of patients, and the title “isolated Surgeon of St Vincent”
Pamenos Ballantyne: “Everyone is a winner” By Kwame Laurence | Issue 76 (November/December 2005) Vincentian long-distance runner Pamenos Ballantyne on discipline, success, and his plans for the future — as told to Kwame Laurence
Real Keane By Philip Nanton | Issue 66 (March/April 2004) Born into a musical family in St Vincent, Ellsworth "Shake" Keane was one of the international jazz world's most admired musicians in the 1960s, but for 20 years he disappeared from the limelight, devoting himself to the writing of poems. Philip Nanton investigates the contradictions and juxtapositions in the life of this "musical chameleon" who saw jazz as nothing less than a mode of being
Sweet St Vincent By Kathy Ann Waterman | Issue 55 (May/June 2002) Writer and lawyer Kathy Ann Waterman visits St Vincent, in search of something special — not the tourist spots or the sailing waters of the Grenadines, but the country village where her mother was born and the life she once lived there
