Immerse, Literature, Business, History, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
The Beat goes on: Caribbean Beat turns 25
Caribbean Beat marks its 25th anniversary In early 1992, passengers boarding BWIA planes across the Caribbean, South and North America, and...
Culture, People, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago
By Vaneisa Baksh ● Issue 100 (November/December 2009)
Brian Lara: legend in his own lifetime
Some years ago, if you sent Brian Lara an e-mail, chances were he’d respond personally. It is a sign of how things have evolved that now...
By Georgia Popplewell ● Issue 66 (March/April 2004)
Who’s really who in West Indies cricket
In the English-speaking Caribbean, no regional institution inspires more joy, sorrow, anger, debate, and introspection than the West Indies...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 11 (Autumn 1994)
Island Beat (Autumn 1994)
Laramania The world knows that the West Indian cricketer Brian Lara set a new world record for the highest score in a test match in Antigua...
By BC Pires ● Issue 12 (Winter 1994)
What Next for Brian Lara?
In April, the 25-year-old Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies batsman scored 375 runs in the fourth Test against England in Antigua,...