Andromeda Gardens, Barbados | Wish you were here (Mar/Apr 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places embark
Stories of steel | Panorama Carnival is the season of steelpan. But behind the Panorama stage, the future of T&T’s national musical instrument will be shaped by administrators, craftspeople, arrangers, and educators — like these men and women profiled by writer Sharmain Baboolal and photographer Mark Lyndersay immerse
Seven days in Tobago | Destination A mere week could never be enough to savour all the pleasure of Tobago — but Nixon Nelson suggests a seven-day sampler, from beaches to waterfalls to Store Bay’s curried crab arrive
Diva Amon: as deep as it goes | Discover The portion of the sea below two hundred metres is our planet’s biggest habitat, and the least known. Erline Andrews meets Trinidadian marine biologist Diva Amon, pioneering deep-sea research in our region engage
Bookshelf (Jan/Feb 2019) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) This month’s reading picks, with reviews of High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture; Giant; Black Dogs and the Colour Yellow; A View of the Empire at Sunset; and Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean
Playlist (Jan/Feb 2019) | Music reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Keba; 5OH8 + KVL; and Tebby
Q&A with Ian Harnarine | Screenshots (Jan/Feb 2019) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Filmmaker Ian Harnarine talks about his new short, Caroni
Coco Loco | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) A longtime traditional ingredient in Caribbean cuisine, coconut is enjoying a new popularity, thanks to health trends. Franka Philip considers the potential for culinary innovations. Coconut flour, anyone? Coconut vinegar?
Beauty and the Beast | Panorama By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) T&T Carnival may be the world’s greatest street party, but among the glamourous bikini bands and shimmering sequins, some traditional masquerades offer a defiant take on the darker side of our history
Dennery Style | Backstory By Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia
The Mighty Shadow | Icon By Attillah Springer | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Attillah Springer writes a letter to T&T’s late calypsonian-philosopher
Adam Patterson: barbed beauty | Closeup By Shereen Ali | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) For Barbadian artist Adam Patterson, masquerade and performance are mediums for challenging Caribbean stereotypes, writes Shereen Ann Ali
Claire Adam: “I’ve always felt, ask me where I’m from!” | Own words By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Claire Adam, Trinidad-born novelist, on learning to observe, the usefulness of honest criticism, and the notion of “home” — as told to Nicholas Laughlin
All about blue | Round trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 155 (January/February 2019) Is any colour more distinctive of the Caribbean? Take a tour of the region through our many hues and shades of blue
