Third World first
An eight-year-old prodigy braces a gigantic cello across his chest, studiously practising a piece of classical music. In another part of ...
Bill Morris: a social conscience
Outside all is chaos and crisis, or so it seems. A one-hour train journey now takes two hours. Global warming is hotting up and it is the...
20+ questions with Shaka Hislop
Trinidad-born SHAKA HISLOP is dubbed a “Gentleman At The Goalpost” for English football team West Ham United. His six-foot-four...
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...
FIFA comes to Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago is an old hand at staging large-scale events. Each year the country’s famous Carnival erupts in a whirlwind of rhythm...
Albert Huie: light on the land
Ever since he was a child, Albert Huie knew what he wanted to be. “From about 11, I felt that I wanted to be an artist. I went to a...
Black Stalin: king of kings
“A kaisonian is always a warrior. The more the odds are against him, the better he works.” — Black Stalin, interviewed by Small Axe:...
Trinidad and Tobago: a tale of two cities
Trinidad Trinidad is transformed by its people. Dramatically. One person may come and be whisked from airport to hotel to conference room...
