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
The remains of the Danes By James Ferguson | Issue 143 (January/February 2017) Exactly a century ago, the Kingdom of Denmark sold its Caribbean possessions for $25 million to the United States. Commemorated in the US Virgin Islands, the anniversary is little remembered elsewhere — but, as James Ferguson writes, the story behind the event reminds us about the ambitions that drove European colonisation of our region
The magic mountain By David Knight Jr | Issue 133 (May/June 2015) St John, smallest of the three main US Virgin Islands, is best known today as a vacation stomping ground for the rich and famous — “the Beverly Hills of the Caribbean.” But for David Knight, Jr, who grew up on its forested slopes, St John is a place of childhood mystery and family history, whose fragrant bay trees supported a once-famous industry long before the first tourists arrived
La Vaughn Belle: big art from a small place By David Knight Jr | Issue 128 (July/August 2014) For artist La Vaughn Belle, coming from a “small place” — St Croix — doesn’t restrict her imagination or her ambitions. David Knight, Jr, investigates the social impact of Belle’s questioning artistic practice
Caribbean Datebook (May/June 2014) By Mirissa De Four | Issue 127 (May/June 2014) Your guide to Caribbean events in May and June — from Vincy Mas to a comic book convention in Puerto Rico
Tiphanie Yanique: “A sense of place and a sense of self” By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Award-winning writer Tiphanie Yanique tells Lisa Allen-Agostini how literature can link the US Virgin Islands to the rest of the Caribbean
