Author: Lisa Allen-Agostini

Culture, Arts, People, Antigua and Barbuda

Budding pens: the Wadadli Pen writing competition

It is possibly the best testimony to the value of the Wadadli Youth Pen Prize that one of its past winners is now a member of the...

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Culture, Literature, Arts, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Paula Lucie-Smith: the Right to Read

On a rainy Tuesday in June, Amanda — a forty-five-year-old woman from St James, Trinidad — sits at a desk in the Harvard Club in Port...

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Culture, Lifestyle

Green and pleasant lands: eco-friendly Caribbean living

Even Barbie wants to build green. In May last year, Mattel, the company behind the iconic toy, partnered with the American Institute of...

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Culture, Travel, Business, Grenada

Peter de Savary: smelling the nutmeg

A world-famous entrepreneur who has made and lost more than one fortune, Peter de Savary (PdS to his staff) has invested heavily in...

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Culture, People, United Kingdom

Caryl Phillips: “the arts are the window through which we see ourselves”

I was born in St Kitts in 1958, at a time when Caribbean people were migrating to Britain in terrific numbers. My parents were very young,...

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Culture, History, Trinidad and Tobago

Harts Carnival: band of the years

This year Harts Ltd will mark a momentous anniversary, having put out 50 bands for Trinidad Carnival. In a celebration of the ephemeral it...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago

Millhouse: saga boy style

When you see it, you know it. Millhouse, the only designer in Trinidad devoted strictly to men’s apparel, has a distinctive approach to...

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Culture, People, US Virgin Islands

Tiphanie Yanique: “A sense of place and a sense of self”

I’ve been writing as long as I have a memory. When I was five, I thought I wrote a novel. It was probably the alphabet over and over...

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