Bruce Poon Tip: capitalist with a conscience
Like Mary Poppins, Bruce Poon Tip is practically perfect. That’s certainly the impression you get, talking to the people who surround...
Kaishah Peters: knitty knitty hits the catwalk
In the Dutch Caribbean territory of St Maarten, young designer Kaishah Peters is set on taking over the reins of the fashion industry—or...
Cut and craft: Caribbean Fashion Week
Kevin Ayoung-Julien’s first job was at the craft store around the corner from his secondary school in his native Tobago, where the...
Wadadli style
For many people, Antiguan popular music means the longstanding soca band Burning Flames. Older heads may recall when King Short Shirt’s...
The Wild Fowl Trust: oasis of the oilbelt
Our tour guide dropped her voice and stepped gingerly across the boardwalk to a mango tree by the water. Between the shiny green leaves of...
“Worrell not for captain”
No more than three months after the historic tied Test at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, CLR James would aggressively insist that Frank...
Overs and done: the Cricket World Cup
The first assessment of the first Cricket World Cup hosted by the Caribbean was a gloomy one but, in truth, there was much to celebrate as...
Born to serve
Caribbean political leaders have tended to be just as predictable in their backgrounds as politicians anywhere else. There have been a huge...
