Author: Laura Dowrich-Phillips

Festivals and Events

Happenings (November/December 2010)

Guyana Fashion Week: art with a heart The Guyana Fashion Week (GFW) is a fashion event with a difference. Each year, the event supports...

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Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Russell Leonce: minister of music

Russell Leonce’s life hasn’t changed much since the day in 2008 when he blew away the audience at the Copyright Association of Trinidad...

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Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Merchant, is that you?

There it was, Merchant: The Early Years, for sale in a nondescript record store in Dalston, a grimy district of northeast London. It was...

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Literature, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Wendy Fitzwilliam: between a mother and a son

When former Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam was small, she wanted to be two things when she grew up: a fashionable lawyer and a mother. The...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, Jamaica

The Antrobus: top-drawer design

Tired of toting around the tools of her trade in Ziploc bags, Alison Antrobus looked for a handbag in which she could find things when she...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Robert Young: man of the Cloth

It’s difficult to imagine The Cloth without its iconic appliquéd designs, but what is today a trademark of the Trinidad-based clothing...

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Culture, People, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago

Jizelle Salandy: glory in the ring

On December 26, 2008, boxer Jizelle “Magic” Salandy sealed her status as one of the Caribbean’s top sports champions when she...

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Culture, People, The Bahamas

Ncity goes to town

Rihanna’s success as an international star has not only inspired artistes in her native Barbados but across the Caribbean, including the...

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