Miss Lou’s Love Letter
Me darlin love, me lickle dove, Me dumplin, me gizada, Me sweetie Sue, I goes fa you Like how flies goes fa sugar. As ah puts me pen to...
Brian Talma: King of the Waves
Barbadian windsurfer Brian Talma is one of the best in the world, and has been attracting plenty of international attention both for his...
Caribbean Snack Time
Island-hopping through the Caribbean is a marvellously diverse pastime, and there comes a time when preparing a full meal just seems like...
Christopher’s Legacy: Codrington College
Far below, the Atlantic waves crash onto Barbados’s eastern coast. But up here on the hillside, the silence is only broken by the wind,...
Lennox Honychurch: Love for an Island
These green triangles of my destiny rise out of the boiling ocean vanish among the swirling vapours of the sky. Three-cornered crosses...
Special Assignment: Ian Fleming’s Jamaica
Agent 007 – alias James Bond, the bane of international terrorists, megalomaniac scientists and nefarious drug barons – was...
Shadow: The Uncrowned King
The name Shadow is enough to light up the face of any true calypso fan. No other singer is more mysterious, mesmerising or controversial....
A Letter From Tobago
I am sitting on a balcony in Tobago, facing the ocean. Breakfast in the open-air dining room is over, and Mr Braithwaite, the wise ancient...
