Matelot, Trinidad: Behind God’s Back
“Matelot,” people in Trinidad say. “That’s behind God’s back.” By which, of course, they mean that the...
Postcard From Grenada
Dear Jackie, They say Grenada is the “original Caribbean”. You can see why. The place oozes history. St George’s, the...
Fairways in the Sun: Golf in the Caribbean
I’m sure by now you’ve heard the rumour — since it’s been circulating for nearly 500 years — that the game of...
Island Beat (January/February 1996)
BARBADOS AIMS FOR A NATIONAL GALLERY A major new art gallery opens in Barbados this year, and could become the centre of a national art...
Island Beat (July/August 2006)
Fighting Off The Seas Joggers pause for a breather. A Hindu family offers flowers in a morning ablution ritual. An old man sits on an...
Jamaica Cool
Some years ago I took the Long Island Railroad from Penn Station in Manhattan. A few stops down the line is Jamaica in the borough of...
Guyana on the Go
President Janet Jagan and Opposition leader Desmond Hoyte shook hands in St Lucia on July 1. The El Niño drought ended in April. Guyana is...
Off the Beaten Track: Macuro, Trinidad
When you arrive at the village of Macuro, your hosts bring their wheelbarrows to meet you. There is no other transport. Your bags are...
