Issue 153 (September/October 2018)
Need to know | Events calendar (Sept/Oct 2018)
Essential info to help you make the most of September and October — from Labour Day Carnival in Brooklyn to Pure Grenada’s Dive Fest and the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Bookshelf (Sept/Oct 2018) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks, with reviews of The Art of White Roses; The Beast of Kukuyo; Home Home; Kitch; and Ricantations
Playlist (Sept/Oct 2018) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Freetown; Larnell Lewis; Kabaka Pyramid; and Jah9
Q&A with Khalik Allah | Screenshots (Sept/Oct 2018)
A Q&A with Khalik Allah, director of Black Mother
Some like it sweet | Cookup
It used to be that sweet-toothed Caribbean people were satisfied with a good old-fashioned sponge cake. But, as Franka Philip explains, the profusion of delectable dessert images on Instagram in recent years has raised expectations, and more sophisticated tastes. Bakers and pastry chefs across the Caribbean are keeping up, with unexpected flavours and elaborate techniques
Remembering Windrush
When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, its West Indian passengers didn’t know their arrival would become a historical watershed. A new exhibition at the British Library explains how the Windrush generation changed Britain for good
Michele Henderson: “I woke up with an entire song in my head”
Singer-songwriter Michele Henderson, performing at October’s World Creole Music Festival, on her musical childhood and her transition to the international stage — as told to Paul Crask, at her home in Grand Bay, Dominica
Savi Naipaul Akal: her side of the story | Snapshot
They’re the Caribbean’s great literary dynasty, but for decades their story has been written only by the Naipaul men. A new memoir by Savi Naipaul Akal tells another side of the tale, reports Ingrid Persaud
Guyana by the score | Destination
Guyana, on an island scale, is vast: 83,000 square miles of Atlantic coast, mighty rivers, savannahs and forests stretching to the horizon. It can be overwhelming for a first-time visitor — so we’ll help you narrow it down. Here are twenty key places, events, and things that capture the true spirit of “the land of many waters”
South Coast, Barbados | Neighbourhood
The sheltered south coast of Barbados is a visitors’ playground — but alongside crowded beaches and lively nightlife, you’ll find lots of history and touches of nature, too
Falling for Havana | Explore
Few cities in the world have such an aura of history and glamour as Havana. As Donna Yawching writes, the Cuban capital has its gritty side — right next to world-class architecture, amazing culture, and a spirit that has to be experienced to be understood
Georgia Popplewell: “In my dreams, my travel journals look like illuminated manuscripts” | In the bag
Georgia Popplewell — Trinidadian writer, media producer, and frequent traveller — on one essential item in her luggage: a decent notebook
Jaws of life | Green
Pop culture has given sharks an undeservedly scary reputation. What’s truly frightening, reports Erline Andrews, is a sea without sharks, vital for a healthy marine ecosystem. And after decades of neglect, the countries of the Caribbean are finally waking up to the importance of shark conservation — for the environment, but also for their economies
A plague from above | On this day
It’s not just a story from the Bible: thirty years ago, thanks to unprecedented weather conditions, a massive swarm of locusts crossed the Atlantic and ended up in the Caribbean. James Ferguson investigates how, and what became of them
