Winston Branch: The Precarious Life of Art
“You’re standing on my paaaaaaintings,” wailed Winston Branch indignantly. I looked down. What I had perceived to be a...
Boldon the Beautiful? Trinidad Sprinter Ato Boldon
Adrenaline: a hormone secreted by the adrenal gland, causing excitement and stimulation. “On your marks!” Eight well-muscled...
Trinidad Carnival Preview
Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is not a newly-invented tourist festival: it is a deeply-rooted ritual that goes to the heart of the...
The Peter Rousseau Factor
Perhaps it was the travels with his father, who was a salesman for Grace, Kennedy & Co. (Jamaica’s largest food processor and...
Indigo: Marina Warner
The English writer Marina Warner was almost a Trinidadian. In the 1970s, when Britain s nationality laws were changed, she realised that if...
Trinidad’s Temple in the Sea
Quarter of a mile off the west coast of Trinidad there stands an extraordinary monument to the human spirit: a magnificent Hindu temple,...
Destination Guyana: Rediscover El Dorado
Glance out of the window of any of the light planes that will take you through Guyana, and you will see just how enormous the place is. The...
Arturo Tappin – Tappin’ into the Music
The place was a decorator’s nightmare. This bar was almost new, but it had that half-broken outdoor-furniture look, with garish...
