White River, Jamaica | Wish you were here (Nov/Dec 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2018) By Bridget van Dongen, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean
Bookshelf (Nov/Dec 2018) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) This month’s reading picks, with reviews of Venus as a Bear; Voodoo Hypothesis; Come Let Us Sing Anyway; If I Had the Wings; and Making Waves: How the West Indies Shaped the United States
Playlist (Nov/Dec 2018) | Music reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Millbeatz; Jonathan Scales Fourchestra; Anthony Joseph; and Lyfe Az Rose
Q&A with Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada | Screenshots (Nov/Dec 2018) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) A Q&A with Natalia Cabral and Oriol Estrada, directors of Miriam Lies
Divali: a feast among friends | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) After years of enjoying Divali hospitality from her friends, Franka Philip plans her own festival feast — with some expert help
Michelle Sohan: the accidental baker | Cookup By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Baking wasn’t always a passion for Michelle Sohan — but this “accidental” career has won her international kudos
The inimitable Grace Jones | Backstory By Nazma Muller | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) She’s an instantly recognisable icon of music and fashion, with a forty-year career in the limelight. And the inimitable Grace Jones is Jamaican to the core, says Nazma Muller
Kevin Jared Hosein: a writer with a plan | Closeup By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) His recent win of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize affirms that Kevin Jared Hosein is a rising literary star. But his success didn’t come from nowhere, Shivanee Ramlochan discovers — rather, it’s the achievent of a patient devotion to writing, despite the odds
Jeanine De Bique: “It doesn’t matter where you come from” | Own words By Caroline Taylor | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Jeanine De Bique, Trinidad-born classical singer, on the influence of her upbringing, and why Trinis “could do anything” — as told to Caroline Taylor
Foodies’ Barbados | Destination By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) The island fondly known as Bim is famous for its fabulous beaches, but now it’s becoming a fixture for Caribbean gourmands as well. Shelly-Ann Inniss takes us on a parish-by-parish tour of culinary highlights
Picture-perfect St Lucia | Escape By Caribbean Beat | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Is there any place in the Caribbean more ready for Instagram? As our photo album shows, St Lucia has photogenicity to spare
“A travel bag should be a bit ugly” | In the bag By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Photographer Mark Lyndersay explains why practicality trumps style when it comes to professional travel gear
Ayurveda: finding the balance | Be well By Cate Young | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Practised for millennia in the Indian subcontinent, traditional ayurvedic medicine, with its focus on achieving both physical and spiritual balance, was brought to the Caribbean in the nineteenth century — and recently has been more widely adopted as a form of “alternative medicine.” Cate Young learns more, and talks to two practitioners who say ayurveda has helped them bring their lives and health into equilibrium
The secret life of sunscreen | Green By Erline Andrews | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) The blazing rays of the tropical sun can take a heavy toll on your skin — which is why most beachgoers and swimmers in the Caribbean slather on a layer of protective sunscreen before they disrobe. But the very chemicals that protect human skin can be toxic for corals — and the Caribbean’s reefs pay the price. Erline Andrews investigates
The war after the war | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 154 (November/December 2018) Thousands of men from the British West Indies enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War, playing a crucial but often thankless role in the Allied victory. And when the fighting was over, another struggle for respect and recognition began — feeding a new wave of self-determination in the Caribbean. James Ferguson remembers the events of a century ago that set it all in motion
Sweltering Santa By Jeremy Taylor | Issue 154 (November/December 2018), Issue 70 (November/December 2004) Jolly St Nick’s red wool suit wasn’t designed for tropical heat . . . Originally published in 2004, this Beat classic was reproduced in the November/December 2018 issue
