The keyboard to success
The pupils of St Michael’s School for Boys in Diego Martin, Trinidad, may not believe in fairy godmothers. After all, they have been sent...
Jungle fever: discover Iwokrama
A gift to the world In Guyana, the natural world overwhelms. It is unimaginably vast, the rainforest in many places unbroken as far as the...
Sun, wind and water: climate change in the Caribbean
“All we used to get here was razor grass, bamboo, cocorite palm and of course, fire,” says Akilah Jaramogi, advancing with energetic...
They call her Noble — Trinidad’s Noble Douglas
Noble Douglas is dancing. She skips around the room on dainty feet in soft leather shoes, toes pointed. She’s teaching a class, and...
Andy Palacio: bard of the Garifuna goes home
Andy Palacio, Garifuna cultural activist, ambassador and world music star, died suddenly on January 19, after a massive stroke and heart...
Wendell West: supplying the party spirit
BARS International started out as a weekend hustle, an exciting break from Wendell West’s eight-to-four daily routine. Today, it is an...
Lorraine Toussaint: “acting has always been like breathing”
Right now, I’m doing a film called The Soloist. It’s directed by Joe Wright, who I love, and who directed Keira Knightley in Pride and...
Barbados: Island in the sun
This year’s Barbados Music Awards turned out to be a talent show. The crème de la crème of Barbados’s music industry displayed a...
