Here Comes the Big One
As the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival season gets under way - it reaches a climax on February 14-15 - Debbie Jacob notes some of the names you can't escape in the home of Caribbean Carnival
Issue 8 (Winter 1993)
New and recent Caribbean books and music albums; game fishing in the Caribbean; Cuban painter Wilfredo Lam; CSN – the Miami-based TV station; a tour of one of St. Lucia; restaurants of Barbados; the music of the French Caribbean and meha-band, Kassav; a tribute to the vessels that sail the Caribbean and the people who sail them; Trinidad’s Wildfowl Trust and Nariva Swamp; and much more!
Eat Your Heart Out in Barbados
Valerie Jones explores the restaurants of Barbados and finds some places you can't afford to miss
Caribbean Music Around the Clock
CSN, the Miami-based TV station, is broadcasting Caribbean music to a large international audience
Discover St Lucia
Caroline Popovic and Nancy Atkinson take you on a tour of one of the Caribbean's most popular destinations
Kassav: Doctor Zouk
The music of the French Caribbean has been sweeping the world, with the band Kassav in the forefront. Lorraine O'Connor traces their progress
Give Me A Boat
A tribute to sailors and boats - from giant cruise ships to tiny pirogues, of all sorts and sizes, which ply the waters around the Caribbean islands
Meeting the Master: Wilfredo Lam
Geoffrey MacLean on the man who is a founding father of contemporary Caribbean art, the Cuban painter Wildredo Lam
Safe Haven: Trinidad’s Wildfowl Trust and Nariva Swamp
Anne Hilton visits a nature reserve on an oil refinery compound in Trinidad and finds a model for thoughtful conservation programmes
Island Beat (Winter 1993)
A new transatlantic race for sailors, a new visitor attraction in Barbados, world championship golf in Jamaica, and Barbados artists shine at Carib Art
The Hunters and the Sea: Caribbean Sportfishing
Prowling the Caribbean for big game and some of the liveliest tournaments on the sportfishing calendar
Upbeat (Winter 1993)
New and recent albums from Caribbean artists, including Ziggy Marley, Chaka Demus and Pliers, SuperBlue and the Roaring Lion
