The games are coming By James Fuller | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) As world-class athletes from around the region gather to compete in the region's biggest meet ever, James Fuller is there at the starting line
Happenings (July/August 2009) By Various Contributors | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) A round-up of current events on the Caribbean calendar
Grenada’s brown gold: organic cocoa By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) It’s known as the Spice Isle for its nutmeg, but Grenada has other, darker pleasures to offer... high quality organic cocoa.
Around the world with the Skatalites By David Katz | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) They may have slowed down a little, but this seminal band is still playing its zany, high-energy music. David Katz was drawn into their orbit
Marguerite Gordon: lady of the manners By Cedriann J Martin | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Her name is synonymous with elegance and etiquette, and now Marguerite Gordon has published a book on the topic
Machel Montano: Man with a mission By Tracy Assing | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Whatever else you think of Machel Montano, he’s never dull. Tracy Assing follows the soca superstar in his latest new direction
Frank Francis: riding Toronto’s jazz trane By Donna Yawching | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Donna Yawching gets on board the little jazz bar that could, and then man — Frank Francis — who can
Duane Stephenson: reggae’s poet of the people By Nazma Muller | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Duane Stephenson transforms Jamaica ghetto life into art. Nazma Muller quotes chapter and verse
Robert Young: man of the Cloth By Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) For Robert Young, fashion is as much a calling as a career. Laura Dowrich-Phillips unpicks the seams to see what’s under his appliqués
If you’ve had a few too many…keep walking By Mirissa De Four | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Mirissa De Four falls into step with a campaign to help drinkers learn their limits
Kendel Hippolyte: a light for St Lucia By James Fuller | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Writer Kendel Hippolyte and Jane King want to bring down the curtain on the search for a home for their pioneering theatre company
Reviews (July/August 2009) By Various Contributors | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) The new music and books that are reflecting the region right now
Word sound and power By Garry Steckles | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Of course popular musicians are entitled to free speech. But what if they’re promoting violence and hate? Garry Steckles speaks out on the issue
Redonda: kingdom of the birds By James Ferguson | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) King Juan II is the monarch of all he surveys…even if his realm is only a small rock that he inherited from a friend
The Rhodes more travelled: Gary Rhodes By Franka Philip | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) British chef Gary Rhodes owns a restaurant in the region, yet he’s only now discovering its food
Lost in translation By Desiree Seebaran | Issue 98 (July/August 2009) Overseas visitors often assume there’s only one West Indian dialect. But native daughter Desiree McEachrane knows better…fi true!
