Cuba — the enigma of an island
The Egyptian mummy lies silent and elegant under the glass case. Standing there in the cool de-humidified air, I’m aware of experiencing...
Secret islands: the “undiscovered” Caribbean
There are more than seven thousand different islands in the Caribbean, according to the reference books, most of them tiny by any standard....
The Cuba strategy
Cuba, the island best known for its fifty-year feud with the United States, is also a popular tourist destination, attracting around three...
Earthy delights
Andromeda Gardens Bathsheba, Barbados Near a steep cliff overlooking the island’s east coast, Barbados’s best-known garden began as the...
Voices: Maraca’s Other Vision
“You can’t play music just by making sounds,” says Orlando “Maraca” Valle, Cuba’s fabulously talented...
Music: a Cuban love affair
If you wanted to win a Grammy, sell two million albums and make one of the top ten highest -grossing documentary films ever, would you...
New year, new era
It was to be a New Year’s Eve party with a difference. Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, traditionally invited his most trusted...
The revolution is being televised
“Socialist mosquitoes. Bred to suck your blood through American denim. And forget your repellent, they’re immune to that s—.”...
