Fly gal style
In her current hometown of New York City, Jamaican designer Samantha Black transformed a nineteenth-century church into a lively fashion...
Believe the hype — the Majah Hype
Backstage at Baruch College, all comedian Majah Hype could think was “this is only the beginning.” It was a Friday night in New York...
Dominica: morning has broken
My home is in a small village called Giraudel, on the western slopes of the Morne Anglais volcano in the southern half of Dominica. It’s...
Port Antonio, Jamaica
Streetscape Perched on a promontory between two sheltered bays — West Harbour and East Harbour — Port Antonio is a compact town of...
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....
Castor oil, please
Castor oil. Two words that used to strike terror in the hearts — and stomachs — of Caribbean children. In the old days, at the end of...
Ark of hope
Since last April, Simone de la Bastide, president and founder of the charity The Children’s Ark, has spent every other Saturday morning...
The artist of Carriacou
I cannot really claim to be an art collector. Most of the images that decorate our house are reproductions of one sort or another, usually...
